Meotipa species (Araneae, Theridiidae) from China [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 In an ongoing effort to expand knowledge of the Chinese cobweb spider fauna (Theridiidae), the genus Meotipa Simon, 1894 is reviewed. Two new species are described, Meotipa pseudopicturata sp. nov., Meotipa striata sp.
Zhongwei Deng +3 more
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NEW RECORDS ON SALTICIDAE AND THERIDIIDAE (ARANEAE) SPIDERS FROM ARMENIA
Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, 2022 New data on jumping spiders (Salticidae) and tangle-web spiders (Theridiidae) of Armenia are provided on the basis of recently collected specimens in various regions of Armenia.
Noushig Zarikian
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Two new synonyms in the subfamily Theridiinae (Araneae, Theridiidae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 Two new synonyms in the subfamily Theridiinae Sundevall, 1833 (Araneae, Theridiidae) are reported. Theridion hui Zhu, 1998 is proposed as a junior synonym of Theridion innocuum Thorell, 1875, and Theridion qingzangense Hu, 2001 is proposed as a junior ...
Rui Zhong, Jie Liu, Yang Zhu
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Effect of laboratory heat stress on mortality and web mass of the common house spider, Parasteatoda tepidariorum (Koch 1841) (Araneae: Theridiidae) [PDF]
Great Lakes Entomologist, 2020 We determined the effects of chronic heat stress on web construction of Parasteatoda tepidariorum (Araneae: Theridiidae) by measuring the survival and web mass of specimens after a 48-h period within a temperature chamber at 21, 30, 35, 40, or 50°C.
Brown, Aubrey J., Houghton, David
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Wolbachia supergroup A in Enoplognatha latimana (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Poland as an example of possible horizontal transfer of bacteria. [PDF]
Sci RepWolbachia (phylum Pseudomonadota, class Alfaproteobacteria, order Rickettsiales, family Ehrlichiaceae) is a maternally inherited bacterial symbiont infecting more than half of arthropod species worldwide and constituting an important force in the ...
Konecka E, Szymkowiak P.
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A Holistic Approach to Parasitoid-Host Interaction Along an Elevational Gradient Revealed Coevolution Driven by Host Foraging Strategy. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe examined the large‐scale distribution of highly specialised parasitoids associated with spiders along an elevational gradient and tested the hypothesis that distribution and parasitism rates depend on elevation, habitat type and the species and age composition of the host community.
Černecká Ľ +7 more
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Worldwide Web: High Venom Potency and Ability to Optimize Venom Usage Make the Globally Invasive Noble False Widow Spider Steatoda nobilis (Thorell, 1875) (Theridiidae) Highly Competitive against Native European Spiders Sharing the Same Habitats. [PDF]
Toxins (Basel), 2022 Venom compositions include complex mixtures of toxic proteins that evolved to immobilize/dissuade organisms by disrupting biological functions. Venom production is metabolically expensive, and parsimonious use is expected, as suggested by the venom ...
Rayner S +7 more
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G. Levy: Fauna Palaestina. Arachnida III: Araneae: Theridiidae [PDF]
Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 1999 book review: G. Levy: Fauna Palaestina. Arachnida III: Araneae: Theridiidae.
Knoflach, Barbara
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How dispersal rates depend on the prey capture strategy: A case study of Georgia's spiders. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThis article compares genetic differentiation within 124 Eurasian species from eight families of spiders, based on the barcoding data. The conspecific web‐building spiders from the Caucasus and the rest of Eurasia are significantly less differentiated than the actively hinting species, although isolation‐by‐distance pattern presents in at least half of
Tarkhnishvili D +5 more
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Problems in the Spider Genus Steatoda (Theridiidae)
Systematic Zoology, 1959 THE publication of my paper on Steatoda (1957) resulted in correspondence regarding both my concept of species and my lumping of several small, well-established genera with Steatoda. Although the latter is a subjective matter, an attempt is made here to answer both criticisms, although some of the questions raised were already answered in my recent ...
Herbert W. Levi
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