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2025/01
Like grains of sand: Ninetis spiders on the Arabian Peninsula (Araneae: Pholcidae)
Zootaxa, 5563
2024/09
Old World Micropholcus spiders, with first records of acrocerid parasitoids in Pholcidae (Araneae)
ZooKeys, 1213
2024/03
Thriving in dry conditions: on the Neotropical spider genus Galapa (Araneae: Pholcidae)
Zootaxa, 3, 5419
2024/03
Notes on Chisosa (Araneae, Pholcidae), with the description of a new species from Mexico
Zootaxa, 2, 5419
2024/02
Castaways: the Leeward Antilles endemic spider genus Papiamenta (Araneae: Pholcidae)
Invertebrate Systematics, 2, 38
2024/10
Progress or burden? Formal description of every apparently new species available in collections is neither necessary nor useful
ZooKeys, 1214
2024/10
Diamonds in the rough: Ibotyporanga (Araneae, Pholcidae) spiders in semi-arid Neotropical environments
European Journal of Taxonomy, 963
2023/03
High and dry: integrative taxonomy of the Andean spider genus Nerudia (Araneae: Pholcidae)
Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 2, 198
2023/07
Short-legged daddy-long-leg spiders in North America: the genera Pholcophora and Tolteca (Araneae, Pholcidae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 880
2023/10
Revision of the South American Ninetinae genus Guaranita (Araneae, Pholcidae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 900
2023/11
Andean giants: Priscula spiders from Ecuador, with notes on species groups and egg-sac troglomorphism (Araneae: Pholcidae)
909
2023/02
Humpback spiders from Ecuador: relationships, prosoma ‘inflation’ and genital asymmetry (Araneae: Pholcidae: Mecolaesthus)
2, 37
2023/02
Standardized nuclear markers improve and homogenize species delimitation in Metazoa
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2, 14
2023/02
On the mysterious Seychellois endemic spider genus Cenemus (Araneae, Pholcidae)
81
2023/07
First blind daddy long-legs spiders from Australia and Réunion (Araneae, Pholcidae)
46
2023/11
Do pholcid spiders balloon?
Arachnology, 6, 19
2022/05
A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders
Scientific data, 1, 9
2022/02
Revisions of Holocnemus and Crossopriza: the spotted-leg clade of Smeringopinae (Araneae, Pholcidae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 795
2022/01
Metagonia spiders of Galápagos: blind cave-dwellers and their epigean relatives (Araneae, Pholcidae)
7, 36
2022/09
Evolutionary morphology of sperm in pholcid spiders (Pholcidae, Synspermiata)
1, 7
2022/06
Are introduced spiders displacing native species on Galápagos? Observations on pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae)
sp1, 19
2022/11
Karyotype differentiation and male meiosis in European clades of the spider genus Pholcus (Araneae, Pholcidae)
4, 16
2021/06
Revision of the spider genus Stygopholcus (Araneae, Pholcidae), endemic to the Balkan Peninsula
European Journal of Taxonomy, 752
2021/06
First Northwest African species of the spider genus Artema, from caves in Morocco, with notes on body size in pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae)
Zootaxa, 1, 4984
2021/08
Is it time to describe new species without diagnoses?—A comment on Sharkey et al. (2021)
Zootaxa, 2, 5027
2021/10
Mining a photo library: Eggs and egg sacs in a major spider family
4, 140
2021/05
Evolutionary pattern of karyotypes and meiosis in pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): implications for reconstructing chromosome evolution of araneomorph spiders
1, 21
2021/03
Beyond size: sexual dimorphisms in pholcid spiders
7, 18
2020/01
Revision of the spider genus Hoplopholcus Kulczyński (Araneae, Pholcidae)
Zootaxa, 1, 4726
2020/10
On Venezuelan pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae)
718
2019/01
Filling the gaps: descriptions of unnamed species included in the latest molecular phylogeny of Pholcidae (Araneae)
Zootaxa, 1, 4546
2019/01
The pholcid spiders of Sri Lanka (Araneae: Pholcidae)
Zootaxa, 1, 4550
2019/02
New species reveal unexpected interspecific microhabitat diversity in the genus Uthina Simon, 1893 (Araneae : Pholcidae)
Invertebrate Systematics, 33
2019/05
Inferring global species richness from megatransect data and undetected species estimates
1, 88
2018/03
The South American spider genera Mesabolivar and Carapoia (Araneae,
Pholcidae): new species and a framework for redrawing generic limitsZootaxa, 1, 4395
2018/09
Microhabitat change drives diversification in pholcid spiders
BMC evolutionary biology, 1, 18
2018/10
The phylogeny of pholcid spiders: a critical evaluation of relationships suggested by molecular data (Araneae, Pholcidae)
ZooKeys, 789
2018/12
New species of Idris Förster (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea) from southeast Asia, parasitoids of the eggs of pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae)
811
2018/09
Sexual Selection and Static Allometry: The Importance of Function
The Quarterly Review of Biology, 3, 93
2018/06
Cave-dwelling pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae): a review
Subterranean Biology, 26
2017/12
Daddy-long-leg giants: revision of the spider genus Artema Walckenaer, 1837 (Araneae, Pholcidae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 376
2017/11
Revision of the Venezuelan spider genus Stenosfemuraia González-Sponga, with new generic and specific synonymies (Araneae, Pholcidae)
Zootaxa, 4, 4341
2017/01
Revision and cladistic analysis of the Southeast Asian leaf-dwelling spider genus Calapnita Simon (Araneae, Pholcidae)
1, 4219
2017/04
Aliens in Europe: updates on the distributions of Modisimus culicinus and Micropholcus fauroti (Araneae, Pholcidae)
53
2016/05
New leaf- and litter-dwelling species of the genus Pholcus from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Pholcidae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 200
2016/03
The Panjange nigrifrons group in Borneo (Araneae: Pholcidae): high diversity in Sarawak, apparent absence in Sabah
European Journal of Taxonomy, 184
2016/04
The Southeast Asian Pholcus halabala species group (Araneae, Pholcidae): new data from field observations and ultrastructure
European Journal of Taxonomy, 190
2016/04
A new genus of ground and litter-dwelling pholcine spiders from Sarawak (Araneae, Pholcidae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 186
2016/09
Towards a DNA Barcode Reference Database for Spiders and Harvestmen of Germany
PloS one, 9, 11
2016/08
The Philippine hair wax spiders and their relatives: revision of the Pholcus bicornutus species group (Araneae, Pholcidae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 225
2016/10
Spider diversity and endemism in a South American hotspot: 20 new species of Carapoia (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
1, 4177
2015/12
Evolution of genital asymmetry, exaggerated eye stalks, and extreme palpal elongation in Panjange spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 169
2015/12
Revision of the enigmatic Southeast Asian spider genus Savarna (Araneae, Pholcidae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 160
2015/12
Revision, phylogeny, and microhabitat shifts in the Southeast Asian spider genus Aetana (Araneae, Pholcidae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 162
2015/04
Small scale endemism in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest: 14 new species of Mesabolivar (Araneae, Pholcidae), each known from a single locality
Zootaxa, 1, 3942
2014/04
Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 81
2014/09
On the New World spiders previously misplaced in Leptopholcus: molecular and morphological analyses and descriptions of four new species (Araneae : Pholcidae)
Invertebrate Systematics, 4, 28
2014/08
Fourteen new generic and ten new specific synonymies in Pholcidae (Araneae), and transfer of Mystes Bristowe to Filistatidae
Zootaxa, 3, 3847
2014/08
Progress and prospects in taxonomy: what is our goal and are we ever going to reach it?
The journal of arachnology/The Journal of arachnology, 2, 42
2014/06
Slow genital and genetic but rapid non-genital and ecological differentiation in a pair of spider species (Araneae, Pholcidae)
Zoologischer Anzeiger, 5, 253
2013/10
West African pholcid spiders: an overview, with descriptions of five new species (Araneae, Pholcidae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 59
2013/06
Litoporus iguassuensis (Araneae, Pholcidae): Camouflaged retreat, sexual dimorphism, female color polymorphism, intra-specific genital variation, and description of the male
4, 252
2013/09
Revision and cladistic analysis of the Guineo-Congolian spider genus Smeringopina Kraus (Araneae, Pholcidae)
Zootaxa, 1, 3713
2012/08
Pholcid spider molecular systematics revisited, with new insights into the biogeography and the evolution of the group
Cladistics, 2, 29
2012/11
East African pholcid spiders: an overview, with descriptions of eight new species (Araneae, Pholcidae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 29
2012/09
Revision and cladistic analysis of the Afrotropical endemic genus Smeringopus Simon, 1890 (Araneae: Pholcidae)
Zootaxa, 1, 3461
2011/08
Phylogeny and classification of Pholcidae (Araneae): an update
The journal of arachnology/The Journal of arachnology, 2, 39
2011/02
Diversity and endemism of pholcid spiders in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, with descriptions of four new species of the Atlantic Forest endemic genusTupigea(Araneae: Pholcidae)
Journal of natural history, 5-6, 45
2010/12
Mating positions and the evolution of asymmetric insect genitalia
Genetica, 1, 138
2010/01
High level of endemism in Haiti's last remaining forests: a revision of Modisimus (Araneae: Pholcidae) on Hispaniola, using morphology and molecules
Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 2, 158
2009/01
Increased sampling blurs morphological and molecular species limits: revision of the Hispaniolan endemic spider genus Tainonia (Araneae:Pholcidae)
3, 23
2009/09
Life on leaves: leaf-dwelling pholcids of Guinea, with emphasis onCrossopriza cylindrogasterSimon, a spider with inverted resting position, pseudo-eyes, lampshade web, and tetrahedral egg-sac (Araneae: Pholcidae)
Journal of natural history, 39-40, 43
2009/01
Four new generic and 14 new specific synonymies in Pholcidae, and transfer of Pholcoides Roewer to Filistatidae (Araneae)
Zootaxa, 1, 1970
2008/08
Comb-hairs on the fourth tarsi in pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae)
The journal of arachnology/The Journal of arachnology, 2, 36
2008/04
The pholcid spiders of Micronesia and Polynesia (Araneae, Pholcidae)
The journal of arachnology/The Journal of arachnology, 1, 36
2007/10
The evolution of asymmetric genitalia in spiders and insects
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 4, 82
2007/09
Three new ground living pholcid species (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Parque Estadual da Cantareira, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Zootaxa, 1, 1582
2007/10
Spermathecal morphology and sperm dynamics in the female Schizocosa malitiosa (Araneae: Lycosidae)
European Journal of Entomology, 4, 104
2007/11
The pitfalls of exaggeration: molecular and morphological evidence suggests Kaliana is a synonym of Mesabolivar (Araneae: Pholcidae)
Zootaxa, 1, 1646
2007/11
Two new genera of small, six-eyed pholcid spiders from West Africa, and first record of Spermophorides for mainland Africa (Araneae: Pholcidae)
Zootaxa, 1, 1635
2006/08
Molecular taxonomy in pholcid spiders (Pholcidae, Araneae): evaluation of species identification methods using CO1 and 16S rRNA
5, 35
2006/06
Cryptic female exaggeration: The asymmetric female internal genitalia ofKaliana yuruani (Araneae: Pholcidae)
Journal of morphology, 6, 267
2006/02
Spermiogenesis in Psilochorus simoni (Berland, 1911) (Pholcidae, Araneae): Evidence for considerable within-family variation in sperm structure and development
Zoology, 1, 109
2005/08
Sexual selection research on spiders: progress and biases
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 3, 80
2005/12
Phylogeny of pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): Combined analysis using morphology and molecules
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 3, 37
2005/12
ALLOMETRY OF GENITALIA AND FIGHTING STRUCTURES IN LINYPHIA TRIANGULARIS (ARANEAE, LINYPHIIDAE)
The journal of arachnology/The Journal of arachnology, 3, 33
2005/08
EVIDENCE FOR DIRECTIONAL SELECTION ON MALE ABDOMEN SIZE IN MECOLAESTHUS LONGISSIMUS SIMON (ARANEAE, PHOLCIDAE)
The journal of arachnology/The Journal of arachnology, 2, 33
2005/01
Revision and cladistic analysis of the spider genus Carapoia González-Sponga (Araneae : Pholcidae), with descriptions of new species from Brazil's Atlantic forest
Invertebrate Systematics, 6, 19
2005/06
Speciation without changes in genital shape: A case study on Brazilian pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae)
Zoologischer Anzeiger, 4, 243
2005/01
Two new species of litter‐dwelling Metagonia spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae) document both rapid and slow genital evolution
Acta Zoologica/Acta zoologica, 1, 86
2004/07
Evolutionary transformation from muscular to hydraulic movements in spider (Arachnida, Araneae) genitalia: A study based on histological serial sections
Journal of morphology, 3, 261
2004/03
Evidence for functional segregation in the directionally asymmetric male genitalia of the spider Metagonia mariguitarensis (González‐Sponga) (Pholcidae: Araneae)
Journal of zoology, 3, 262
2004/08
COLOR DIMORPHISM IN ADULTS AND JUVENILES OF BUITINGA SAFURA (ARANEAE, PHOLCIDAE)
The journal of arachnology/The Journal of arachnology, 2, 32
2003/01
Rapid evolution and species-specificity of arthropod genitalia: fact or artifact?
Organisms diversity & evolution, 1, 3
2003/02
Cladistic analysis of Malagasy pholcid spiders reveals generic level endemism: Revision of Zatavua n. gen. and Paramicromerys Millot (Pholcidae, Araneae)
Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 2, 137
2003/04
High species diversity in one of the dominant groups of spiders in East African montane forests (Araneae: Pholcidae: Buitinga n. gen., Spermophora Hentz)
Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 4, 137
2003/12
Southern African pholcid spiders: revision and cladistic analysis of Quamtana gen. nov. and Spermophora Hentz (Araneae: Pholcidae), with notes on male-female covariation
Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 4, 139
2003/06
On the terminology of polytomies
Cladistics, 3, 19
2002/01
Functional Morphology of the Genitalia in the Spider Spermophora senoculata (Pholcidae, Araneae)
Zoologischer Anzeiger, 2, 241
2002/03
Ninetis russellsmithi n. sp., an unusual new pholcid spider species from Malawi (Araneae: Pholcidae)
Journal of Insect Science, 1, 2
1998/04
ONE SIZE FITS ALL? RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE SIZE AND DEGREE OF VARIATION IN GENITALIA AND OTHER BODY PARTS IN TWENTY SPECIES OF INSECTS AND SPIDERS
Evolution, 2, 52