A5082228522- Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
- Entomological Studies and Ecology
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Diatoms and Algae Research
- Fossil Insects in Amber
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Study of Mite Species
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Mollusks and Parasites Studies
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Hemiptera Insect Studies
- Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M
2016-2025
Hubei University
2024
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2021
National Museum of Natural History
2021
Universitat de Barcelona
2021
Princeton University
2020
Hubei University of Science and Technology
2019
Natural History Museum
1998-2012
Natural History Museum of Geneva
2005-2012
Harvard University
2010
A total of 58 spider species is reported from material mainly collected on three recent expeditions to Laos. Out these, five are described as new: Psechridae — Psechrus khammouan sp. nov. (male, female), luangprabang spec. Liocranidae Sesieutes thakek (male), Zodariidae Storenomorpha anne Sparassidae Pseudopoda houaphan (female). The males Caerostris sumatrana Strand, 1915 (Laos; first record for Asia) and Eurychoera quadrimaculata Thorell, 1897 (Singapore) the time. Copulatory organs latter...
Five new Althepus species and one Psiloderces of the family Ochyroceratidae are described from Southeast Asia: erectus spec. nov. (male) A. nophaseudi (male, female) Laos, flabellaris Thailand, reduncus Myanmar, spiralis Malaysia, dicellocerus Indonesia. Primary types deposited in Senckenberg Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany (SMF).
Five Sinopoda species in the okinawana-group including one new from central and south-western China are treated current paper: S. cochlearia Zhang, Zhang & 2015, fasciculata Jäger, Gao Fei, 2002, guangyuanensis sp. nov., hamata (Fox, 1937) wangi Song Zhu, 1999. The female of is described for first time. New province records provided as well photos copulatory organs habitus.
The genus Rhitymna Simon, 1897 is revised by means of new material. Four species are described: R. gerdmangel spec. nov. (Thailand, Malaysia; male, female), merianae (Indonesia: Bali; male), flores Flores; senckenbergi (Philippines; male). male plana Jäger, 2003 and the female tangi Quan & Liu, 2012 described for first time. simoni recognised as junior synonym cursor (Thorell, 1894) comb. nov., latter transferred from Olios Walckenaer, 1837. New records given further species, among them...
The spider genus Sinopoda Jäger, 1999 in China is studied. Seventeen new species are described: S. abstrusa sp. nov. (♂♀, Xizang), aequalis Henan), apiculiformis Hunan), brevis Liaoning), changde Hunan, Shaanxi), columnaris (♀, Guizhou), curva (♂, Guangxi), dehiscens erromena improcera Yunnan), lata luyui Sichuan, Gansu), ovata Chongqing), pyramidalis Sichuan), tumefacta yaanensis yanlingensis Hunan). Five known redescribed or diagnosed and differentiated from related species: the males of...
One new species group of the genus Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 is described from Yunnan Province, China. The daliensis-group includes two known species, daliensis Jäger & Vedel, 2007 (♂♀), kunmingensis Sun Zhang, 2012 and three anguilliformis sp. nov. sicyoidea peronata (♀).
Up to current knowledge, the spider genus Sinopoda Jäger, 1999 is distributed in South-, East- and Southeast-Asia. New material treated this paper include new records from Brunei, India, Indonesia, Thailand Vietnam. Forty-seven species are described: S. aenyk spec. nov. (female; Laos), arboricola (male, female; Malaysia), assamensis India), bifurca China), bispina (male; Myanmar), caeca chiangmaiensis Thailand), cornuta Indonesia), deminutiva emei empat flexura Indochina), hainan hanya...
The genus Systaria Simon 1897 is reviewed in Southeast Asia and eight new species are described: S. lannops spec. nov. from Thailand (female), longinqua (male, female) luangprabang (female) Laos, procera bregibec (male) Cambodia, bifidops Malaysia (male), panay princesa Philippines. elberti (Strand 1913) illustrated partly re-described. Informal groups of proposed for the first time. Distribution ranges habitat preferences mapped.
During various expeditions to Laos between 2003 and 2012 one expedition Myanmar in 2014, spiders of the family Nesticidae were collected inside outside caves. This was first time this encountered Laos. All specimens belong genus Nesticella Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980. Four species have been recognized as being new science, which are described paper: beccus n. sp. (male, female; LAOS: Bolikhamsay Province, Luang Prabang Huaphan Khammouan THAILAND: Mae Hong Son Province), laotica Vientiane...
A new species of the genus Otacilia Thorell, 1897 is described from northern Vietnam: O. fansipan spec. nov. It represents second recorded that country. Special papillae are found on surface spermathecae, their function unknown. distribution map presented with all records genus, a first attempt to explain its biogeography.
Significance It is not known whether the fossil content of amber accurately represents arthropod biodiversity past forests, and if how those fossils can be compared with recent fauna for studies predictions change through time. Our study arthropods (mainly insects spiders) living around resinous angiosperm tree Hymenaea verrucosa Gaertner, 1791 in lowland coastal forest Madagascar, trapped by resin produced this species, demonstrates that does record true entire forest. However, our results...
A new genus of the family Sparassidae is described from Madagascar: Thunberga gen. nov. It can be distinguished other genera Heteropodinae by its different cheliceral dentition and eye arrangement as well uniquely dotted prosoma. Four species are transferred to genus: T. hildebrandti (Järvi, 1912) comb. (from Rhitymna Simon, 1897a), malagassa (Strand, 1907) Olios Walckenaer, 1837), nossibeensis Olios), septifer (Strand. 1908) Olios, elevated rank). recognised junior synonym One for first...
Five new pholcid species belonging to Holocneminus Berland, 1942, Khorata Huber, 2005 and Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 are newly described from Southeast Asia: samanggi Lan & Li sp. nov. (Indonesia, male female), kep Lan, Jäger (Cambodia, male), musee (Thailand, bat (China, phnombak female). Species the genera reported Cambodia for first time.
Two new monotypic genera of the family Sparassidae are described from Madagascar: Martensikara gen. nov. with M. jocheni spec. (female; Toliara Province), belonging to Heteropodinae Thorell, 1873, and Deelemanikara D. christae Toamasina Antananarivo Provinces) uncertain systematic affiliation. Both show unique combinations characters that do not occur in any known genera. Somatic as well genital both discussed compared those other taxa Sparassidae.
The male of Otacilia tham Jäger 2022 is described for the first time. It was found in same cave, Tham Loup (north Vang Vieng, Laos), from which female described. shows somatic characters as holotype with unpigmented remnants four lateral eyes present. most similar to O. saszykaska 2022, a species eight pigmented Phoukham, cave about 13 air kilometres apart Loup. hypothesised that several intermittent streams may act barriers, dividing larger limestone massif into smaller karst networks....
Two new species of the Draconarius venustus group are described from Vang Vieng karst region Laos: D. laosensis spec. nov. (♂♀) various caves, and externus (♂) leaf litter. Detailed descriptions, illustrations photographs copulatory organs along with somatic features provided. Additionally, male palp joshimath India is illustrated in detail assigned to group. Distribution maps for all known records genus s.l. given an analysis cave-dwelling its elevational distribution.
Four new species of Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 (Araneae, Sparassidae) are described based on material collected from China and Vietnam: P. campylotropa Zhang, Chen, Liu, Jäger & Hu, sp. nov. (♂♀) caoguii (♀) Yunnan Province China; yejiachangensis (♂) Jiangxi ornithorhynchus Vinh Phuc Vietnam.
Up to current knowledge, the spider genus Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 is recorded in South, East and Southeast Asia. Ninety-nine new species are named: P. acris Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, Myanmar); acutiformis (male, China); aliena (female, allantoides amphitropa anfracta Vietnam); apiculiformis applanata arta auricularis bachmaensis bacilliformis baoshanensis bazhongensis beibeiensis bifaria India); byssina Thailand); caoi caudata Laos); chiangmaiensis chishuiensis...
With 252 species, Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000, is the largest genus in family Sparassidae and widely distributed South (49 species Bhutan, India, Nepal Pakistan), East (158 China Japan) Southeast Asia (51 Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand Vietnam). Few have been found more than one region. In this paper, three new of are described from Asia. Among them, China: P. fengtongzhaiensis Jäger & Liu, sp. nov. (♀); Laos: baimai Thailand: inthanonensis (♀). Additionally, female kavanaughi Zhang, 2023...
The species of the genus Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 from India, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka are reviewed. Stasina nalandica 1892 S. paripes (Karsch, 1879) re-transferred to Thelcticopis. ajax Pocock, 1901, T. bicornuta birmanica Thorell, 1895 stat. rev., hercules moolampilliensis Sunil Jose & Sebastian, 2007, 1892) comb. rest., picta (Thorell, 1887), rufula serambiformis Strand, 1907, virescens 1901 diagnosed, redescribed, and/or illustrated based on type freshly collected material,...
Abstract Pisauridae Simon, 1890 or “nursery web spiders” are a global and heterogenous assemblage of spider genera with diverse lifestyles, containing builders webless species, as well terrestrial semi-aquatic notably “fishing spiders”, genus Dolomedes Latreille, 1804. Incomplete, unresolved, conflicting phylogenies have so far hampered testing for pisaurid monophyly evolution. Here, we broadly address these questions within phylogenomic comparative framework. Our goals i) reconstruction...