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New data on Wangaraneus Mi, Wang & Li, 2024 (Araneae, Araneidae), with descriptions of two new species from Xizang, China

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  New data on Wangaraneus Mi, Wang & Li, 2024 (Araneae, Araneidae), with descriptions of two new species from Xizang, China Abstract New data on Wangaraneus Mi, Wang & Li, 2024 are provided based on morphological examination and mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I ( COI ) sequencing. Two new species from Xizang, China, W. delicatus Mi & Wang, sp. nov . and Wangaraneus fencha Mi & Wang, sp. nov ., are described and illustrated based on both sexes. In addition, two new combinations are proposed and established: W. cruciformis (Yin, Peng & Wang, 1994), comb. nov ., transferred from Singa C.L. Koch, 1836, and W. quadrituberculatus (Roy, Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2014), comb. nov ., transferred from Chorizopes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871. Wangaraneus zioni (Mi, Li & Pham, 2023), syn. nov . is synonymized with W. cruciformis . The newly described species are diagnosed based on detailed comparisons of somatic morphology and copulatory org...

The largest fossil of the segmented spider Parvithele muelleri Wunderlich, 2017 (Mesothelae: Parvithelidae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber

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The chromosome-level genome of Mesobuthus martensii provides insights into its evolution and the diversity of venom peptides

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What a Long Strange Trip It's Been: Miocene Salinian Block Migration and the Biogeography of Megahexura Spiders

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Reference genome of the Californian trapdoor spider Aptostichus stephencolberti Bond 2008 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Euctenizidae)

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Expression and function of two olfactory-related genes in response to methyl salicylate in the wolf spider Pardosa pseudoannulata (Araneae: Lycosidae)

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Scorpion Peptides in Antiviral Drug Discovery: An In-depth Review

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A new species of Ixchela Huber (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Honduras with updated taxonomic keys, and first record of Physocyclus globosus (Taczanowski)

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A pseudoscorpion clinging to a cave salamander: phoresy or failed predation?

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Scorpion venom as a source of new antimicrobial agents

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Hypothesis-driven biogeography to estimate rates and dates when fossil evidence is scarce: a case study using an ancient, Holarctic genus of spider (Araneae, Antrodiaetidae, Antrodiaetus)

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The fossil history of the smaller arachnid orders

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Beyond Venom and Constriction: Bite Performance and Trophic Ecology in the Genus Drymarchon

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New widow spider record of Latrodectus dahli Levi (Araneae: Theridiidae) extends known range in Northern Saudi Arabia

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Hematotoxic Manifestations and Management of Green Pit Viper Bites in Thailand

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Evaluation of indirect hemolysis induced by snake venoms and its neutralization by corresponding antivenoms: comparative study across five genera

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