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The pholcid spiders of Tunisia (Araneae: Pholcidae): new species, new records, and deep COI divergence in Holocnemus reini

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  The pholcid spiders of Tunisia (Araneae: Pholcidae): new species, new records, and deep COI divergence in Holocnemus reini Abstract Tunisia features a rapid transition between Mediterranean and Saharan biogeographical zones, resulting in a high degree of environmental heterogeneity. Despite this ecological diversity, Tunisian spiders have received limited attention compared to those of neighboring Maghreb countries. Here we combine the results of recent collections in Tunisia focusing on Pholcidae with a comprehensive review of previously published information, resulting in a total of six genera and eleven species. We present first records of the genera Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold & Prinsen, 1987 and Spermophorides Wunderlich, 1992 for Tunisia, represented by four new species: M. kahinae Huber sp. nov., M. echebbii Huber sp. nov., S. nabilae Huber & Kmira sp. nov., S. bchirae Huber sp. nov.; in addition, we redescribe S. huberti (Senglet, 1973) from Tunisian specimens,...

New Publication: Hybridisation in the Tarantula Hobby

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What’s in the box? The establishment of Cheiracanthium furculatum Karsch, 1879 (Araneae, Cheiracanthiidae) in Europe

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Non-Invasive Body Mass Estimation in the Ladybird Spider, Eresus kollari, Using Multi-View Morphometrics and Machine Learning

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Spider (Araneae) Abundance and Diversity Across Land-Use Gradients

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Anti-envenomation potential of Plumbago zeylanica aerial part extract against Naja naja: experimental validation and mechanistic insights

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Harnessing snake venom cardiotoxins for antimicrobial peptide discovery

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Ancient Divergence, Recent Island: Microplate Fragmentation and Dispersal Explain Disjunct Distributions of Western Mediterranean Scorpions

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Multiple origins and complex evolutionary history of Cryptops centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae) inhabiting East Asian islands, with systematics of Japanese species

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Computational engineering of the scorpion venom peptide Ttap3 enhances membrane selectivity and antimicrobial potential

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A survey of the Dysdera lata species-group (Araneae, Dysderidae) in Israel

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Role of snake venom proteases and tissue factor in venom induced hemostatic disorders and local hemorrhage in mice

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Enzymatic and non-enzymatic proteins from Bothrops snake venoms, their anticancer activity, and translational challenges in oncovenomics: A review

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Elevational patterns and assembly processes of centipede and spider diversity on Changbai Mountain, China

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Morphological variation in populations of Pinelema elinae Brescovit, Gallão & Cizauskas, 2023 (Araneae, Telemidae): a morphometric analysis with natural history notes

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Genomic signatures associated with convergent funnel‐web building behavior in spiders

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