The infraorder Araneomorphae comprises more than nine-tenths of spider diversity,
including most of the better known web-weaving spiders. As observed for other taxa, the …

We have revised all the specimens of Araneidae from the Colombian Amazon Region in the
Arachnological Collection of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales at the Universidad Nacional …

South America is the fourth largest continent on the planet; its birds, mammals, and
amphibian's biodiversity is relatively well known, but no outright assessment of the continent …

Few spider species show truly cosmopolitan distributions. Among them is the banded
garden spider Argiope trifasciata, which is reported from six continents across major climatic …

Zootaxa published more than a thousand papers on Araneae from 2002 to the present,
including descriptions of 3,833 new spider species and 177 new genera. Here we …

Ninetinae are a group of poorly known spiders that do not fit the image of 'daddy long-legs
spiders'(Pholcidae), the family to which they belong. They are mostly short-legged, tiny and …

We present a species list of spiders collected over a period of more than 5 years in a
rainforest reserve in central Amazonia-Reserva Ducke. The list is mainly based on intense …

Abstract Aim Amazonia and Atlantic Rain Forests share a common biogeographical origin
and have an interconnected history that includes the drier biomes between them. It is not …

Despite the unusual and interesting social behavior reported in Metepeira spiders, the
absence of a comprehensive revision of this difficult group has left the taxonomy of the …

Hersiliidae Thorell is a family of conspicuously long-legged spiders, characterized by
extremely elongate posterior lateral spinnerets. To date, it includes 148 species distributed …