Low female mating frequencies often appear to be cases of direct male induction that can
oppose female interests. Mating plugs are most obvious means leading to low degrees of …

Abstract The genera Holocnemus Simon, 1873 and Crossopriza Simon, 1893 are revised.
Together with Stygopholcus Kratochvíl, 1932 (revised recently) and the newly described …

A new genus in the spider family Ctenidae Keyserling, 1877 is described from Asia: Bowie
gen. nov. belongs to the subfamily Cteninae and all members formerly described were …

The millipede genus Sinocallipus is reviewed, with four new cave-dwelling species,
Sinocallipus catba, Sinocallipus deharvengi, Sinocallipus jaegeri and Sinocallipus steineri …

抄録 Spiders from Laos collected on expeditions from 2003 to 2008 are investigated.
Currently, 89 spider species are recorded from Laos. Records of 51 species are included in …

 Abstract With 252 species, Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000, is the largest genus in the family
Sparassidae and is widely distributed in South (49 species in Bhutan, India, Nepal and …

Heteropoda males exhibit an embolus potentially coiled around the tegulum, a sheath-like
conductor and a distally arising retrolateral tibial apophysis on the palp. This paper deals …

Although the diversity of spider orb web architectures is impressive, few lineages have
evolved orb webs larger than 1m in diameter. Until recently, such web gigantism was …

Various publications of the last twelve years have shown that the species richness of the
genus Psechrus is much higher than was assumed 30 years ago. Based upon trends in the …

The remarkable bark spiders (genus Caerostris: Araneidae) are poorly known Old World
tropical orb-weavers, whose diversity, currently at 11 species, is grossly underestimated …