One of the only books to treat the whole spider, from its behavior and physiology to its
neurobiology and reproductive characteristics, Biology of Spiders is considered a classic in …

Stenophagy (narrow diet breadth) represents an extreme of trophic specialization in
carnivores, but little is known about the forces driving its evolution. We used spiders, the …

The present atlas documents the morphology of representative species of 22 tetragnathid
genera, with emphasis on nontetragnathines. It includes approximately 960 scanning …

Cobweb spiders (Theridiidae) are highly diverse from the perspective of species richness,
morphological diversity, variety of web architecture, and behavioral repertoires. The family …

A first step toward understanding why sociality has evolved in a particular taxonomic group
is to establish comparison points by studying the organization of different social systems. We …

Spiders are the most diversified group of terrestrial predators. They employ a wide variety of
feeding strategies, and exploit several prey types, from invertebrates up to small vertebrates …

The wasp genera included in the Polysphincta genus-group develop exclusively as
koinobiont ectoparasitoids of spiders, an unusual pattern within Hymenoptera. All known …

Web building has been such a highly successful foraging innovation among spiders that the
vast majority of extant spiders are web builders. The structure of spider webs varies …

Arachnology in the Neotropical region has been greatly benefited by the relatively recent
development and establishment of research groups in Central and South America and …

The exchange of nutrients and organic material that occurs along the riparian zones of
stream ecosystems is vital to providing energetic subsidies for both aquatic and terrestrial …