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The faunistic diversity of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Waterberg District in the Limpopo Province of South Africa

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  The faunistic diversity of the spiders ( Arachnida , Araneae ) of the Waterberg District in the Limpopo Province of South Africa Abstract The South African National Survey of Arachnida ( SANSA ) has conducted surveys in the Waterberg District of the Limpopo Province, South Africa, over more than 40 years. The first annotated checklist for the Waterberg District is provided here, along with the global distributions, endemicity and conservation assessments for each species, as per the International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ) criteria. A total of 54 families, 292 genera and 600 species were recorded. The study highlights species of special conservation concern, as well as the nine species endemic to the Waterberg District. Salticidae (95 species), followed by Thomisidae (80 species), Araneidae (53 species) and Gnaphosidae (48 species), are the most species-rich families. In contrast, single species represent 14 families. Most species (546; 91.2%) are widely distr...

Targeting Key Enzymatic Snake Venom Proteins Using Repurposed Small Molecule Inhibitors: Emerging Adjuncts to Antivenom Therapy

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A New Chapter for the International Tarantula Occurrence Database (ITOD)

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New Theraphosinae from Ecuador: description of five species (Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae, Romopelma, and Homoeomma) with the establishment of a new genus

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Editorial: Horizons in arachnid science

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Little devils of Neotropical forests: A first molecular phylogeny of stygnid harvestmen with UCE-museomics and a gigamatrix approach (Arachnida, Opiliones, Stygnidae)

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A new species of Neochelas Pett, Grismado & Ramírez, 2026 (Araneae: Trachelidae) from Chiapas, Mexico

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

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The world's fastest spider tops 3.5 metres per second

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Predatoroonops naru (Araneae: Oonopidae): a new goblin spider species from Brazil

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

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Fourteen new species and notes on the genera Amauropelma Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001 and Bowie Jäger, 2022 (Arachnida: Araneae: Ctenidae) from Southeast Asia

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

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

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Tracking a Tarantula Diversification in a Neotropical Open Biome

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

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A survey of Synaphosus Platnick & Shadab, 1980 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) in Azerbaijan, including the description of a new species

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Distinct pathophysiological mechanisms of Heterometrus laoticus and Lychas mucronatus scorpion venoms on cardiovascular and renal functions

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