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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  Fourteen new species and notes on the genera Amauropelma Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001 and Bowie Jäger, 2022 (Arachnida: Araneae: Ctenidae) from Southeast Asia Abstract Material of the spider family Ctenidae from Southeast Asia is investigated. Ten new species of the genus Amauropelma Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001 are described: A. grasshoffi sp. nov. (first record from the Philippines; male), A. kihit sp. nov. (Laos; female), A. kochang sp. nov. (Thailand; female), A. lombok sp. nov. (Indonesia; male, female), A. maimoun sp. nov. (Laos; female), A. phamom sp. nov. (Laos; female), A. penang sp. nov. (Malaysia; male), A. prangphe sp. nov. (Thailand; male, female), A. saiyok sp. nov. (Thailand; female) and A. thammim sp. nov. (Laos; male, female); the male of A. khanense Jäger & Nophaseud, 2024 is described for the first time. New records are listed for A. jagelkii Jäger, 2012 (Laos) and A. mariae Omelko & Fomichev, 2024a (Indonesia). Four new species of the genus Bowie...

Arachnology VOL. 20 · NO. 4 | March 2026

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Arachnology VOL. 20 · NO. 4 | March 2026

New Articles from the Arachnology

A new species of Hamataliwa (Araneae: Oxyopidae) from Makira rainforest, north-eastern Madagascar

Rebecca A. E. Saxton; Brogan L. Pett;

Arachnology. 20 (4), (21 April 2026). doi:10.13156/arac.2026.20.4.1

Cupiennius chiapanensis Medina, 2006 (Araneae: Trechaleidae) in Honduras: distribution and a case of female genital malformation

Alex M. Cubas-Rodríguez;

Arachnology. 20 (4), (21 April 2026). doi:10.13156/arac.2026.20.4.10

A new species of Karakumosa Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020 (Araneae: Lycosidae) from the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan

Dmitri V. Logunov; Mardona Bektursunova; Ikram Abdullaev;

Arachnology. 20 (4), (21 April 2026). doi:10.13156/arac.2026.20.4.11

Habitat use and ecological traits of the orb-weaving spider Argiope lobata (Pallas, 1772) (Araneae: Araneidae) in Iberian dehesas

Daniel Parejo-Pulido; Carlos Mora-Rubio;

Arachnology. 20 (4), (21 April 2026). doi:10.13156/arac.2026.20.4.12

Insecticide-contaminated prey alters predatory behaviour in the scorpion Tityus pusillus (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

Thayna Rhayane de Brito-Almeida; Geraldo Jorge Barbosa de Moura; André Felipe de Araujo Lira;

Arachnology. 20 (4), (21 April 2026). doi:10.13156/arac.2026.20.4.13

A new species of Paratropis Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Paratropididae) from Colombia

Germán Rodríguez-Castro; Esteban Agudelo-Rodríguez; Luis Fernando García;

Arachnology. 20 (4), (21 April 2026). doi:10.13156/arac.2026.20.4.14

Development and reproduction in the range-expanding spider, Zoropsis spinimana (Araneae, Zoropsidae)

Minghui Fei; Selena Maijer; Erminia Conti; Jeffrey A. Harvey;

Arachnology. 20 (4), (21 April 2026). doi:10.13156/arac.2026.20.4.15

The spatio-temporal ecology of the spider Kryptonesticus eremita (Nesticidae) in a guano-rich temperate cave

Luisa Dainelli; Alejandro Martínez; Fabrizio Serena; Giulio Petroni; Stefano Mammola;

Arachnology. 20 (4), (21 April 2026). doi:10.13156/arac.2026.20.4.16


Diversity of soil- and leaf-litter-dwelling spiders in Colombian Caribbean Tropical Dry Forest

María José García-Lora; Sandy García-Atencia; Neis Martínez-Hernández;

Arachnology. 20 (4), (21 April 2026). doi:10.13156/arac.2026.20.4.17

Contributions to the knowledge of Mauritian araneofauna: new records (Araneae: Araneomorphae) and description of a remarkable new species of intertidal trapdoor spider (Araneae: Barychelidae)

Danniella Sherwood; Nik C. Cole; Sarah Falconer; Alexandra Ferguson; Rouben Mootoocurpen; Ken Norris; Kevin Ruhomaun; Vikash Tatayah; Charlotte H. Taylor; Pablo Orozco-terWengel; Christina Fisher; Maximillian P. T. G. Tercel;

Arachnology. 20 (4), (21 April 2026). doi:10.13156/arac.2026.20.4.18

Taxonomic notes on the tarantula genus Heterothele Karsch, 1879 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) with a new synonymy, resurrection of H. longipalpis Karsch, 1879, two nomina dubia, and description of a new species from Tanzania

Richard C. Gallon; Danniella Sherwood;

Arachnology. 20 (4), (21 April 2026). doi:10.13156/arac.2026.20.4.19

The taxonomic status of two poorly described Chinese spiders: Cheiracanthium gobi Schmidt & Barensteiner, 2000 (Araneae: Cheiracanthidae) and Alopecosa hoevelsi Schmidt & Barensteiner, 2000 (Araneae: Lycosidae)

Danniella Sherwood; Donard Geci; Yejie Lin;

Arachnology. 20 (4), (21 April 2026). doi:10.13156/arac.2026.20.4.2

Auximus Simon, 1892 is the valid name for the spider genus Analtella Denis, 1947 (Araneae: Lathyidae)

Theo Blick;

Arachnology. 20 (4), (21 April 2026). doi:10.13156/arac.2026.20.4.20

Erratum

Arachnology. 20 (4), (21 April 2026). doi:10.13156/arac.2026.20.4.21

A new species of the ant-mimicking crab spider Aphantochilus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from the Ecuadorian Amazon canopy

David R. Díaz-Guevara; Adrián Troya; Mariela Dominguez-Trujillo;

Arachnology. 20 (4), (21 April 2026). doi:10.13156/arac.2026.20.4.3


Redescription of Nhandu chromatus Schmidt, 2004 stat. rest. and revalidation of Nhandu sylviae Sherwood, Gabriel & Brescovit, 2023 stat. rest. (Araneae: Theraphosidae)

Danniella Sherwood; Ray Gabriel; Pedro Peñaherrera-R; Antonio D. Brescovit; Sylvia M. Lucas;

Arachnology. 20 (4), (21 April 2026). doi:10.13156/arac.2026.20.4.4

Scorpions described by Carl Ludwig Koch in Die Arachniden (1836–1847): correct publication dates, volume citations, and updated taxonomy

Javier Blasco-Aróstegui; Theo Blick; Lorenzo Prendini;

Arachnology. 20 (4), (21 April 2026). doi:10.13156/arac.2026.20.4.5

Love in the grasslands: sexual encounters and size dimorphism in the wolf spider Paratrochosina amica (Mello-Leitão, 1941)

Verónica Gonnet; Leticia Bidegaray-Batista; Miguel Simó; Anita Aisenberg;

Arachnology. 20 (4), (21 April 2026). doi:10.13156/arac.2026.20.4.6

Description of the male and redescription of the female of Cesonia cuernavaca Platnick & Shadab, 1980 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)

Daniel Reyes-Arvizu; David Chamé-Vázquez; Petra Sánchez Nava; Marco Antonio Desales-Lara;

Arachnology. 20 (4), (21 April 2026). doi:10.13156/arac.2026.20.4.7

Widespread, yet unknown: redescription of the Carpathian harvestman Dicranopalpus fraternus Szalay, 1950 (Arachnida: Opiliones)

Hay Wijnhoven;

Arachnology. 20 (4), (21 April 2026). doi:10.13156/arac.2026.20.4.8

Notes on jumping spiders from Mount Tonkoui (Ivory Coast) with description of new species

Wanda Wesołowska; Pierre Oger;

Arachnology. 20 (4), (21 April 2026). doi:10.13156/arac.2026.20.4.9