Recently added articles from Journal of Arachnology:
A new species of Troglohyphantes (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from the western Italian Alps.(Report)
Sep 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT. Troglohyphantes bornensis, a new species from the western Italian Alps, is here described. According to the features of the male palp and female epigynum the new species can be assigned to Fage's III Group, Deeleman-Reinhold's marqueti group and Pesarini's microcymbium complex ....
The spider genus Dysdera (Araneae, Dysderidae) in central Europe: revision and natural history.(Report)
Sep 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT. Nine species of the genus Dysdera were found to occur in central Europe: D. adriatica Kulczynski 1897, D. crocata Koch 1838, D. dubrovninnii Deeleman-Reinhold 1988, D. erythrina (Walckenaer 1802), D. ninnii Canestrini 1868, D. hungarica Kulczynski 1897, D. lantosquensis Simon ...
A new host record for Dasychernes inquilinus (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones, Chernetidae), with an overview of pseudoscorpion-bee relationships.(Report)
Sep 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT. Dasychernes inquilinus Chamberlin 1929, the type species of the genus, was described from specimens taken from colonies of the stingless honey bee Melipona salti Schwarz 1932 (Hymenoptera, Apidae). For the first time since its description, we report D. inquilinus from a nest of ...
A new species in the wolf spider genus Allotrochosina from New South Wales, Australia (Araneae, Liycosidae).(Report)
Sep 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT. The venoniine wolf spider genus Allotrochosina Roewer 1960 currently includes two species, A. schauinslandi Simon 1899 from New Zealand (type species) and A. karri Vink 2001 from Western Australia. A third species of this genus, A. walesiana new species from New South Wales, ...
Elongated pedicillate setae: a putative sensory system and synapomorphy of spiders.(Report)
Sep 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT. We survey spiders from 43 families, 62 genera, and three arachnid outgroups for the presence and diversity of elongated pedicillate setae (EPS)--a complex system of probably sensory setae hitherto undocumented outside Theridiidae. Although not present in all spiders, these setae ...