Notes on two Stiphropus species from China (Araneae, Thomisidae) [PDF]
The spider genus Stiphropus Gerstaecker, 1873 currently includes 21 extant species that are distributed in Africa (12) and Asia (9). Four species, S. falciformus Yang, Zhu & Song, 2006, S. myrmecophilus Huang & Lin, 2020, S.
Fengyuan Li, Yejie Lin, Shuqiang Li
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Life cycle of Misumenops pallida (Araneae, Thomisidae) [PDF]
Postembryonic development of Misumenops pallida (Keyserling) (Araneae, Thomisidae), one of the most abundant predator species in soybean fields in Buenos Aires Province (Argentina) was studied.
Elisabet Minervino
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The Thomisidae and Philodromidae (Araneae) of the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador) [PDF]
Two new species of Thomisidae are described (Mecaphesa reddelli sp. nov. and Tmarus galapagosensis sp. nov.). Of a third species, Mecaphesa inclusa (Banks, 1902), three colour variations are described.
Leon Baert
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Spatial and temporal structure of the spider community in the clay semi-desert of western Kazakhstan [PDF]
The spatial and temporal structure of spider communities was studied in the clay semi-desert of the north-western Caspian Lowland, western Kazakhstan (49°23' N, 46°47' E).
Piterkina, Tatyana V.
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Diversity and Structure of Bacterial Communities in the Gut of Spider: Thomisidae and Oxyopidae
The gut microbiomes of insects were known to have great impact on their physiological properties for survival like nutrition, behavior, and health. In nature, spiders are one of the main predators of insects, and yet their gut microbiomes remain unclear.
Vikas Kumar +2 more
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Assemblages of herb-dwelling spiders (Araneae) of various steppe types in Ukraine and Central Chernozem of Russia [PDF]
A total of 107 spider species from 15 families were recorded in the herbaceous vegetation of the steppe ecosystems of Ukraine and the Central Chernozem region of Russia. Araneidae, Thomisidae, Salticidae and Theridiidae were the most species-rich.
Polchaninova, Nina Y.
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Two new thomisid species (Arachnida, Araneae, Thomisidae) from China and Vietnam, with the first descriptions of the males of Borboropactus longidens Tang & Li, 2010 and Stephanopis xiangzhouica Liu, 2022 [PDF]
Collections of thomisid spiders by amateur and professional arachnologists in China have led to the discovery of some interesting crab spiders (Thomisidae).
Cong-zheng Li +3 more
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Synema guiyang sp. nov., the fourth endemic species of Synema Simon, 1864 (Araneae, Thomisidae) from China [PDF]
Synema Simon, 1864 is a relatively large genus of family Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833 and currently includes 124 species distributed worldwide, except for the Polar Regions.
Jianshuang Zhang +4 more
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A new species of Lysiteles Simon, 1895 (Araneae, Thomisidae) from South China [PDF]
Lysiteles Simon, 1895 is one of the largest taxa with small body size among the Thomisidae and is mainly distributed in East, South and Southeast Asia. Most of them are recorded from southern provinces of China, such as Jiangxi Province, including three ...
Wenhui Li +4 more
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Description of six new crab-spider species and first description of the male of Pharta xizang Liu & Yao, 2023 from Medog, Xizang, China (Araneae, Thomisidae) [PDF]
Seven species of the crab-spider family Thomisidae from Medog, Xizang, China are described here, including six new species: Camaricus medog Wang, Lu & Zhang, sp. nov. (♂♀), Monaeses xizang Wang, Lu & Zhang, sp. nov.
Lu-Yu Wang +6 more
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