A revision of the Holarctic genus Larinioides Caporiacco, 1934 (Araneae: Araneidae).

A new combination expands the range of the African araneid spider Singafrotypa (Araneae, Araneidae)

Study of the syntype of Larinioides subinermis, a species known from Ethiopia only, revealed that it actually belongs to Singafrotypa Benoit, 1962. We redescribe Singafrotypa subinermis (Caporiacco, 1940), comb. n., and provide a key to females of four species belonging to Singafrotypa. A distribution map for all species is provided.

ARNO A. LISE, CYNARA C. KESSTER & ESTEVAM L. CRUZ DA SILVA (2015) Revision of the orb-weaving spider genus Verrucosa McCook, 1888 (Araneae, Araneidae). Zootaxa, 3921 (1), 1-105.

Synonymy of the North African spider genus Castanilla Caporiacco, 1936 with Micaria Westring, 1851 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae).

The spider genus Castanilla Caporiacco, 1936 is presently represented by two species, C. quinquemaculata Caporiacco, 1936 (type species) and C. marchesii Caporiacco, 1936, both described from Libya. The genus has never been revised and neither of the two species have ever been redescribed (Platnick 2013). The placement of the genus has up to now also been rather uncertain. Caporiacco (1936a,b) ...

Activity patterns in different developmental stages and sexes of Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck) (Araneae, Araneidae)

The foraging behaviour in web building spiders involves: (1) placing the web in the habitat, (2) constructing the web, (3) attacking prey entangled in the web, and (4) ingesting prey (Leborgne et al., 1991). Foraging theory suggests that organisms should exhibit foraging behaviour that optimizes the relationship between benefits and costs (Schoener, 1971; Pyke et al., 1977). The two major benef...

Redescription of Phrurolithus flavipes (Araneae: Phrurolithidae), with the first description of the male.

Phrurolithus C.L. Koch, 1839, with 71 named species, is the largest genus of the family Phrurolithidae, which contains 188 species belonging to 14 genera (Platnick 2014). It has an almost exclusively Holarctic distribution: 34 species are known from the Palaearctic, 35 are known from the Nearctic and two species are known from Hispaniola. The genus is rather poorly studied and has never been th...