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 …

An updated and extensively revised checklist of the arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican
Republic and Haiti) is presented 11 years after the publication of the original in 2008. It …

Background The immense geologic and ecological complexity of the Caribbean has created
a natural laboratory for interpreting when and how organisms disperse through time and …

Abstract The identification of Stasimopus Simon, species as well as mygalomorph species
has been a long-standing challenge. This is due to their conservative morphologies as well …

Gliding locomotion has convergently evolved in multiple vertebrate and invertebrate taxa,
spanning terrestrial and aquatic animals. The selective pressures attributed to the evolution …

Many ambush predators attack prey using rapid strikes, but these strikes are typically only
anteriorly directed. However, a predator may attack laterally and posteriorly oriented prey if it …

The behaviour of directed aerial descent has been described for numerous taxa of wingless
hexapods as they fall from the tropical rainforest canopy, but is not known in other terrestrial …

We relimit and revise the family Selenopidae to include four new genera and 27 new
species from Australia and the Oriental Region. The family is redefined, as are the genera …

Although the Caribbean region is recognized as a major biodiversity hotspot, many
megadiverse groups remain taxonomically understudied. The ornate spiders of the genus …

With over 40,000 described species, spiders have adapted to nearly every terrestrial
environment across the globe. Over half of the world's spider families live within the three …