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New records and invasion risk of Stenochrus portoricensis Chamberlin, 1922 (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) in Brazil

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  New records and invasion risk of Stenochrus portoricensis Chamberlin, 1922 (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) in Brazil Abstract Stenochrus portoricensis Chamberlin, 1922 is a schizomid native to the Caribbean and Central America and is notable for facultative parthenogenesis and a broad synanthropic distribution. It is widely reported as an exotic species in several regions worldwide, with recognized invasive potential. Here, we expand its known distribution in Brazil by documenting the first records from the state of Mato Grosso and new occurrences in tourist caves in Bahia. We also model the species’ potential distribution in South America using the Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) algorithm under current and future climate scenarios. The models indicate higher habitat suitability in regions characterized by low annual temperature variation and consistent rainfall patterns, conditions typical of tropical and subterranean environments, and predict range expansion under future climate change, p...

Non-Invasive Body Mass Estimation in the Ladybird Spider, Eresus kollari, Using Multi-View Morphometrics and Machine Learning

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Spider (Araneae) Abundance and Diversity Across Land-Use Gradients

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Anti-envenomation potential of Plumbago zeylanica aerial part extract against Naja naja: experimental validation and mechanistic insights

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Harnessing snake venom cardiotoxins for antimicrobial peptide discovery

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Ancient Divergence, Recent Island: Microplate Fragmentation and Dispersal Explain Disjunct Distributions of Western Mediterranean Scorpions

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Multiple origins and complex evolutionary history of Cryptops centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae) inhabiting East Asian islands, with systematics of Japanese species

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Computational engineering of the scorpion venom peptide Ttap3 enhances membrane selectivity and antimicrobial potential

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A survey of the Dysdera lata species-group (Araneae, Dysderidae) in Israel

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Role of snake venom proteases and tissue factor in venom induced hemostatic disorders and local hemorrhage in mice

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Enzymatic and non-enzymatic proteins from Bothrops snake venoms, their anticancer activity, and translational challenges in oncovenomics: A review

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Elevational patterns and assembly processes of centipede and spider diversity on Changbai Mountain, China

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Morphological variation in populations of Pinelema elinae Brescovit, Gallão & Cizauskas, 2023 (Araneae, Telemidae): a morphometric analysis with natural history notes

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Genomic signatures associated with convergent funnel‐web building behavior in spiders

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New taxonomic and faunistic data on spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Iraqi Kurdistan, with an updated regional checklist

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Three new species of the genus Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 (Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae) from China

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New data on Wangaraneus Mi, Wang & Li, 2024 (Araneae, Araneidae), with descriptions of two new species from Xizang, China

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