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Theraphosid (Tarantula) Bite Envenomation in Humans: A Systematic Review of the Reported Epidemiology

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  Theraphosid (Tarantula) Bite Envenomation in Humans: A Systematic Review of the Reported Epidemiology ABSTRACT Background Despite the ubiquity of Theraphosidae (tarantulas) in the pet trade, the clinical literature on theraphosid envenomation is heterogeneous, geographically uneven, dominated by selective self-report, and frequently obscured by taxonomic misidentification. Methods PubMed/MEDLINE and supplementary sources were screened against pre-specified criteria for published reports of human theraphosid bites (PRISMA). Results Forty-two reports (1889–2026) entered the primary synthesis: 39 were localizable to 17 countries, one did not state the bite country, and two were international hobbyist compilations. Reporting concentrated in South Asia, in captive-keeper bites in Europe and North America, and in Australia. Among Old World species (native to Africa, Asia, and Australasia), African, South Asian, and Southeast Asian lineages were repeatedly associated with intense local ...

An unusually complex venom system in araneophagous palp-footed spiders (Palpimanidae)

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Description of a New Species of Bioculus Stahnke, 1968 (Scorpiones: Diplocentridae) from the Sierra de la Laguna, Baja California Sur

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What’s a Spider? Designation of the Neotype for the First Animal Species Ever Described, Araneus angulatus Clerck 1757 (Araneae: Araneidae)

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A new species of the web-inhabiting bug genus Heissophila Schuh (Hemiptera, Plokiophilidae) from China, with notes on host associations for the genus

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Overview of antivenom allocation and use for snakebites in the Brazilian Amazon

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Venom detectives: a sandwich ELISA platform for precision diagnosis of snakebite envenoming

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Differentiation in ant-eating spiders based on offensive and defensive exploitation of ants

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Occurrence of Lychas armillatus (Gervais, 1841) (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in a fire-maintained pine forest in Central Cordillera, Luzon Island, the Philippines

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First catalog of spiders of Libya (Araneae)

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A new species of the orb-weaving spider genus Eriophora (Araneae: Araneidae) from the Neotropical region

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First Description of the Male of Zelotes sindi Caporiacco, 1934 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) With Its Phylogenetic Placement

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First Photographic Record and Morphometric Analysis of a Tailless Whip Scorpion (Sarax cf. bengalensis) from Jharkhand, India

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A new species of Chaerilus Simon, 1877 from the island of Koh Pha Ngan, Thailand (Scorpiones: Chaerilidae)

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The Phenotypic Plasticity of Animal Venoms

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Spider venom: Reprogramming nature's peptide arsenal for future therapeutics

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