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New spider species named after curator | Danni Sherwood | Manchester Museum

New spider species named after curator | Danni Sherwood | Manchester Museum Two newly described spider species have been named in honour of members of our Entomology team, recognising their support for spider research at the Museum. Colombiarachne dianae, a tarantula from the Chocó region of Colombia, is named after our Curator of Entomology, Diana Arzuza Buelvas. Titanidiops logunovi, a trapdoor spider from Galegu, Sudan, is named after Dmitri Logunov. The names were chosen by one of our favourite frequent visitors, the amazing spider researcher Danni Sherwood. As Danni put it: "It’s a small token of my appreciation for all the help you give me in Manchester!" It's a wonderful reminder that behind every scientific discovery is a community of people helping to make research possible. Congratulations to Diana and Dmitri on this very special honour! 

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Editorial: Horizons in arachnid science

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A new six-eyed species of the spider genus Alistra Thorell, 1894 from Guangdong, China (Araneae: Hahniidae)

The world's fastest spider tops 3.5 metres per second

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A new species of Harpactocrates Simon, 1914 (Araneae: Dysderidae) from Cantabria, Spain

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Four new spider species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from South Korea

Scorpions of Angola (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part I. Family Buthidae, with descriptions of two new species.

Tracking a Tarantula Diversification in a Neotropical Open Biome

Temperate forest heterogeneity decreases local and landscape-scale spider diversity through habitat filtering despite increasing species turnover