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On the identity of the poorly known spider species Centromerus obscurus Boesenberg, 1902 and description of a new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae)

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  On the identity of the poorly known spider species Centromerus obscurus Boesenberg, 1902 and description of a new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae) Abstract The taxonomic status and distribution of the poorly known linyphiid species Centromerus obscurus Boesenberg, 1902 is discussed on the basis of newly collected material from Bulgaria. Additionally, after a review of the related literature and the newly collected material, a new species of Centromerus species, C. thaleri sp. n., is described based on both sexes and Centromerus obscurus is considered nomen dubium stat. reconf.  Deltshev, C. & Indzhov, S. (2026). On the identity of the poorly known spider species Centromerus obscurus Boesenberg, 1902 and description of a new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Historia Naturalis Bulgarica 48 (6): 159-164. doi: 10.48027/hnb.48.062

Arachnology, Vol. 20, No. 5 (Summer 2026)

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Are Female Pardosa Spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) Inhabiting Agricultural Environments More Efficient Than Males in Capturing a Standard Prey of Various Sizes?

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N-acetylcysteine as a potential adjuvant to antivenom for viper envenomation: a proof-of-concept mechanistic pilot study

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First record of Thaumasia Perty, 1833 nursery web spider (Araneae: Pisauridae) preying upon Polistes canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in the Neotropical region

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Comparison of the efficacy of varespladib and coral snake antivenom against the activities of the Amazon coral snake (Micrurus spixii) venom

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Wishbone spiders of the genus Kwonkan Main, 1983 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Anamidae) in south-western Australia: Redescription of legacy species, two new species, and an assessment of agricultural zone diversity

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Between sand and salt: phylogeography of the Australian salt lake wolf spider Lycosa salifodina (Araneae: Lycosidae)

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Description and phylogenetic placement of Dorrigocosa, a new genus of Venoniinae (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Australia

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Polybia sericea (Olivier, 1792) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) predated by Thomisidae (Araneae) in an area of ​​campo rupestre, Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil

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A review of the Metashinobius, a genus previously considered monotypic (Araneae, Trechaleidae)

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Hunting ecology predicts eye arrangements in the modular visual system of spiders

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A new species of orb-weaver genus Argiope Audouin, 1826 from West Kalimantan, Indonesia, with notes on a new synonymy of Gea spinipes C. L. Koch, 1843 (Araneae: Araneidae)

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Resurrection of the erigonine spider Ceratinopsis tybeensis (Araneae: Linyphiidae) with the first description of the male

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A NEW SPECIES OF HAHNIA (ARANEAE, HAHNIIDAE) FROM BULGARIA AND CRIMEAN PENINSULA CLOSE TO H. NAVA

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COI-based species delimitation reveals the taxonomic status of two recently described Latrodectus species from Colombia (Araneae: Theridiidae)

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Venom-Derived Enzyme Inhibitors as Anticancer Agents: Structure–Activity Relationships, Molecular Targets and Mechanistic Insights

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Scorpion Envenomation: An Intensive Care Unit Transfer Prediction Score

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