Papers on Arachnid Biology
Taxonomic papers are freely and fully available in the World Spider Catalog or the World Arachnid Catalog. This page is a limited compilation of papers covering non-taxonomic subjects in arachnology.
Evolution
- Gorneau, Rheims, Moreau & Rayor 2022 - Huntsman spider phylogeny informs evolution of life history, egg sacs, and morphology
- Ma et al 2022 - Male opportunistic mating increases with intensity of female sexual cannibalism in 3 web-building spiders
- Lüddecke, Herzig, von Reumont & Vilcinskas 2021 - The biology and evolution of spider venoms
- Xu et al 2021 - Phylogenomic Analysis of Ultraconserved Elements Resolves the Evolutionary and Biogeographic History of Segmented Trapdoor Spiders
- Xu X, Liu FX, Cheng RC, Chen J, Xu X, Zhang ZS, Ono H, Pham SC, Norma-Rashid, Y, Arnedo, MA, Kuntner M, Li DQ 2015b - Extant primitively segmented spiders have recently diversified from an ancient lineage
Genomics
- Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga 2023 - Advances in the reconstruction of the spider tree of life: A roadmap for spider systematics and comparative studies
- Ballesteros et al 2022 - Comprehensive Species Sampling and Sophisticated Algorithmic Approaches Refute the Monophyly of Arachnida
- Cao et al 2013 - The genome of Mesobuthus martensii reveals a unique adaptation model of arthropods
- Fan Z, Yuan T, Liu P, Wang LY & Zhang ZS 2021 - A chromosome‐level genome of the spider Trichonephila antipodiana reveals the genetic basis of its polyphagy and evidence of an ancient whole-genome duplication event
Prey-capture strategies
- Court, D.J. 2023 - Come to the Banquet: Feast of the Spiders. Nature Watch 31(2) Apr - Jun 2023, Nature Society (Singapore).
- Hormiga, G. & Eberhard, W.G. 2023 - Sheet webs of linyphioid spiders (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Pimoidae): the light of diversity hidden under a linguistic basket. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 163 (8): 279-415.
- Gould, García & Valdez 2022 - Water webbing: Long-jawed spider (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) produces webs that touch the surface of ephemeral waterbodies
- Diaz & Long 2022 - Behavior and Bioadhesives: How Bolas Spiders, Mastophora hutchinsoni, Catch Moths
- Yu et al 2021 - Masquerading predators deceive prey by aggressively mimicking bird droppings in a crab spider
This is not intended to be an exhaustive list. It is intended purely as an ad hoc “bibliographic alert service” to help readers interested in the respective subjects. You are welcome to send us new titles via [email protected] or post them on the ASA FaceBook so that the information is shared with other members.
