Disentangling the Taxonomy, Systematics, and Life History of the Spider-Parasitic Fungus Gibellula (Cordycipitaceae, Hypocreales)

T Mendes-Pereira, JPM de Araujo, TG Kloss… - Journal of Fungi, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Gibellula (Cordycipitaceae, Hypocreales) is frequently observed growing on spiders, but
little is known about their host range. One of the greatest challenges in describing these …

Behavior and biology of Mygalomorphae

F Pérez-Miles, C Perafán - … and Ecology of Spiders: Contributions from the …, 2017‏ - Springer
The infraorder Mygalomorphae comprises almost 3000 species. It is widely distributed all
over the world, and about one third of the species included in this infraorder is represented …

[HTML][HTML] Gibellula aurea sp. nov. (Ascomycota, Cordycipitaceae): a new golden spider-devouring fungus from a Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

T Mendes-Pereira, JPM DE ARAÚJO… - …, 2022‏ - phytotaxa.mapress.com
Fungal parasites that infect spiders can affect their survival and potentially their behaviour.
The genus Gibellula (Ascomycota, Cordycipitaceae) infects arachnids, and due to difficulties …

The effects of forest fragmentation on the population ecology and natural history of a funnel-web spider

V Stefani, K Del-Claro - Journal of natural history, 2015‏ - Taylor & Francis
Habitat fragmentation strongly affects the abundance, distribution, body size and population
genetics of invertebrates. Urban growth in Brazil has led to severe fragmentation, especially …

Sub-units in the webs of Dictyna meditata (Arachnida: Araneae: Dictynidae): Implications for studies of spider web evolution

WG Eberhard - The Journal of Arachnology, 2021‏ - BioOne
Studies of web evolution in spiders generally focus on the overall designs of webs in the
field. As has been typical for dictynids and several other cribellate families with “irregular” …

Web building and prey wrap** behavior of Aglaoctenus castaneus (Araneae: Lycosidae: Sosippinae)

WG Eberhard, NA Hazzi - The Journal of Arachnology, 2017‏ - BioOne
Funnel webs are common and widespread taxonomically, but little is known about how they
are built or details of their structure. Aglaoctenus castaneus (Mello-Leitão, 1942)(Lycosidae) …

Oviposition and post-embryonic development of Aglaoctenus lagotis (Araneae: Lycosidae)

VSS Moreira, K Del-Claro - Zoologia (Curitiba), 2011‏ - SciELO Brasil
The present study describes the life history of Aglaoctenus lagotis Holmberg, 1876 from
oviposition to adulthood, analyzing the number of eggs in each egg sac, birth rate, number …

Web construction of Linothele macrothelifera (Araneae: dipluridae)

WG Eberhard, NA Hazzi - The Journal of Arachnology, 2013‏ - BioOne
Direct behavioral observations, plus deductions made from studying the lines in recently
built webs, showed that Linothele macrothelifera Strand 1908 lays swaths of lines in …

[PDF][PDF] Cryptic diversity of Aglaoctenus lagotis (Araneae, Lycosidae) in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest: Evidence from microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA sequence …

CMT Macrini, EA Peres, VN Solferini - J. App. Biol. Biotech, 2015‏ - researchgate.net
Tropical Spiders have been poorly studied, and studies regarding the distribution of genetic
diversity in natural populations of these species are even more scarce. Among the spider …

Orb-web inclination in Uloboridae spiders: the role of microhabitat structure and prey capture

S Diniz, J Vasconcellos-Neto… - Ethology Ecology & …, 2017‏ - Taylor & Francis
Spider webs are a good example of how phenotypic traits can be adjustable to the physical
structure of the environment. Orb-web spiders of the family Uloboridae sometimes form …