Reproductive biology of harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones): a review of a rapidly evolving research field

G Machado, M Burns - Current Zoology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Harvestmen are a major arachnid order that has experienced a dramatic increase in
biological knowledge in the 21st century. The publication of the book Harvestmen: The …

The evolutionary and biogeographic history of the armoured harvestmen–Laniatores phylogeny based on ten molecular markers, with the description of two new …

PP Sharma, G Giribet - Invertebrate Systematics, 2011 - CSIRO Publishing
We investigated the internal phylogeny of Laniatores, the most diverse suborder of
Opiliones, using sequence data from 10 molecular loci: 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, 18S rRNA …

A systematic revision of Goniosomatinae (Arachnida: Opiliones: Gonyleptidae), with a cladistic analysis and biogeographical notes

MB DaSilva, P Gnaspini - Invertebrate Systematics, 2010 - CSIRO Publishing
Goniosomatine harvestmen have strongly armed pedipalps, generally large bodies and,
commonly, very long legs (sometimes more than 20 cm), and are distributed in the Brazilian …

The ecological tale of G onyleptidae (A rachnida, O piliones) evolution: phylogeny of a N eotropical lineage of armoured harvestmen using ecological, behavioural …

DS Caetano, G Machado - Cladistics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The large Neotropical family G onyleptidae comprises nearly 820 species divided into 16
subfamilies. The majority of publications on harvestman ecology, behaviour and scent gland …

Amphibian embryo and parental defenses and a larval predator reduce egg mortality from water mold

I Gomez-Mestre, JC Touchon, KM Warkentin - Ecology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Water molds attack aquatic eggs worldwide and have been associated with major mortality
events in some cases, but typically only in association with additional stressors. We …

Macroecology of sexual selection: a predictive conceptual framework for large-scale variation in reproductive traits

G Machado, BA Buzatto… - The American …, 2016 - journals.uchicago.edu
Abiotic factors exert direct and indirect influences on behavioral, morphological, and life-
history traits. Because some of these traits are related to reproduction, there is a causal link …

Mating system and exclusive postzygotic paternal care in a Neotropical harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones)

TM Nazareth, G Machado - Animal Behaviour, 2010 - Elsevier
This study tests predictions of the hypothesis of evolution of paternal care via sexual
selection by using the Neotropical harvestman Pseudopucrolia sp. as the model organism …

[PDF][PDF] Five new cases of paternal care in harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones): implications for the evolution of male guarding in the Neotropical family Gonyleptidae

G Machado, GS Requena, BA Buzatto, F Osses… - …, 2004 - academia.edu
In this paper, we present field observations on paternal care in five species of harvestmen
belonging to the family Gonyleptidae: Gonyleptes saprophilus, Neosadocus …

Molecular phylogenetic analysis of “pirate spiders”(Araneae, Mimetidae) with the description of a new African genus and the first report of maternal care in the family

LR Benavides, G Giribet, G Hormiga - Cladistics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate the phylogeny of “pirate spiders”(Mimetidae), a family of araneophagic
spiders known for their use of aggressive mimicry as a foraging strategy, but poorly …

Breeding biology of the cavernicolous harvestman Goniosoma albiscriptum (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores): sites of opposition, egg batches characteristics and …

RH Willemart, P Gnaspini - Invertebrate Reproduction & …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
We present field data on seasonality, mating behaviour, sites of oviposition, characteristics
of egg batches, and parental care of a cavernicolous population of the Brazilian harvestman …