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Spiders

Assembling a DNA barcode reference library for the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Pakistan

Muhammad Ashfaq, Gergin Blagoev, Hafiz Muhammad Tahir, Arif M. Khan, Muhammad Khalid Mukhtar, Saleem Akhtar, Abida Butt, Shahid Mansoor, Paul D. N. Hebert

published 22 May 2019

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Small size does not confer male agility advantages in a sexually-size dimorphic spider

Shakira G. Quiñones-Lebrón, Matjaž Gregorič, Matjaž Kuntner, Simona Kralj-Fišer

published 15 May 2019

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Pore-forming spider venom peptides show cytotoxicity to hyperpolarized cancer cells expressing K⁺ channels: A lentiviral vector approach

Masayoshi Okada, Ernesto Ortiz, Gerardo Corzo, Lourival D. Possani

published 12 Apr 2019

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Does prey encounter and nutrient content affect prey selection in wolf spiders inhabiting Bt cotton fields?

Dalila Rendon, Phillip W. Taylor, Shawn M. Wilder, Mary E. A. Whitehouse

published 10 Jan 2019

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Dual pathways in social evolution: Population genetic structure of group-living and solitary species of kleptoparasitic spiders (Argyrodinae: Theridiidae)

Yong-Chao Su, Po Peng, Mark Adrian Elgar, Deborah Roan Smith

published 29 Nov 2018

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Natural succession and clearcutting as drivers of environmental heterogeneity and beta diversity in North American boreal forests

Sergio García-Tejero, John R. Spence, John O’Halloran, Stephane Bourassa, Anne Oxbrough

published 02 Nov 2018

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Major ampullate silk gland transcriptomes and fibre proteomes of the golden orb-weavers, Nephila plumipes and Nephila pilipes (Araneae: Nephilidae)

Alessandra D. Whaite, Tianfang Wang, Joanne Macdonald, Scott F. Cummins

published 17 Oct 2018

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Silk genes and silk gene expression in the spider Tengella perfuga (Zoropsidae), including a potential cribellar spidroin (CrSp)

Sandra M. Correa-Garhwal, R. Crystal Chaw, Thomas H. Clarke III, Liliana G. Alaniz, Fanny S. Chan, Rachael E. Alfaro, Cheryl Y. Hayashi

published 20 Sep 2018

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Understanding selective predation: Are energy and nutrients important?

Tamara I. Potter, Hayley J. Stannard, Aaron C. Greenville, Christopher R. Dickman

published 08 Aug 2018

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Predicting the distribution of poorly-documented species, Northern black widow (Latrodectus variolus) and Black purse-web spider (Sphodros niger), using museum specimens and citizen science data

Yifu Wang, Nicolas Casajus, Christopher Buddle, Dominique Berteaux, Maxim Larrivée

published 08 Aug 2018

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An overview of Phoneutria nigriventer spider venom using combined transcriptomic and proteomic approaches

Marcelo R. V. Diniz, Ana L. B. Paiva, Clara Guerra-Duarte, Milton Y. Nishiyama Jr, Mauricio A. Mudadu, Ursula de Oliveira, Márcia H. Borges, John R. Yates, Inácio de L. Junqueira-de-Azevedo

published 01 Aug 2018

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Diverse effects of degree of urbanisation and forest size on species richness and functional diversity of plants, and ground surface-active ants and spiders

Ramona Laila Melliger, Brigitte Braschler, Hans-Peter Rusterholz, Bruno Baur

published 19 Jun 2018

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Elastic modulus and toughness of orb spider glycoprotein glue

Brent D. Opell, Mary E. Clouse, Sheree F. Andrews

published 30 May 2018

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