Calymmochilus dispar Bouček & Andriescu (Hymenoptera, Eupelmidae) and Gelis apterus (Pontoppidan) (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) are newly recorded as parasitoids of the ant-eating spider Zodarion styliferum (Simon) (Araneae, Zodariidae). The larvae of both parasitoid species fed on juvenile spiders. The final instar larva and pupa of Calymmochilus dispar and the male of Gelis apterus are describ...

A new fossil site near Gilboa, New York, is one of only three where fossils of terrestrial arthropods of Devonian age have been found. The new Gilboan fauna is younger than the other two but richer in taxa. Fragmentary remains and nearly whole specimens assigned to Eurypterida, Arachnida (Trigonotarbida, Araneae, Amblypygi, and Acari), Chilopoda [Craterostigmatomorpha(?) and Scuterigeromorpha(?...

Here for the first time the presence of the trapdoor spider genus Conothele Thorell, 1878 (Araneae: Ctenizidae) is reported from mainland China and Laos. Four Conothele species collected from the regions are described as new to science, based on the female genital morphology: Conothele baiyunensis Xu, Xu & Liu, sp. n. (Guangdong Province), Conothele daxinensis Xu, Xu & Li, sp. n. (Guangxi Provi...

Vesubia jugorum (Simon, 1881) (Araneae: Lycosidae) is a large-sized wolf spider that occurs in alpine rocky areas above 2,000 m altitude. The species is stenoendemic, with a limited number of populations documented in the literature from the Maritime Alps (Italy, France). Due to the climate change, the current observed extent of occurrence (EEO 4,412 km ) and the area of occupancy (AOO 835 km )...

An organ of stridulation is described from Macrothele gigas Shimojana et Haupt, 1998 (Araneae, Hexathelidae). One part is located on the retrolateral side of the pedipalpal trochanter and its counterpart is a specialized structure on the anterolateral side of the first leg's trochanter. Stridulation facilities occur in both sexes. This descripton emphazises differences between large and smaller...

For human population genomics, we discuss evolution and migration theories as well as association studies. Association studies are useful, because they allow us to draw correlations between genomes and phenotypes. For example, WTCCC found correlations between common diseases and a few genes. However, we still do not know how to predict phenotypes from a genome. This is an open problem, that wil...

MAGE-encoded antigens, which are expressed by tumors of many histological types but not in normal tissues, are suitable candidates for vaccine-based immunotherapy of cancers. Thus far, however, T-cell responses to MAGE antigens have been detected only occasionally in cancer patients. In contrast, by using HLA/peptide fluorescent tetramers, we have observed recently that CD8(+) T cells specific ...

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Morphological evidence for resolving relationships among arachnid orders was surveyed and assembled in a matrix comprising 59 euchelicerate genera (41 extant, 18 fossil) and 202 binary and unordered multistate characters. Parsimony analysis of extant genera recovered a monophyletic Arachnida with the topology (Palpigradi (Acaromorpha (Tetrapulmonata (Haplocnemata, Stomothecata nom. nov. )))), w...

Die wenig bekannte Spinnenart Harpactea cecconii (Araneae: Dysderidae) wird anhand von Material wiederbeschrieben, welches auf der Insel Zypern gesammelt wurde. Fotografien weiblichen Kopulationsorgane werden zum ersten Mal präsentiert. Zusätzlich mithilfe SEM-Fotografien die Feinstrukturen des spiniformen Embolus, einem Teil männlichen Kopulationsorgans, gezeigt. Es Möglichkeit erörtert, dass ...