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Cognition in spiders: Small brains on eight legs gain traction

open access: yesJournal of Zoology, Volume 326, Issue 2, Page 93-108, June 2025.
Spiders are excellent subjects for studying sensory detection, cognition, and perception ‐ the central topics of this 2025 Thomas Henry Huxley Review by Prof. Ximena Nelson, based at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Their complex behaviours, advanced sensory systems (including chemoreception, vibrations, and vision), and problem‐solving ...
X. J. Nelson
wiley   +1 more source

DIVERSIDAD DE TERIDIIDOS (Araneae: Theridiidae) EN CUATRO ASOCIACIONES FLORÍSTICAS, EN EL EJIDO “LAS DELICIAS” EN TEAPA, SURESTE DE MÉXICO

open access: yesEcosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios, 2014
La diversidad de teridiidos se analizó en cuatro asociaciones florísticas. Por medio del método de la captura directa se recolectaron 156 adultos, los cuales pertenecieron a nueve géneros y 23 especies.
M Pérez-de la Cruz, A de la Cruz-Pérez
doaj   +1 more source

Special Adaptations of Orb Weavers and Prey [PDF]

open access: yes, 1986
Orb weaving spiders have devised both webs and special devices for capturing prey. The prey have also evolved mechanisms for eluding spiders and for living with them.
Dorris, Peggy Rae
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Two new species of Theridiidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Yunnan province, China

open access: yesJournal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2019
In this article, two new species Argyrodes latifolium sp. nov. (♂♀) and Episinus baoshanensis sp. nov. (♂) of Theridiidae are described as new to science from the Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan, China.
Feng Liu, Muhammad Irfan, Xian-Jin Peng
doaj   +1 more source

Diversity and distribution of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in dry ecosystems of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The present study provides a robust data set for ecological planning and conservation of dry ecosystems in western Germany in general and North Rhine-Westphalia in particular.
Buchholz, Sascha   +1 more
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New records of spiders from pond littorals in the Czech Republic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Tmeticus affinis (BLACKWALL, 1855), Tetragnatha shoshone LEVI, 1981, Clubiona juvenis SIMON, 1878, Marpissa Canestrinii NINNI, 1868, and Theridiosoma gemmosum (L. KOCH, 1877) are new records for the Czech Republic.
Holec, Michal, Růžička, Vlastimil
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Diversity and seasonal abundance of anthropogenic spiders(Arachnida: Araneae) in different urban zones of the cityof Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2015
The diversity of anthropogenic spiders in the city of Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico was studied using a systematized collection method in 4sampling zones: urban with a garden, urban without a garden, suburban, and rural.
Susana Eva Rodríguez-Rodríguez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Maintenance of polymorphism in the orb weaving spider species Agalenatea redii (Araneae, Araneidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The maintenance of polymorphism within populations may be the consequence of several elements of species life history such as use of space, activity rhythms, predation, parasitism and reproduction.
François, Olivier   +3 more
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Diversidade e estimativas de riqueza de aranhas em quatro fitofisionomias na Serra do Cachimbo, Pará, Brasil

open access: yesIheringia: Série Zoologia, 2008
Um inventário da fauna de aranhas foi realizado na Serra do Cachimbo, no Campo de Provas Brigadeiro Velloso, município de Novo Progresso, Pará. As coletas ocorreram em duas expedições, uma na estação seca (agosto e setembro de 2003) e outra na chuvosa ...
Janael Ricetti, Alexandre B. Bonaldo
doaj   +1 more source

Australasian Arachnology, Number 70, December 2004 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This is it, my first issue! As Tracey announced in the editorial of the last Australasian Arachnology, it’s now my turn ‘at the helm’ of our newsletter.
Framenau, Volker
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