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First Record of Predation on a Regal Black-striped Snake, Coniophanes imperialis (Serpentes: Dipsadidae), by a Mexican Red-rump Tarantula, Tliltocatl vagans (Araneae: Theraphosidae), in Quintana Roo, Mexico

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  First Record of Predation on a Regal Black-striped Snake, Coniophanes imperialis (Serpentes: Dipsadidae), by a Mexican Red-rump Tarantula, Tliltocatl vagans (Araneae: Theraphosidae), in Quintana Roo, Mexico Abstract We report the first documented predation event by the Mexican Red Rump Tarantula (Tliltocatl vagans) upon a Regal Black-striped Snake (Coniophanes imperialis), during the night on 27 September 2025, outside a house located on the outskirts of Bacalar city, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Cedeño-Vázquez, José & Beutelspacher-García, Pablo & Lucio Palacio, César. (2026). First record of predation on a regal black-striped snake Coniophanes imperialis (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) by a Mexican red rump tarantula Tliltocatl vagans (Araneae: Theraphosidae) in Quintana Roo, Mexico. Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología. 09. 477-481. 10.22201/fc.25942158e.2026.2.1603. 

Survey of Synanthropic Spiders in Ireland Reveals Expansion and Dominance of the Invasive Noble False Widow Steatoda nobilis in Urban Habitats (Araneae: Theridiidae)

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The Vouched, the Unvouched, and a Digital Phantom: Four Spiders (Araneae) Published for, but Not Occurring in, Ireland

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A history of accidental widow spider (genus Latrodectus) introductions on the island of Ireland with a new irish record for Latrodectus hesperus (Chamberlin and Ivie, 1935), and additional records of Latrodectus geometricus (C.L. Koch, 1841).

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