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Arachnida, Bonn

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.

 

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Contact person

Dr. Bernhard A. Huber

  • Head of Section Arachnida

Phone: +49 228 9122 294
E-Mail: b.huber@leibniz-lib.de

Projects

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There are currently no projects available

Publications

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    2026

  • 2026/02

    Meng, G., Carvalho, L.S., Podsiadlowski, L., Huber, B.A.

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    Low coverage whole genome sequencing reveals a new subfamily of daddy long-legs spiders from Brazilian Caatinga (Araneae: Pholcidae)

    Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 84

    • 2025

  • 2025/11

    Huber, B.A., Meng, G.

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    New species of Metagonia Simon with directionally asymmetric male and female genitalia (Araneae, Pholcidae)

    European Journal of Taxonomy, 1026

  • 2025/10

    Meng, G., Podsiadlowski, L., Dimitrov, D., Huber, B.A.

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    The Complex Interplay between Evolutionary Flexibility and Diversification in a Family of Spiders

    Systematic Biology

  • 2025/08

    Zhang, M., Zhai, R., Niu, G., Chen, J., Tan, B., Wu, D., Meng, G., Wei, M.

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    Telomere-to-telomere genome assembly uncovers Wolbachia-driven recurrent male bottleneck effect and selection in a sawfly

    Communications Biology, 1, 8

  • 2025/05

    Garcia-Erill, G., Liu, S., Le, M.D., Hurley, M.M., Nguyen, H.D., Nguyen, D.Q., Nguyen, D.H., Santander, C.G., Sánchez Barreiro, F., Gomes Martins, N.F., Hanghøj, K., Salleh, F.M., Ramos-Madrigal, J., Wang, X., Sinding, M.S., Morales, H.E., Stæger, F.F., Wilkinson, N., Meng, G., Pečnerová, P., Yang, C., Rasmussen, M.S., Schubert, M., Dunn, R.R., Moltke, I., Zhang, G., Chen, L., Wang, W., Cao, T.T., Nguyen, H.M., Siegismund, H.R., Albrechtsen, A., Gilbert, M.T.P., Heller, R.

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    Genomes of critically endangered saola are shaped by population structure and purging

    Cell

Employees

All employees

  • Dr. Dirk Gassmann

    ztm Arachnida Technical staff

    E-mail: d.gassmann@leibniz-lib.de

  • Dr. Bernhard A. Huber

    ztm Arachnida Scientist

    Phone: +49 228 9122 294
    E-mail: b.huber@leibniz-lib.de

  • Hans-Joachim Krammer

    ztm Arachnida Technical staff

    Phone: +49 228 9122 298
    E-mail: h.krammer@leibniz-lib.de

  • Guanliang Meng

    ztm Arachnida Doctoral candidate

    Phone: +49 228 9122 294
    E-mail: g.meng@leibniz-lib.de

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