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Survey of Synanthropic Spiders in Ireland Reveals Expansion and Dominance of the Invasive Noble False Widow <i>Steatoda nobilis</i> in Urban Habitats (Araneae: Theridiidae). [PDF]

open access: yesEcol Evol
Rapid urbanisation has facilitated the establishment of large populations of the Noble false widow spider outside of its native range through the use of synanthropic microhabitats. In Ireland, we survey these favourable microhabitats for spider diversity for the first time and find that the Noble false widow now typically makes up more than 40% of the ...
Collier BL   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Redescription and generic placement of the spider Cryptachaea gigantipes (Keyserling, 1890) (Araneae: Theridiidae) and notes on related synanthropic species in Australasia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Open-access article without DOI from Zootaxa Source: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/zt03507p056.pdf Uploaded by ...
Sirvid, Phil J.   +3 more
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First description of the female of the theridiid spider Robertus golovatchi (Araneae: Theridiidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The female of Robertus golovatchi Eskov, 1987 is described for the first time from Abkhazia and the male is also figured. The female is compared to another species known from the Caucasus R.
Marusik, Yuri M.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Spiders in a hostile world (Arachnoidea, Araneae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Spiders are powerful predators, but the threats confronting them are numerous. A survey is presented of the many different arthropods which waylay spiders in various ways. Some food-specialists among spiders feed exclusively on spiders.
Helsdingen, Peter J. van   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Sperm induction in the social spider Anelosimus jabaquara Levi, 1956 (Theridiidae)

open access: yes, 2021
Movie file to accompany Sperm induction in the social spider Anelosimus jabaquara Levi, 1956 (Theridiidae), Arachnology 18(9)
Rojas-Buffet, Carolina   +2 more
core   +1 more source

RURAL SPIDER BIODIVERSITY ECOSYSTEMS DWELLINGS AS PROTECTING REFUGES TO IN NILE DELTA AGRO- [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2002
The visual search and hand picking sampling method was used to collect a total of 168 individuals representing 12 families of spiders from dwellings of 3 villages in Menoufiya Govemorate.
H. EI-Hennawy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spider Web Architecture and Rainfall Damage: Observational and Manipulative Studies Along a Precipitation Gradient on the Tropical Andes. [PDF]

open access: yesEcol Evol
Rainfall intensity can impose substantial abiotic stress on organisms and their extended phenotypes. Using field observations and a manipulative experiment along an elevational gradient in the tropical Andes, we examined how rainfall intensity damages spider webs of different types.
Lin YH, Brescovit AD, Avilés L.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Community structure and composition of litter spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) and influence of macro-climatic factors on Parque Ecológico Jatobá Centenário, Morrinhos, Goiás, Brazil

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2015
Spiders are a diverse group and are considered to be good bioindicators due to their sensitivity to variation in biotic and abiotic factors.  Despite this the taxonomy of the Araneae is poorly known, particularly in the tropical and subtropical regions. 
Renan Castro Santana
doaj   +3 more sources

Theridiidae

open access: yes, 2009
Published as part of Saturnino, Regiane, Tourinho, Ana Lúcia, Azevedo, Clarissa Salette De, Baptista, Renner L. C. & Magalhães, Célio, 2009, Catalogue of type specimens of invertebrates in the collection of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil. V. Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones and Scorpiones, pp.
Saturnino, Regiane   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Erstnachweis von Dipoena nigroreticulata (Simon, 1879) in Deutschland (Araneae, Theridiidae)

open access: yesArachnologische Mitteilungen, 1999
First record of Dipoena nigroreticulata (Simon, 1879) in Germany (Araneae, Theridiidae)
Finch, Oliver-David
doaj   +1 more source

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