Olfaction with legs—Spiders use wall-pore sensilla for pheromone detection

MB Talukder, CHG Müller, DD Zhang, S Schulz… - Proceedings of the …, 2025 - pnas.org
The sense of smell is a central sensory modality of most terrestrial species. However, our
knowledge of olfaction is based on vertebrates and insects. In contrast, little is known about …

What does the history of Theraphosidae systematics tell us about the future of tarantula taxonomy?

EJ Briggs, CA Hamilton - Frontiers in Arachnid Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Systematics provides the foundational knowledge about the units of biodiversity, ie, species,
and how we classify them. The results of this discipline extend across Biology and can have …

Reassessing the phylogeny of Cyphophthalmi with phylogenomics: A UCE-based phylogeny of mite harvesters (Opiliones)

S Derkarabetian, LR Benavides, G Giribet - Molecular Phylogenetics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cyphophthalmi (the mite harvesters) are a group of Opiliones with broad interest due to their
species being classic examples of short-range endemics and displaying model …

Tiny Hunters Along the Alpine Fault: Integrative Phylobiogeography Demonstrates High Geographic Structure in a Forest‐Dwelling Aotearoa Harvester Genus …

E Frigyik, CM Baker, P Sirvid… - Journal of …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Aim The archipelago of Aotearoa displays both high biodiversity and a dynamic
geologic history, shaped by constantly shifting coastlines and the dramatic effects of glacial …

[PDF][PDF] New for the Asian part of Russia taxa of spiders (Arachnida: Aranei)

AA Fomichev, MM Omelko - Far Eastern Entomologist, 2024 - biosoil.ru
Subfamily Nephilinae (Araneidae), genus Trichonephila Dahl, 1911 and T. clavata (L. Koch,
1878) as well as family Zoropsidae, genus Takeoa Lehtinen, 1967 and T. nishimurai …

[HTML][HTML]  A comparative morphology of trichobothrial bases in araneoid spiders and its significance for the phylogeny and system of the superfamily Araneoidea …

KY Eskov, YM Marusik - ZooKeys, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 Abstract Bothrial morphology was studied by SEM in 137 araneoid genera representing all
22 currently recognized extant families and all 42 conventional subfamilies of the …

The spider genus Tutaibo (Araneae, Linyphiidae) in Uruguay: two new species and new records

M Cajade, ENL Rodrigues, D Hagopián… - …, 2024 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tutaibo carita Cajade sp. nov. and Tutaibo sam Cajade sp. nov. are described from Uruguay
based on males and females. Illustrations of somatic and sexual characters and a species …

Distribution of Trichonephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767) (Araneae: Araneidae) in Honduras

AM Cubas-Rodriguez, AD Brescovit - Revista Chilena de Entomología, 2024 - biotaxa.org
Trichonephila clavipes is recorded for the first time in the department of Francisco Morazán,
from a female specimen collected on the campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de …