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 …

The study of many museum specimens of goblin spiders from the Himalayan range and
neighboring countries allows for the description of new taxa of the family Oonopidae. The …

Based on a survey of a wide variety of oonopid genera and outgroups, we hypothesize new
synapomorphies uniting the Oonopidae (minus the South African genus Calculus Purcell …

The type species of Costarina, C. plena (OP-Cambridge), is redescribed, has an unusually
broad distribution (extending from southern Mexico to northern Costa Rica), and is …

The new goblin spider genus Prethopalpus is restricted to the Australasian tropics, from the
lower Himalayan Mountains in Nepal and India to the Malaysian Peninsula, Indonesia …

The mega-diverse haplogyne family of goblin spiders (Oonopidae Simon, 1890) has long
been among the most poorly known families of spiders. However, since the launch of the …

A new genus of soft-bodied oonopids, Neotrops, is established for a large assemblage of
goblin spiders found in all tropical and subtropical areas of the Neotropical region, from …

The paper is the first attempt to summarize and analyse the scientific legacy of the notable
British arachnologist John Alan Murphy (1922–2021) based on his publications and archival …

ABSTRACT The Neotropical spider genus Neoxyphinus, is revised, comprising 10 species
found from the West Indies to northern Argentina. The genus is characterized by a unique …

The new endemic goblin spider genus Predatoroonops is erected for 17 new soft-bodied
oonopid species from Brazil: Predatoroonops schwarzeneggeri, sp. nov., is the type species …