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New and interesting spiders (Arthropoda, Araneae) from Vashlovani National Park and Chachuna Managed Reserve (Georgia). Part II

  New and interesting spiders (Arthropoda, Araneae) from Vashlovani National Park and Chachuna Managed Reserve (Georgia). Part II Spiders collected individually during short outings at different locations, as well as during a trip to Vashlovani National Park and Chachuna Managed Reserve, were identified, resulting in the recognition of 22 species, of which three are described as new: Harpactea digitata Seropian, sp. nov. (♂, Dedoplistskaro) (Dysderidae), Leptopilos longiembolus Seropian & Japaridze, sp. nov. (♂, Vashlovani National Park), and Palpimanus obscurus Seropian & Bulbulashvili, sp. nov. (♂♀, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Iran) (Palpimanidae). A female of Synema inexpectatum Seropian, Bulbulashvili, Makharadze & Baznikin, 2024, collected with several males, is described, while the species is recorded for the first time from the Kvemo Kartli region. Furthermore, Bogdocosa kronebergi (Andreeva, 1976), Marinarozelotes adriaticus (Caporiacco, 1951), and Pseudicius palae...

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Sex Role–Dependent Behavioral and Architectural Divergence in a Jumping Spider

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A reassessment of “Tityus” tenuimanus Banks, 1910, as a misidentified Leiurus sp. (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

Ninetine spiders in Brazilian Caatinga and Cerrado: revision of Kambiwa and description of Sertana gen. nov. (Araneae, Pholcidae), with analyses of predicted range shifts due to climate change

DNA barcoding of scorpions from Kosovo, with the first record of Alpiscorpius dinaricus (Di Caporiacco) (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae)

Five new species and one new record of armored spiders (Araneae, Tetrablemmidae) from Thailand

On the validity of Glabropelmatidae Raven, 1985 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae): a replacement name for Melloinidae Perafán, Montes de Oca and Pérez-Miles, 2025

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Comparing Spider Sampling Methods in a Eucalypt Forest in Wet and Dry Conditions

Inter-individual variability in equine antibody responses to African snake venoms follows heavy-tailed distributions with implications for antivenom production

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What about male quality? A model to predict male investment in a single female

Where We're Going, We Won't Need Eyes to See: Distributional Range Size Drivers of European Subterranean Spiders

A new contribution to the study of subfamily Tridenchthoniinae Balzan, 1892 (Pseudoscorpiones: Chthoniidae) from the late Eocene Baltic amber with the description of Baltochthonius andrushchenkoi gen. et sp. nov. and Heterolophus eridanus sp. nov.