In the last 15 years understanding of the higher systematics of Araneae has changed
greatly. Large classical superfamilies and families have turned out to be poly-or …

After the publication of his Catalogue of the Araneae in 1983, Professor Brignoli continued
with the work of cataloguing taxonomic changes and new descriptions of spiders, and a …

Those who wish for permanence in classifi cation must pay the price of stasis-as if for ever
condemned to confound whales with fish. MT Ghiselin 1981, p. 283 Scientific argument is a …

Nine species of the genus Dysdera were found to occur in central Europe: D. adriatica
Kulczyński 1897, D. crocata Koch 1838, D. dubrovninnii Deeleman-Reinhold 1988, D …

The genus Dysdera Latreille, 1804, a species-rich group of spiders that includes specialised
predators of woodlice, contains several complexes of morphologically similar sibling …

The spider genus Dysdera is a species-rich clade of specialized woodlice predators,
composed typically of complexes of sibling species. Here, we analyse the Dysdera ninnii …

The present study reports on the spermiogenesis and spermatozoa of seven labidognath
spiders: Filistata insidiatrix (Filistatidae), Segestria senoculata (Segestriidae), Dysdera sp …

Here we review the taxonomy of the epigean species of the spider subfamily Harpacteinae
(Araneae, Dysderidade) on Crete. Along with the endemic cave-dwelling genus Minotauria …

The reproductive biology of the spider Spermophora senoculata is investigated by
microscopical observation, freeze-fixation of copulating pairs and preparation of semithin …

The circum-Mediterranean spider genus Dysdera has undergone an outsanding species
radiation in the volcanic archipelago of the Canary Islands. The present study deals with the …