A recent paper provides an updated perspective on the evolutionary history of chelicerates—a diverse and ecologically ...

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Spiders can reach their top running speeds again soon after self-amputating a limb – a trick that could inspire robots that can move more effectively when they are damaged. When threatened by a ...

Thankfully, so far, it's only been found in spiders located in several cave systems across the island of Ireland, including the Whitefathers' Caves on the Fermanagh/Cavan border. Named after Sir David ...

It has been found on two species of spider occupying different types of environments in the cave systems. Both Metellina merianae (Tetragnathidae: Araneae) and Meta menardi are reclusive ...

Both Metellina merianae (Tetragnathidae: Araneae) and Meta menardi are reclusive, orb or circular web-weaving cave spiders that favour dark, damp places. Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences ...

In this study, we sequenced and annotated the complete or nearly complete mitogenomes of ten spider species, which further enriched the number of mitogenomes of Araneae. The comparative mitogenomic ...

2. Apophysis with two apical laminar spines on the same base (Goloboff 1995: figs. 75-78); palpal tibia with two dorsal sinuous long setae (Goloboff 1995: figs. 9 ...