ArachnologyPub Date : 2022-03-24DOI: 10.13156/arac.2022.19.1.14
F. Ceccolini, F. Cianferoni
{"title":"Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae)","authors":"F. Ceccolini, F. Cianferoni","doi":"10.13156/arac.2022.19.1.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2022.19.1.14","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract One junior homonym was detected in the order Araneae where no junior synonym could be used and the following replacement name is therefore proposed: Pholcitrichocyclus Ceccolini & Cianferoni nom. nov. pro Trichocyclus Simon, 1908 nec Eschscholtz, 1825 nec Günther, 1870. The genus Leucognatha Wunderlich, 1992 is revalidated to resolve the homonym Sancus Tullgren, 1910 nec Sancus de Nicéville, 1891.","PeriodicalId":38197,"journal":{"name":"Arachnology","volume":"57 1","pages":"14 - 15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74172461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ArachnologyPub Date : 2022-03-24DOI: 10.13156/arac.2022.19.1.20
Robert Perger, Gonzalo D. Rubio
{"title":"Notes on the distribution and ecoregion associations of ant-like jumping spiders of the tribe Sarindini Simon, 1901, with a correction of the distribution of Sympolymnia shinahota Perger & Rubio 2021 (Simonellini) (Araneae: Salticidae)","authors":"Robert Perger, Gonzalo D. Rubio","doi":"10.13156/arac.2022.19.1.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2022.19.1.20","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Sampling in five locations in four forest ecoregions of Bolivia revealed seven species of the ant-like jumping spider tribe Sarindini. Six species, Martella utingae, Sarinda armata, Sarinda marcosi, Simprulla argentina, Simprulla nigricolor, and Zuniga magna, are reported for Bolivia for the first time. The new Bolivian records for M. utingae, S. armata, and S. nigricolor considerably extend the distributional ranges of these species, and the new record for Z. magna shortens a large gap in the known distribution. While the dry diagonal that separates Amazon and Atlantic forests does not appear to act as a dispersal barrier for several Sarindini species, other species appear to be restricted to the areas north or south of the dry diagonal, respectively. Accordingly, high species richness in Bolivian Sarindini may be attributed to the presence of wide spread generalist species and the meeting of several super-regions with their respective faunal elements in Bolivia.","PeriodicalId":38197,"journal":{"name":"Arachnology","volume":"7 1","pages":"20 - 27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85257864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ArachnologyPub Date : 2022-03-24DOI: 10.13156/arac.2022.19.1.1
Arnau Calatayud‐Mascarell, Pedro Alonso-Alonso, Z. Boratyński, A. Dippenaar-Schoeman, M. Pabijan, Xabier Salgado-Irazabal
{"title":"Hidden among the prickles: new records and updated distribution of Tmarus longicaudatus Millot, 1942 (Araneae: Thomisidae)","authors":"Arnau Calatayud‐Mascarell, Pedro Alonso-Alonso, Z. Boratyński, A. Dippenaar-Schoeman, M. Pabijan, Xabier Salgado-Irazabal","doi":"10.13156/arac.2022.19.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2022.19.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract We report the first records of the poorly known crab spider Tmarus longicaudatus Millot, 1942 in Mauritania, Namibia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The new record in Mauritania extends the distribution of the species by almost 2750 km to the west from the closest and type locality in Niger. The new record in Namibia is 1000 km north of the closest locality in South Africa. New records in the UAE are more than 900 km east of the closest locality in central Saudi Arabia. Using all available records, we present the known distribution of the species and its climate-based predicted range, indicating a wide distribution in arid to semi-arid regions. Considering its wide expected distribution, extending throughout Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, integrative taxonomic studies are needed to clarify the species status of this masquerading spider.","PeriodicalId":38197,"journal":{"name":"Arachnology","volume":"40 1","pages":"1 - 6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73927815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ArachnologyPub Date : 2022-03-24DOI: 10.13156/arac.2022.19.1.66
{"title":"First documentation of Plexippus minor Wesołowska & van Harten, 2010 (Araneae: Salticidae) from India","authors":"","doi":"10.13156/arac.2022.19.1.66","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2022.19.1.66","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The jumping spider species Plexippus minor Wesołowska & van Harten, 2010, known from the United Arab Emirates is here reported from India, from the Desert National Park Wildlife Sanctuary in the state of Rajasthan. Detailed redescriptions with high quality illustrations of both Indian and type specimens of P. minor, including 3D models of the type, are presented, and the distribution is updated. This work increases the number of Plexippus species in India to seven.","PeriodicalId":38197,"journal":{"name":"Arachnology","volume":"28 1","pages":"66 - 71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82537858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ArachnologyPub Date : 2021-11-11DOI: 10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.965
D. Sherwood, N. Ferretti, R. Gabriel, R. West
{"title":"Redescription of the theraphosine Hapalotremus albipes Simon, 1903 and description of four new species of Hapalotremus Simon, 1903 from Peru and Bolivia (Araneae: Theraphosidae)","authors":"D. Sherwood, N. Ferretti, R. Gabriel, R. West","doi":"10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.965","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The holotype of Hapalotremus albipes Simon, 1903 is redescribed. Four new species of the genus Hapalotremus Simon, 1903 are described: Hapalotremus apasanka sp. nov., Hapalotremus hananqheswa sp. nov., and Hapalotremus kaderkai sp. nov. from Peru, and Hapalotremus yuraqchanka sp. nov. from Bolivia. Discussion on palpal bulb morphology, ontogenetic spermathecal morphology, and biogeography is presented. Historical information about collectors and comments on the accession numbers and other label information of historical specimens is also presented.","PeriodicalId":38197,"journal":{"name":"Arachnology","volume":"128 1","pages":"965 - 989"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75484390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ArachnologyPub Date : 2021-11-11DOI: 10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.1017
Arnau Calatayud‐Mascarell, Pedro Alonso-Alonso, J. Korba
{"title":"First record of Bolostromus panamanus (Petrunkevitch, 1925) (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Cyrtaucheniidae) from Costa Rica","authors":"Arnau Calatayud‐Mascarell, Pedro Alonso-Alonso, J. Korba","doi":"10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.1017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.1017","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The poorly known species of wafer-lid trapdoor spider Bolostromus panamanus (Petrunkevitch, 1925) (Mygalomorphae: Cyrtaucheniidae) is formally reported from Costa Rica for the first time, based on a female collected in Puerto Viejo de Talamanca. The specimen is described and the first pictures of a living specimen, diagnostic traits, and spermathecae of the species are provided","PeriodicalId":38197,"journal":{"name":"Arachnology","volume":"40 1","pages":"1017 - 1020"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88953306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ArachnologyPub Date : 2021-11-11DOI: 10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.1068
Aleson Aparecido da Silva, C. Rohde, André Felipe de Araujo Lira
{"title":"Record of mygalomorph spider (Araneae: Theraphosidae) predation by a scorpion (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in a Brazilian seasonally dry tropical forest","authors":"Aleson Aparecido da Silva, C. Rohde, André Felipe de Araujo Lira","doi":"10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.1068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.1068","url":null,"abstract":"An adult female of the buthid scorpion Tityus stigmurus Thorell, 1876 was found in the Caatinga vegetation (c. 20 cm height), feeding on a juvenile of the mygalomorph genus Dolichothele Mello-Leitão, 1923 (Fig. 1). Because of the difficulty in identifying juveniles, the spider was classified to the genus level only. Dolichothele is represented by 11 small to medium-sized species, with no urticating setae (Valencia-Cuellar et al. 2019; World Spider Catalog 2021). These spiders are typically found under rocks, fallen trunks, and in naturally formed crevices (Valencia-Cuellar et al. 2019). In the Caatinga, all these microhabitats are also occupied by T. stigmurus scorpions (Lira, Souza &Albuquerque 2018).","PeriodicalId":38197,"journal":{"name":"Arachnology","volume":"27 1","pages":"1068 - 1069"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85623503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ArachnologyPub Date : 2021-11-11DOI: 10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.1057
J. Visser, S. Geerts
{"title":"Sexual dimorphism and static allometry in the South African scorpion Opistophthalmus karrooensis","authors":"J. Visser, S. Geerts","doi":"10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.1057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.1057","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Sexual dimorphism in scorpions is generally retrieved for a similar subset of body parts and is presumed to result from alternative types of selection operating on homologous structures in each sex. Even so, investigations which use static allometry as a method for testing specific hypotheses relating to selection remain limited. Sexual dimorphism in the majority of South African scorpion species is poorly investigated, especially in the genus Opistophthalmus, of which the endemic Karoo burrowing scorpion O. karrooensis is nearly completely data deficient. The current study investigates patterns of sexual dimorphism and static allometry in O. karrooensis, based on external morphology. Following character scaling on carapace length, patterns of sexual dimorphism in this species indicate the elongation of male appendages (pedipalp segments, legs, pectines, metasoma, and telson), while females display wider bodies and wide, thick pedipalp segments. These patterns possibly point to an enhanced reproductive output and parental care in females, coupled to a sedentary lifestyle and generalist feeding strategy. Conversely, the male morphology is likely adapted for greater vagility, but should also function during mate-trailing and sexual interactions. In line with these explanations, the body parts in both sexes indicate static allometric patterns pointing (at least in part) to the potential influence of either natural or sexual selection, but further reveal the possibility of intense selection on a number of body parts. Taken together, the selective forces which shape scorpion morphology may be complex, relating to multiple functions of body parts and life-history differences between the sexes.","PeriodicalId":38197,"journal":{"name":"Arachnology","volume":"76 1","pages":"1057 - 1063"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82574493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ArachnologyPub Date : 2021-11-11DOI: 10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.993
Jacob C. Ulrich
{"title":"Wind effects on web structure of grass spiders Agelenopsis actuosa","authors":"Jacob C. Ulrich","doi":"10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.993","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.993","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Habitat selection can be influenced by abiotic factors such as rain and wind. Spiders build webs that are subjected to wind, thus making habitat selection that much more important for individual spiders. I examined the webs of the grass spider Agelenopsis actuosa (Gertsch & Ivie, 1936), to determine whether they differed in shape, size, and attachment points in short versus tall vegetation in the same general area. I hypothesized that short-grass webs would be larger in diameter, closer to the ground, have more numerous attachments to vegetation, and have specific orientations that accounted for the dominant wind directions. Webs in short grass were significantly shorter in diameter (mean short = 23 ± 6 cm, mean tall = 25 ± 6 cm), lower to the ground (mean short = 7 + 3 cm, mean tall = 17 + 5 cm), and had more numerous attachments (mean short = 24 + 6 attachments, mean tall = 10 + 2 attachments) than webs in tall grass. Short-grass webs were significantly oriented towards north while tall-grass webs showed no significant web orientation. My findings suggest that short-grass webs were smaller because of the wind, and are a predictable circular shape with more attachments. Tall-grass webs were a longer oval in shape, with fewer attachments. Webs are possibly more rigid in short grass with significant orientation perpendicular to the dominant wind direction, possibly for spider thermoregulation.","PeriodicalId":38197,"journal":{"name":"Arachnology","volume":"39 3 1","pages":"993 - 997"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78217592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ArachnologyPub Date : 2021-11-11DOI: 10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.998
W. Wesołowska
{"title":"Five new jumping spiders from Nigeria (Araneae: Salticidae: Thiratoscirtina)","authors":"W. Wesołowska","doi":"10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.998","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.998","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Three new genera of salticids are established: Detalik gen. n., Drobinka gen. n., and Malizna gen. n. Five new species of thiratoscirtine jumping spiders from Nigeria are diagnosed, described, and illustrated: Detalik anthonyi sp. n. (♂♀), D. ibadan sp. n. (♂), D. idanrensis sp. n. (♀), Drobinka parvula sp. n. (♂♀), and Malizna admirabilis sp n. (♂♀). The last species is also found in Uganda.","PeriodicalId":38197,"journal":{"name":"Arachnology","volume":"95 1","pages":"998 - 1005"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76308259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}