Arachnids
In addition to arachnids, the Arachnida section also curates the "basal" hexapods (primarily wingless insects, mayflies, dragonflies) as well as pantopods and crustaceans. The collection comprises around 70,000 specimens with a focus on real spiders, mites, pantopods and dragonflies. Research is focussed on the systematics, phylogeny and biology of spiders, in particular trembling spiders, as well as the function and evolution of copulatory organs in arthropods.
Related collections
Contact person
Dr. Bernhard A. Huber
- Head of Section Arachnida
Phone: +49 228 9122 294
E-Mail: b.huber@leibniz-lib.de
Projects
There are currently no projects available
Publications
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2025/1
Like grains of sand: Ninetis spiders on the Arabian Peninsula (Araneae: Pholcidae)
Zootaxa, 5563
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
2024/9
Old World Micropholcus spiders, with first records of acrocerid parasitoids in Pholcidae (Araneae)
ZooKeys, 1213
2024/8
Integrative characterisation of the Northwestern European species of Anacharis Dalman, 1823 (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Figitidae) with the description of three new species
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 97
2024/8
Exkursion in den Kaukasus: Der CaBOL BioBlitz 2022 in Armenien und Georgien
2024/4
Insect Antimicrobial Peptides as Guardians of Immunity and Beyond: A Review
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 7, 25
2024/4
Picking pearls from the Silk Road: Insights into the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the Caucasus Barcode of Life (CaBOL) project. Part III
Caucasiana, 3
2024/3
Thriving in dry conditions: on the Neotropical spider genus Galapa (Araneae: Pholcidae)
Zootaxa, 3, 5419
2024/3
Notes on Chisosa (Araneae, Pholcidae), with the description of a new species from Mexico
Zootaxa, 2, 5419
2024/2
Castaways: the Leeward Antilles endemic spider genus Papiamenta (Araneae: Pholcidae)
Invertebrate Systematics, 2, 38
2023/11
Andean giants: Priscula spiders from Ecuador, with notes on species groups and egg-sac troglomorphism (Araneae: Pholcidae)
909
2023/11
Do pholcid spiders balloon?
Arachnology, 6, 19
2023/10
Revision of the South American Ninetinae genus Guaranita (Araneae, Pholcidae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 900
2023/7
Short-legged daddy-long-leg spiders in North America: the genera Pholcophora and Tolteca (Araneae, Pholcidae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 880
2023/7
First blind daddy long-legs spiders from Australia and Réunion (Araneae, Pholcidae)
46
2023/5
Convergent molecular evolution of thermogenesis and circadian rhythm in Arctic ruminants
Proceedings - Royal Society. Biological sciences/Proceedings - Royal Society. Biological Sciences, 1999, 290
2023/3
High and dry: integrative taxonomy of the Andean spider genus Nerudia (Araneae: Pholcidae)
Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 2, 198
2023/3
Mitochondrial genome evolution in the Diprionidae: Major gene rearrangement in the basal Hymenoptera
2023/3
Metabarcoding reveals seasonal and spatial patterns of arthropod community assemblages in two contrasting habitats: Desert and oasis of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico
Diversity and distributions, 3, 29
2023/2
Humpback spiders from Ecuador: relationships, prosoma ‘inflation’ and genital asymmetry (Araneae: Pholcidae: Mecolaesthus)
2, 37
2023/2
Standardized nuclear markers improve and homogenize species delimitation in Metazoa
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2, 14
2023/2
On the mysterious Seychellois endemic spider genus Cenemus (Araneae, Pholcidae)
81
2022/12
Evolution and diversification of Mountain voles (Rodentia: Cricetidae)
Communications biology, 1, 5
2022/11
Karyotype differentiation and male meiosis in European clades of the spider genus Pholcus (Araneae, Pholcidae)
4, 16
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Employees
Dr. Bernhard A. Huber
ztm Arachnida ScientistPhone: +49 228 9122 294
E-mail: b.huber@leibniz-lib.de
Guanliang Meng
ztm Arachnida Doctoral candidatePhone: +49 228 9122 294
E-mail: g.meng@leibniz-lib.de