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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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  What’s a Spider? Designation of the Neotype for the First Animal Species Ever Described, Araneus angulatus Clerck 1757 (Araneae: Araneidae) Abstract We designate a neotype for the Eurasian spider species Araneus angulatus Clerck, 1757, thereby fixing the objective application of the species name, the genus name Araneus Clerck 1757, the family name Araneidae Clerck 1757, and the superfamily name Araneoidea Clerck 1757. By etymology and arachnological tradition, it also unofficially fixes the application of the ordinal name Araneae Clerck 1757 and thus answers the uncontroversial question, “What’s a spider?” A. angulatus also happens to be historically the first animal species ever described because Clerck (1757) has priority over Linnaeus (1758). Neotype designation is justified for three reasons: the syntypes of A. angulatus are lost; “ A. angulatus ” contains significant COI sequence divergence, potentially representing intraspecific variation, misidentifications, or as many...

The chromosome-level genome of Mesobuthus martensii provides insights into its evolution and the diversity of venom peptides

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Broad-Spectrum Antiviral and Antibacterial Activity of the Scorpion Venom Peptide HP1090

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Structural determinants of the scorpion venom peptide Uy234 govern bactericidal activity and membrane-disruptive properties

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Mechanism of Anticoagulation, Inhibition of In Vivo Thrombus Formation, and Assessment of Preclinical Safety of a Snake Venom Phospholipase A2 Enzyme-inspired New Antithrombotic Custom Peptide

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A Machine Learning-Enabled Venom Peptide Platform for Rapid Drug Discovery

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