2015

Agnarsson, I., Jencik, B. B., Veve, G. M., Hanitriniaina, S., Agostini, D., Goh, S. P., Pruitt, J. & Kuntner, M. (2015). Systematics of the Madagascar Anelosimus spiders: remarkable local richness and endemism, and dual colonization from the Americas. ZooKeys 509: 13-52. doi:10.3897/zookeys.509.8897

Ahmed, J., Satam, Y., Khalap, R. & Mohan, K. (2015a). A new species of tree dwelling Peucetia Thorell, 1869 from Mumbai, India (Araneae: Oxyopidae). Indian Journal of Arachnology 4(1): 49-55.

Ahmed, J., Satam, Y., Khalap, R. & Mohan, K. (2015b). A new species of Dictis L. Koch, 1872 (Araneae: Scytodidae) from Mumbai, India. Indian Journal of Arachnology 4(1): 59-63.

Ahmed, J., Satam, Y., Khalap, R. & Mohan, K. (2015c). First record of Portia albimana (Simon, 1900) from Maharashtra, Mumbai (Araneae: Salticidae: Spartaeinae). Peckhamia 129.1: 1-6.

Ahmed, J., Sumukha, J. N., Khalap, R., Mohan, K. & Jadhav, B. (2015d). First record of the spider genus Paraplectana Brito Capello, 1867 from India, with a description of a new species. (Araneae: Araneidae: Cyrtarachninae). Indian Journal of Arachnology 4(2): 1-5.

Ahmed, J., Sumukha, J. N., Khalap, R., Mohan, K. & Jadhav, B. (2015e). A new species of Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparianthinae) from the 'Kans' of Karnataka, India. Indian Journal of Arachnology 4(2): 10-15.

Ahmed, J., Sumukha, J. N., Khalap, R., Mohan, K. & Jadhav, B. (2015f). A new species of Cyrtarachne, Thorell, 1868 (Araneae: Araneidae: Cyrtarachninae) from the sacred grove forests of central Western Ghats, India. Indian Journal of Arachnology 4(2): 16-21.

Aisen, S. & Ramírez, M. J. (2015). A revision and phylogenetic analysis of the spider genus Oxysoma Nicolet (Araneae: Anyphaenidae, Amaurobioidinae). Zootaxa 3997(1): 1-61. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3997.1.1

Al-Hadlag, K. S. & Najim, S. A. (2015). First record of red-back spider Latrodectus hasselti Thorell, 1870 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Basrah, south of Iraq. Journal of Purity, Utility Reaction and Environment 4(2): 91-98.

Almeida-Silva, L. M., Griswold, C. E. & Brescovit, A. D. (2015). Revision of Emmenomma Simon (Amaurobiidae, Macrobuninae). Zootaxa 3931(3): 387-400. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3931.3.3

Álvarez-Padilla, F., Ubick, D. & Griswold, C. E. (2015). Indian Ocean goblin spiders (Araneae, Oonopidae): four new species of pelicinoids from Madagascar, with a redescription of the type species Silhouettella curieusei Benoit, 1979. American Museum Novitates 3835: 1-31. doi:10.1206/3835.1

Andía, J. M. & Grismado, C. J. (2015). Description of the male of Cybaeodamus lycosoides (Nicolet), with new distributional data for C. meridionalis Lise, Ott & Rodrigues (Araneae, Zodariidae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Nueva Serie 17(1): 71-76. doi:10.22179/revmacn.17.397

Araújo, M. H. S. & Ruiz, G. R. S. (2015). Description of four new species of Hypaeus Simon and redescription of H. taczanowskii Mello-Leitão (Araneae: Salticidae: Amycinae). Zootaxa 3963(1): 27-44. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3963.1.2

Azarkina, G. N. & Komnenov, M. (2015). Descriptions of two new species of Aelurillus Simon, 1884 (Araneae, Salticidae) from the Mediterranean, with the synonymization of A. steliosi Dobroruka, 2002. ZooKeys 516: 109-122. doi:10.3897/zookeys.516.9439

Azarkina, G. N. & Foord, S. H. (2015). A review of three Tusitala (Araneae: Salticidae) species from southern Africa, with a new synonymy and description of a new species from Botswana. African Invertebrates 56(2): 285-307. doi:10.5733/afin.056.0204

Azarkina, G. N., Marusik, Y. M. & Antonenko, T. V. (2015). First description of the male of Alopecosa azsheganovae Esyunin, 1996 (Araneae: Lycosidae). Zootaxa 4033(2): 265-269. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.5

Bäckstam, C. M. (2015). Complementary taxonomic data on the Bolivian spider Diplura erlandi (Tullgren, 1905) with emphasis on complications with the male lectotype (Araneae: Dipluridae: Diplurinae). Arachnology 16(7): 255-259. doi:10.13156/arac.2015.16.7.255

Ballarin, F. & Li, S. Q. (2015). Three new genera of the family Nesticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Tibet and Yunnan, China. Zoological Systematics 40(2): 179-190. doi:10.11865/zs.20150203

Barrientos, J. A., Miñano, J. & Mestre, L. (2015). Primera cita de Evippa Simon, 1882 para Europa occidental y descripción del macho de Evippa kirchshoferae Roewer, 1959 (Araneae: Lycosidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 27: 3-12.

Barrientos, J. A., Uribarri, I. & García-Sarrión, R. (2015). Arañas (Arachnida, Araneae) del Turó de l'Home (Parc Natural del Montseny, Cataluña, España). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 27: 61-74.

Barrientos, J. A. & Fernández, D. (2015). Arañas (Arachnida, Araneae) del delta del Llobregat (Barcelona, España); primeros datos. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 27: 127-135.

Barrion-Dupo, A. L. A., Barrion, A. T. & Rasalan, J. B. (2015). A new cave-dwelling mygalomorph spider of the genus Phlogiellus Pocock, 1897 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Selenocosmiinae) from Burdeos, Polillo Island, Quezon province, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology 8(2014): 1-15.

Barrion-Dupo, A. L. A. & Barrion, A. T. (2015). Chrysso makiling, a new species of comb-footed spider (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Mt. Makiling, Laguna, Luzon Island, Philippines. Asia Life Sciences 24(1): 21-26.

Bauer, T., Freudenschuss, M. & Grabolle, A. (2015). Plexippoides flavescens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) and Menemerus marginatus (Kroneberg, 1875), new records for Pakistan (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 24(1): 87-90.

Benjamin, S. P. (2015a). On the African crab spider genus Geraesta Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Thomisidae). African Invertebrates 56(2): 309-318. doi:10.5733/afin.056.0205

Benjamin, S. P. (2015b). Model mimics: antlike jumping spiders of the genus Myrmarachne from Sri Lanka. Journal of Natural History 49(43-44): 2609-2666. doi:10.1080/00222933.2015.1034209

Biswas, V. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2015). Lynx spiders of Khulna District of Bangladesh: genus Oxyopes Latreille (Areaneae[sic]: Oxyopidae). Bangladesh Journal of Zoology 43(2): 221-238. doi:10.3329/bjz.v43i2.27394

Bodkhe, A. K., Manthen, S. V. & Uniyal, V. P. (2015). First record of Theridion melanostictum O.P.-Cambridge, 1876 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from India. Serket 14(3): 111-115.

Bodkhe, A. K. & Manthen, S. V. (2015). A new species of the genus Dolichognatha O. P. Cambridge, 1869 (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from India. Indian Journal of Arachnology 4(1): 26-29.

Bolzern, A., Platnick, N. I. & Berniker, L. (2015). Three new genera of soft-bodied goblin spiders (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. American Museum Novitates 3824: 1-59. doi:10.1206/3824.1

Bolzern, A. & Jäger, P. (2015). Unexpected occurrence of the genus Eratigena in Laos with description of a new species (Araneae: Agelenidae). Zootaxa 3920(3): 431-442. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3920.3.2

Bosmans, R. & Gasparo, F. (2015). A new cave-dwelling Centromerus from Sardinia (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 46(1-2, 2014): 113-116. doi:10.4081/fe.2014.73

Bosmans, R. (2015). Sur quelques espèces du genre Centromerus Simon, 1884 de France et d’Espagne (Aranaeae, Linyphiidae). Revue Arachnologique 2 2: 23-27.

Bosmans, R., Déjean, S., Oger, P. & Ponel, P. (2015). Description du mâle inconnu de Centromerus ictericus (Simon, 1929) n. stat., n. comb. (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Revue Arachnologique 2 2: 28-31.

Bosmans, R. & Hervé, C. (2015). Tmarus horvathi Kulczyński, 1895, synonyme plus récent de Tmarus punctatissimus (Simon, 1870) (Araneae, Thomisidae), avec de nouvelles données sur la distribution de l’espèce. Revue Arachnologique 2 2: 38-40.

Bosmans, R. & Van Keer, J. (2015). Description of Cithaeron dippenaarae sp. n. from Morocco (Araneae: Cithaeronidae). African Invertebrates 56(2): 319-323. doi:10.5733/afin.056.0206

Bosmans, R. & Colombo, M. (2015). New species of spiders from Sardinia (Araneae), with ecological notes on Lipocrea epeiroides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Araneae: Araneidae). Arachnology 16(9): 319-332. doi:10.13156/arac.2015.16.9.319

Breitling, R. (2015a). Linyphia bilobata Roy & al., 2015, is a junior synonym of Chrysso scintillans (Thorell, 1895) (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Theridiidae). Contributions to Natural History 30: 1-7.

Breitling, R., Lemke, M., Bauer, T., Hohner, M., Grabolle, A. & Blick, T. (2015). Phantom spiders: notes on dubious spider species from Europe. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 50: 65-80. doi:10.5431/aramit5010

Breitling, R. & Bauer, T. (2015). Remarks on synonyms of European Larinioides species (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae). Arachnology 16(9): 305-310. doi:10.13156/arac.2015.16.9.305

Breitling, R. (2015b). Taxonomic notes on dubious spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from the Russian Far East. Arthropoda Selecta 24(4): 477-481.

Bustamante, A. A., Maddison, W. P. & Ruiz, G. R. S. (2015). The jumping spider genus Thiodina Simon, 1900 reinterpreted, and revalidation of Colonus F.O.P-Cambridge, 1901 and Nilakantha Peckham & Peckham, 1901 (Araneae: Salticidae: Amycoida). Zootaxa 4012(1): 181-190. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4012.1.10

Cala-Riquelme, F., Gutiérrez-Estrada, M. A. & Flórez-Daza, E. (2015). The genus Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe 1832 (Araneae: Sicariidae) in Colombia, with description of new cave-dwelling species. Zootaxa 4012(2): 396-400. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4012.2.12

Caleb, J. T. D. & Mathai, M. T. (2015). Description of a new species of Harmochirus Simon (Araneae: Salticidae) from South India. Munis Entomology and Zoology 10(1): 117-121.

Caleb, J. T. D., Mungkung, S. & Mathai, M. T. (2015). Four new species of jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillinae) with the description of a new genus from South India. Peckhamia 124.1: 1-18.

Caleb, J. T. D. & Karthikeyani, R. (2015). A new jumping spider of the genus Cosmophasis Simon 1901 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Maharashtra, India. Acta Arachnologica 64(2): 97-99. doi:10.2476/asjaa.64.97

Castanheira, P. de S. & Baptista, R. L. C. (2015). A new species of Alpaida (Araneae, Araneidae) from Southeastern Brazil. Iheringia, Série Zoologia 105(3): 372-375. doi:10.1590/1678-476620151053372375

Castro, D., Baptista, R., Grismado, C. & Ramírez, M. J. (2015). New species and records of Otiothopinae from the Southern Atlantic Rainforest, with notes on the claw tufts in Fernandezina Birabén (Araneae: Palpimanidae). Zootaxa 4012(3): 465-478. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4012.3.3

Cavallo, P. E. & Ferretti, N. E. (2015). The first Hapalotremus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Argentina: description and natural history of Hapalotremus martinorum sp. nov.. Journal of Natural History 49(15-16): 873-887. doi:10.1080/00222933.2014.953226

Chen, L., Li, S. Q. & Zhao, Z. (2015a). Five new Platocoelotes species (Araneae, Agelenidae) from caves in southern China. ZooKeys 512: 1-18. doi:10.3897/zookeys.512.9989

Chen, L., Li, S. Q. & Zhao, Z. (2015b). A new genus of Coelotinae (Araneae, Agelenidae) from southern China. ZooKeys 541: 41-56. doi:10.3897/zookeys.541.6678

Corronca, J. A. & Rodríguez Artigas, S. M. (2015). Presence of Gea heptagon (Hentz) and new records of Argiope from Argentina with the description of a new species Argiope kaingang (Araneae: Araneidae). Pakistan Journal of Zoology 47(1): 147-152.

Coşar, İ. (2015). Four new records for the spider fauna of Turkey (Araneae: Salticidae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 39: 368-371. doi:10.3906/zoo-1405-53

Danflous, S. & Déjean, S. (2015). Kratochviliella bicapitata Miller, 1938 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) découverte en France. Revue Arachnologique 2 2: 8-11.

Danflous, S. (2015). Zelotes puritanus Chamberlin, 1922 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) découverte en France. Revue Arachnologique 2 2: 16-19.

Danişman, T. & Karanfil, K. C. (2015). A new species of Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 (Araneae: Agelenidae) from Turkey. Entomological News 125(2): 101-105. doi:10.3157/021.125.0203

Davidson, M. B. (2015). Identification of species in the genus Dictyna (Dictynidae). Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 133: 21-24.

Decae, A., Pantini, P. & Isaia, M. (2015). A new species-complex within the trapdoor spider genus Nemesia Audouin 1826 distributed in northern and central Italy, with descriptions of three new species (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae). Zootaxa 4059(3): 525-540. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4059.3.5

Déjean, S. (2015a). Theridion melanostictum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 (Araneae, Theridiidae) nouveau pour la faune de France. Revue Arachnologique 2 2: 4-5.

Déjean, S. (2015b). Lathys nielseni (Schenkel, 1932) (Araneae, Dictynidae), une espèce confirmée pour la faune de France découverte sur la commune de Toulouse. Revue Arachnologique 2 2: 20-22.

Déjean, S. (2015c). Contribution à l'inventaire des araignées (Arachnida, Araneae) et opilions (Arachnida, Opiliones) de l'île de Porquerolles (Var, Provence, France). Scientific Reports of Port-Cros national Park 29: 75-102.

Demir, H. (2015). Redescription of Xysticus kaznakovi Utochkin, 1968 (Araneae: Thomisidae), with a description of unknown female. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 67(4): 461-464.

Demircan, N. & Topçu, A. (2015). A contribution to the spider fauna of the European part of Turkey (Araneae). Serket 14(4): 176-183.

Dhali, D. C., Saha, S. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2015). A new litter dwelling Oxyopes Latreille (Araneae: Oxyopidae) species from Jaldapara Wild Life Sanctuary, India. Species 12(32): 24-29.

Dolejš, P. & Růžička, V. (2015). Hypselistes paludicola is a junior synonym of Trichopternoides thorelli (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 50: 19-21. doi:10.5431/aramit5003

Dupérré, N. (2015a). Descriptions of twelve new species of ochyroceratids (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) from mainland Ecuador. Zootaxa 3956(4): 451-475. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3956.4.1

Dupérré, N. & Tapia, E. (2015a). Descriptions of four kleptoparasitic spiders of the genus Mysmenopsis (Araneae, Mysmenidae) and their potential host spider species in the genus Linothele (Araneae, Dipluridae) from Ecuador. Zootaxa 3972(3): 343-368. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3972.3.3

Dupérré, N. & Tapia, E. (2015b). Discovery of the first telemid spider (Araneae, Telemidae) from South America, and the first member of the family bearing a stridulatory organ. Zootaxa 4020(1): 191-196. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4020.1.9

Dupérré, N. (2015b). Description of a new genus and thirteen new species of Ctenidae (Araneae, Ctenidae) from the Chocó region of Ecuador. Zootaxa 4028(4): 451-484. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4028.4.1

Dupérré, N. (2015c). Description of the first visually cryptic species of Paratropis (Araneae: Paratropididae) from Ecuador. Journal of Arachnology 43(3): 327-330. doi:10.1636/arac-43-03-327-330

Dzulhelmi, M. N., Suriyanti, S., Zulqarnain, M. & Norma, C. Y. (2015). Two new Opadometa species (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from Sarawak, Malaysia. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 65(1): 101-107. doi:10.3161/00034541anz2015.65.1.008

Dzulhelmi, M. N., Suriyanti, S. N. P. & Norma, C. Y. (2015). A new Cyphalonotus species (Araneae, Araneidae) from Malaysia. Turkish Journal of Zoology 39: 530-534. doi:10.3906/zoo-1405-20

Edwards, G. B. (2015). Freyinae, a major new subfamily of Neotropical jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4036(1): 1-87. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4036.1.1

El-Hennawy, H. K., Asiry, K. A., Desouky, M. & Al-Khuraiji, I. A. (2015). The first record of Mermessus fradeorum (Berland, 1932) (Araneae: Linyphiidae) in Saudi Arabia. Serket 14(3): 116-121.

El-Hennawy, H. K., Mohafez, M. A. & El-Gendy, A. A. (2015). The first record of Plexippus clemens (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872) (Araneae: Salticidae) in Egypt. Serket 14(3): 128-133.

El-Hennawy, H. K. (2015). The first record of Trachelas minor (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Araneae: Trachelidae) in Egypt. Serket 14(4): 196-201.

Estrada-Alvarez, J. C. (2015). Nueva especie de Pozonia Schenkel (Araneae: Araneidae) de México. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 27: 51-54.

Esyunin, S. L. & Tuneva, T. K. (2015). Taxonomic notes on spiders of the genus Asiohahnia (Aranei, Hahniidae). Zoologicheskiĭ Zhurnal 94(4): 429-434. [English version in Entomological Review 95(3): 415-420] doi:10.7868/S0044513415040054

Esyunin, S. L. & Sozontov, A. N. (2015). Spiders of the genus Pisaura Simon, 1885 (Aranei, Pisauridae) in Middle Volga and Cisurals territories, with notes on the distribution of P. novicia (L. Koch, 1878). Eurasian Entomological Journal 14(4): 325-333.

Evtushenko, K. V., Polchaninova, N. Y. & Esyunin, S. L. (2015). Distribution of the spider Zelotes azsheganovae (Aranei, Gnaphosidae) on the East European Plain. Vestnik Zoologii 49(4): 305-310. doi:10.1515/vzoo-2015-0032

Fabiano-da-Silva, W., Guadanucci, J. P. L. & DaSilva, M. B. (2015). Tmesiphantes mirim sp. nov. (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from the Atlantic Forest of Bahia, Brazil, biogeographical notes and identification keys for species of the genus. Zoologia (Curitiba) 32(2): 151-156. [errata: Zoologia (Curitiba) 32 (6): 541] doi:10.1590/S1984-46702015000200006

Fedoriak, M. M. (2015). Scientific heritage of Aleksandru Roshka as а basis for retrospective analysis of araneofauna of Bukovyna. Edited by Prof., Dr. S. S. Rudenko. Druk Art, Chernivtsi, 1-175.

Ferretti, N., Copperi, S., Schwerdt, L. & Pompozzi, G. (2015a). First record of Vitalius roseus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae) in Argentina: distribution map, natural history, and sexual behaviour. Arachnology 16(7): 241-243. doi:10.13156/arac.2015.16.7.241

Ferretti, N. (2015a). Cladistic reanalysis and historical biogeography of the genus Lycinus Thorell, 1894 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae) with description of two new species from western Argentina. Zoological Studies 54: 11 (p. 1-15). doi:10.1186/s40555-014-0083-6

Ferretti, N., Copperi, S., Schwerdt, L. & Pompozzi, G. (2015b). First record of Vitalius longisternalis Bertani, 2001 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) in Argentina and notes on its natural history in Misiones province. Check List 11(5): 1-5. doi:10.15560/11.5.1748

Ferretti, N. (2015c). On three new Euathlus tarantulas from Argentina and cladistic analysis of the genus. Journal of Arachnology 43(3): 313-326. doi:10.1636/0161-8202-43.3.313

Ferretti, N. (2015b). A new species of Phrixotrichus (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from southwestern Argentina and new distributional data for P. vulpinus. Iheringia, Série Zoologia 105(2): 252-256. doi:10.1590/1678-476620151052252256

Fomichev, A. A. (2015a). New data on the crab spider genus Xysticus C.L. Koch, 1835 from the Altai, South Siberia (Aranei: Thomisidae). Arthropoda Selecta 24(1): 91-97.

Fomichev, A. A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2015a). A survey of East Palaearctic Gnaphosidae (Araneae). 4. A review of Fedotovia Charitonov, 1946. Zootaxa 3948: 93-108. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3948.1.6

Fomichev, A. A. & Logunov, D. V. (2015). A new species of Alopecosa Simon, 1885 (Araneae, Lycosidae) from the Altai Mountains (South Siberia, Russia). Zootaxa 4013(4): 588-593. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4013.4.8

Fomichev, A. A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2015b). First description of the male of Drassodes kaszabi (Aranei, Gnaphosidae). Vestnik Zoologii 49(5): 467-470. doi:10.1515/vzoo-2015-0055

Fomichev, A. A. (2015b). On the spider fauna (Arachnida: Aranei) of the Altai Republic (Russia). Acta Arachnologica 64(2): 63-70. doi:10.2476/asjaa.64.63

Framenau, V. W. (2015). Review of the Australian wolf spider genus Venator (Araneae, Lycosidae). Zootaxa 4013(4): 541-555. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4013.4.5

Framenau, V. W. & Lehtinen, P. T. (2015). Nukuhiva Berland, 1935 is a troglobitic wolf spider (Araneae: Lycosidae), not a nursery-web spider (Pisauridae). Zootaxa 4028(1): 129-135. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4028.1.6

Franc, V. (2015). Latest findings of Cheiracanthium mildei L. Koch, 1864 (Araneae: Eutichuridae) in Slovakia, notes to its ecology and occurrence. Naturae Tutela 19(2): 159-162.

Gabriel, R. & Longhorn, S. J. (2015). Revised generic placement of Brachypelma embrithes (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) and Brachypelma angustum Valerio, 1980, with definition of the taxonomic features for identification of female Sericopelma Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae, Theraphosidae). ZooKeys 526: 75-104. doi:10.3897/zookeys.526.6315

Gallon, R. C. & Wendt, I. (2015). On the taxonomic placement of four African Phoneyusa species (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Eumenophorinae). Arachnology 16(8): 298-304. doi:10.13156/arac.2015.16.8.298

Galvis, W. (2015a). First record of the jumping spider Eustiromastix falcatus (Araneae: Salticidae) in Brazil. Peckhamia 120.1: 1-3.

Galvis, W. (2015b). Especies nuevas y reportes de arañas saltarinas de Colombia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 26: 35-41.

Galvis, W. (2015c). Jumping spiders of the genus Scopocira Simon, 1900 (Araneae: Salticidae: Amycoida) from Colombia, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4000(2): 281-286. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4000.2.6

Galvis, W. (2015d). A new species of Amycus C. L. Koch, 1846 (Salticidae: Amycoida: Amycinae) from Colombia, with a new record of A. spectabilis C. L. Koch, 1846. Arachnology 16(9): 351-352. doi:10.13156/arac.2015.16.9.351

Galvis, W. & Flórez-Daza, E. (2015). New records of the flattie spider genus Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Araneae: Selenopidae) from Colombia. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 27: 139-144.

Gan, J. H. & Peng, X. J. (2015). One new species of the cob web spider genus Thymoites from China (Theridiidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 24(2): 65-69. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2015.02.001

Garcilazo-Cruz, U. & Álvarez-Padilla, F. (2015). Description of a novel mating plug mechanism in spiders and the description of the new species Maeota setastrobilaris (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 509: 1-12. doi:10.3897/zookeys.509.9711

Giroti, A. M. & Brescovit, A. D. (2015). Revalidation of the spider genus Citharoceps Chamberlin, 1924 (Araneae, Segestriidae). ZooKeys 495: 1-19. doi:10.3897/zookeys.495.8950

Gonzalez-Filho, H. M. O., Lucas, S. M. & Brescovit, A. D. (2015). A revision of Neodiplothele (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Barychelidae). Zoologia (Curitiba) 32(3): 225-240. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702015000300007

Gregorič, M., Agnarsson, I., Blackledge, T. A. & Kuntner, M. (2015a). Phylogenetic position and composition of Zygiellinae and Caerostris, with new insight into orb-web evolution and gigantism. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175: 225-243. doi:10.1111/zoj.12281

Gregorič, M., Blackledge, T. A., Agnarsson, I. & Kuntner, M. (2015b). A molecular phylogeny of bark spiders reveals new species from Africa and Madagascar (Araneae: Araneidae: Caerostris). Journal of Arachnology 43(3): 293-312. doi:10.1636/0161-8202-43.3.293

Grismado, C. J., Izquierdo, M. A., González M., M. E. & Ramírez, M. J. (2015). The Amazonian goblin spiders of the new genus Gradunguloonops (Araneae: Oonopidae). Zootaxa 3939(1): 1-67. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3939.1.1

Grismado, C. J. & Rubio, G. D. (2015). Three new species and the first known males of the Andean spider genus Orinomana Strand (Araneae, Uloboridae). Zootaxa 4052(2): 201-214. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4052.2.4

Guadanucci, J. P. L. & Weinmann, D. (2015). Description of Neoholothele gen. nov. (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Schismatothelinae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 50(3): 221-228. doi:10.1080/01650521.2015.1110309

Guo, C. H., Ren, Z. X. & Zhang, F. (2015). Two newly recorded species of the genus Xysticus from Bashang Plateau, Hebei of China (Araneae: Thomisidae). Journal of Tianjin Normal University (Natural Science Edition) 35(3): 44-49.

Guo, C. H., Zhao, M. Q. & Zhang, F. (2015). One newly recorded Xysticus species from Taihang Mountains, China (Araneae: Thomisidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 24(2): 76-79. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2015.02.003

Haddad, C. R. (2015). A revision of the southern African two-eyed spider genus Diploglena (Araneae: Caponiidae). African Invertebrates 56(2): 343-363. doi:10.5733/afin.056.0208

Haddad, C. R. & Mbo, Z. (2015). Five new species of the Afrotropical dark sac spider genus Messapus Simon, 1898 (Araneae: Corinnidae). Zootaxa 4057(3): 385-398. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4057.3.5

Han, G. X., Dong, X. Y. & Zhang, F. (2015). Redescription of Lepthyphantes cultellifer (Araneae: Linyphiidae), with the first description of the female. Acta Arachnologica 64(1): 45-48. doi:10.2476/asjaa.64.45

Harvey, M. S., Main, B. Y., Rix, M. G. & Cooper, S. J. B. (2015). Refugia within refugia: in situ speciation and conservation of threatened Bertmainius (Araneae: Migidae), a new genus of relictual trapdoor spiders endemic to the mesic zone of south-western Australia. Invertebrate Systematics 29: 511-553. doi:10.1071/IS15024

Hedin, M. (2015). High-stakes species delimitation in eyeless cave spiders (Cicurina, Dictynidae, Araneae) from central Texas. Molecular Ecology 24: 346-361. doi:10.1111/mec.13036

Helsdingen, P. J. van (2015). Pseudeuophrys perdifumo, a new salticid spider from Castellabate, Italy (Araneae, Salticidae). Nieuwsbrief SPINED 35: 11-13.

Helsdingen, P. J. van & IJland, S. (2015). A quick scan of the spider fauna in the surroundings of Përmet, Albania (Arachnida, Araneae) - Preliminary report. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 35: 15-33.

Henrard, A. & Jocqué, R. (2015). On the new Afrotropical genus Suffrica with discovery of an abdominal gland and a dual femoral organ (Araneae, Zodariidae). Zootaxa 3972: 1-25. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3972.1.1

Huang, Y., Wang, C. & Peng, X. J. (2015). Five new species of Phintella Strand, 1906 (Araneae, Salticidae) from the Wuling Mountains, China. ZooKeys 514: 25-42. doi:10.3897/zookeys.514.9159

Huber, B. A. (2015). Small scale endemism in Brazil's Atlantic Forest: 14 new species of Mesabolivar (Araneae, Pholcidae), each known from a single locality. Zootaxa 3942(1): 1-60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3942.1.1

Huber, B. A., Neumann, J., Rehfeldt, S., Grabolle, A. & Reiser, N. (2015). Back in Europe: Quamtana spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) in Germany. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 50: 51-56. doi:10.5431/aramit5007

Huber, B. A., Petcharad, B. & Bumrungsri, S. (2015). Revision of the enigmatic Southeast Asian spider genus Savarna (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 160: 1-23. doi:10.5852/ejt.2015.160

Huber, B. A. & Nuñeza, O. M. (2015). Evolution of genital asymmetry, exaggerated eye stalks, and extreme palpal elongation in Panjange spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 169: 1-46. doi:10.5852/ejt.2015.169

Huber, B. A., Nuñeza, O. M. & Leh Moi Ung, C. (2015). Revision, phylogeny, and microhabitat shifts in the Southeast Asian spider genus Aetana (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 162: 1-78. doi:10.5852/ejt.2015.162

Indicatti, R. P., Folly-Ramos, E., Vargas, A. B., Lucas, S. M. & Brescovit, A. D. (2015). Two new tiny Nemesiidae species from Reserva Biológica do Tinguá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Araneae: Mygalomorphae). Zoologia (Curitiba) 32(2): 123-138. [errata: Zoologia (Curitiba) 32(6): 541] doi:10.1590/S1984-46702015000200003

Isaia, M. & Chiarle, A. (2015). Taxonomic notes on Cybaeus vignai Brignoli, 1977 (Araneae, Cybaeidae) and Dysdera cribrata Simon, 1882 (Araneae, Dysderidae) from the Italian Maritime Alps. Zoosystema 37(1): 45-56. doi:10.5252/z2015n1a3

Jäger, P. & Minn, M. Z. (2015). New species in the family Ctenidae Keyserling, 1877 from high altitude habitats in Myanmar, with the first case of penetration of the female's cuticle by a male in the RTA-clade (Arachnida: Araneae: Ctenidae). Zootaxa 3994(2): 235-252. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3994.2.4

Jäger, P., Li, S. Q. & Krehenwinkel, H. (2015). Morphological and molecular taxonomic analysis of Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae) in Sichuan Province, China. Zootaxa 3999(3): 363-392. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3999.3.3

Jäger, P. & Krehenwinkel, H. (2015). May gen. n. (Araneae: Sparassidae): a unique lineage from southern Africa supported by morphological and molecular features. African Invertebrates 56(2): 365-392. doi:10.5733/afin.056.0209

Jäger, P. (2015). Conductor-less and vertically niched: new species of the genus Pseudopoda (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae) from Myanmar. Arachnology 16(9): 333-350. doi:10.13156/arac.2015.16.9.333

Jiang, X. K. & Chen, H. M. (2015). One new spider species of genus Draconarius (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Guizhou, China. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 34(3): 418-420. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1000-7083.2015.03.018

Jiménez, M.-L. & Palacios-Cardiel, C. (2015). A new species of Modisimus Simon (Araneae: Pholcidae) in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Zootaxa 4028(4): 595-599. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4028.4.11

Jiménez, M. L., Nieto-Castañeda, I. G., Correa-Ramírez, M. M. & Palacios-Cardiel, C. (2015). Las arañas de los oasis de la región meridional de la península de Baja California, México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 86: 319-331. doi:10.1016/j.rmb.2015.04.028

Jin, C., Fu, J. Y. & Zhang, F. (2015). A review of the genus Abdosetae (Araneae: Phrurolithidae) from China. Zootaxa 4007(1): 91-103. [Erratum: Zootaxa 4018(4): 600] doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4007.1.6

Jin, C., Yin, X. C. & Zhang, F. (2015). A new species of the genus Utivarachna Kishida, 1940 (Araneae: Trachelidae) from China, with the first description of the male of U. fabaria Zhao & Peng, 2014 and a redescription of U. gui (Zhu, Song & Kim, 1998). Zootaxa 4057(4): 569-581. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4057.4.6

Jocqué, R. & Henrard, A. (2015a). Revalidation of Acanthinozodium Denis, 1966 with description of three new species and discovery of a remarkable male palpal character (Araneae, Zodariidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 114: 1-23. doi:10.5852/ejt.2015.114

Jocqué, R. & Harten, A. van (2015). Three new species of Zodariidae (Araneae) from mainland Yemen and the Island Socotra. African Invertebrates 56(2): 393-408. doi:10.5733/afin.056.0210

Jocqué, R. & Henrard, A. (2015b). The new spider genus Palindroma, featuring a novel synapomorphy for the Zodariidae (Araneae). European Journal of Taxonomy 152: 1-33. doi:10.5852/ejt.2015.152

Jocqué, R. & Henrard, A. (2015c). Ballomma, a new Afrotropical genus in the Cryptothelinae (Araneae, Zodariidae): eyes on the run. European Journal of Taxonomy 163: 1-24. doi:10.5852/ejt.2015.163

Kaderka, R. (2015). Bistriopelma, a new genus with two new species from Peru (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Revista Peruana de Biología 22(3): 275-288. doi:10.15381/rpb.v22i3.11432

Keswani, S. (2015a). The genus Dictis L. Koch, 1872 (Araneae: Scytodidae) with description of one new species from India. Indian Journal of Arachnology 4(1): 1-3.

Keswani, S. (2015b). New record of spider Poltys illepidus (Araneae: Aranedae) [sic] from India. Indian Journal of Arachnology 4(1): 8-11.

Kim, J. P. & Ye, S. H. (2015a). A new species of the genus Sinopoda Jager, 1999 (Araneae: Sparassidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 31(1): 1-9.

Kim, J. P., Ye, S. H., Kim, T. W. & Kim, D. H. (2015a). One new record species of the genus Neospintharus Exline, 1950 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 31(1): 25-28.

Kim, J. P., Ye, S. H. & Kim, J. Y. (2015a). A new record species of the genus Hygrolycosa Dahl, 1908 (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 31(1): 29-34.

Kim, J. P., Ye, S. H. & Kim, T. W. (2015b). A new species of the genus Leptoneta Simon, 1872 (Araneae: Leptonetidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 31(2): 31-36.

Kim, J. P., Lee, J. G., Lee, J. H. & Hong, S. H. (2015b). A new species of the genus Sinopoda Jäger, 1999 (Araneae, Sparassidae) in Korea. Korean Arachnology 31(2): 37-44.

Kim, J. P., Ye, S. H. & Noh, G. R. (2015). A new species of the genus Atypus Latreille, 1804 (Araneae: Atypidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 31(2): 45-51.

Kim, J. P., Lee, J. H. & Lee, J. G. (2015). Two new species of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae), with redescription of P. zichyi Kulczyński, 1901 from Korea. Korean Arachnology 31(2): 53-71.

Kim, J. P. & Ye, S. H. (2015c). A new species of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 31(2): 73-80.

Kim, J. P. & Ye, S. H. (2015d). First record of a species in a newly recorded genus Stroemiellus Wunderlich, 2004 (Araneae: Araneidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 31(2): 81-85.

Kim, J. P., Ye, S. H. & Kim, T. W. (2015c). One new record species of the genus Rhomphaea L. Koch, 1872 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 31(2): 87-90.

Kim, J. P., Ye, S. H. & Kim, D. H. (2015d). One new record species of the genus Trochosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 31(2): 91-94.

Kim, J. P., Ye, S. H. & Oh, J. H. (2015a). One new record species of the genus Dolomedes Latreille, 1804 (Araneae: Pisauridae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 31(2): 95-98.

Kim, J. P., Ye, S. H. & Oh, J. H. (2015b). One new record species of the genus Pardosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 31(2): 99-103.

Kim, J. P., Ye, S. H. & Kim, T. W. (2015e). One new record species of the genus Arcuphantes Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 (Araneae: Lyniphiidae [sic]) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 31(2): 105-108.

Kim, J. P., Ye, S. H., Kim, T. W. & Kim, D. H. (2015c). Description of the male of Paratheuma shirahamaensis (Oi, 1960) (Araneae: Desidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 31(2): 109-112.

Kim, J. P. & Seong, M. K. (2015). A new species of the genus Tibellus Simon, 1875 (Araneae: Philodromidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 31(1): 11-17.

Kim, J. P. & Ye, S. H. (2015b). One new record species of the genus Clubiona Latreille, 1804 (Araneae: Clubionidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 31(1): 19-23.

Kim, J. P., Ye, S. H., Kim, T. W. & Kim, D. H. (2015d). One new record species of the genus Neospintharus Exline, 1950 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 31(1): 25-28.

Kim, J. P. & Ye, S. H. (2015f). One new record species of the genus Callobius woljeongensis Kim & Ye, 2013 (Araneae: Amaurobiidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 31(1): 43-46.

Kovács, G., Prazsák, I., Eichardt, J., Vári, G. & Gyurkovics, H. (2015). A new ladybird spider from Hungary (Araneae, Eresidae). ZooKeys 494: 13-30. doi:10.3897/zookeys.494.8676

Kovblyuk, M. M. & Kastrygina, Z. A. (2015). A new species of Talavera Peckham et Peckham, 1909 (Aranei: Salticidae) from the Crimea. Arthropoda Selecta 24(2): 201-205.

Krejčí, T., Řezáč, M. & Michalik, P. (2015). Female genital morphology and sperm storage in the velvet spider Eresus kollari (Araneae: Eresidae). Journal of Arachnology 43: 182-187. doi:10.1636/0161-8202-43.2.182

Kronestedt, T. (2015). Species of Wadicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae): transfer of two species from Pardosa and description of three new species from Africa. European Journal of Taxonomy 132: 1-19. doi:10.5852/ejt.2015.132

Kulkarni, S. S. & Lewis, T. R. (2015). Description of male Tylorida sataraensis Kulkarni, 2014 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) with notes on habits and conservation status. Biodiversity Data Journal 3(e4451): 1-11. doi:10.3897/BDJ.3.e4451

Kulkarni, S. & Yadav, S. (2015). Bridging the distributional gap of Tylorida striata (Thorell, 1877) and new synonymy (Araneae: Tetragnathidae). Biodiversity Data Journal 3(e4878): 1-12. doi:10.3897/BDJ.3.e4878

Kulkarni, S. & Joseph, S. (2015). First record of genus Siler Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(10): 7701-7703. doi:10.11609/jott.o4266.7701-3

Kunz, K., Witthuhn, M. & Uhl, G. (2015). Paired and complex copulatory organs: do they really impede flexible use?. Journal of Zoology, London 297: 278-285. doi:10.1111/jzo.12277

Labarque, F. M., Soto, E. M., Ramírez, M. J. & Arnedo, M. A. (2015). Chasing ghosts: the phylogeny of Amaurobioidinae ghost spiders (Araneae, Anyphaenidae). Zoologica Scripta 44(5): 550-561. doi:10.1111/zsc.12119

Laborda, Á. & Simó, M. (2015a). Addition of a spider family for Uruguay: First record of Iviraiva pachyura (Mello-Leitão, 1935) (Araneae: Hersiliidae), with notes on its natural history and distribution. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(10): 7697-7700. doi:10.11609/jott.o4154.7697-700

Laborda, Á. & Simó, M. (2015b). Description of the female of Eutichurus ibiuna Bonaldo, 1994 (Araneae: Eutichuridae) with notes on natural history and sexual behavior. Zootaxa 4021(4): 591-596. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4021.4.9

Leavitt, D. H., Starrett, J., Westphal, M. F. & Hedin, M. (2015). Multilocus sequence data reveal dozens of putative cryptic species in a radiation of endemic Californian mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 91: 56-67. [+ suppl.] doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.05.016

Lee, S. Y., Lee, J. H., Yoo, J. S. & Kim, S. T. (2015a). A new species of the genus Atypus Latreille, 1804 (Araneae: Atypidae) from Korea. Zootaxa 3915(1): 139-142. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3915.1.8

Lee, S. Y., Yoo, J. S. & Kim, S. T. (2015a). Ultra rare Paraplectana sakaguchii Uyemura, 1938 (Araneae: Araneidae) new to Korean spider fauna. Journal of Species Research 4(1): 57-59. doi:10.12651/JSR.2015.4.1.057

Lee, S. Y., Lee, J. H., Jung, J. K. & Kim, S. T. (2015b). Description of Haplodrassus mayumiae Kamura, 2007 and Mangora crescopicta Yin et al., 1990 (Arachnida: Araneae) new to Korean spider fauna. Korean Journal of Applied Entomology 54(1): 51-54. doi:10.5656/KSAE.2014.01.1.074

Lee, S. Y., Yoo, J. S. & Kim, S. T. (2015b). Two newly recorded species of the spider families Theridiidae and Clubionidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 8: 318-321. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2015.10.001

Leister, M. & Miller, K. B. (2015). Description of a new tracheline spider, Trachelas mombachensis sp. n., in the T. bispinosus species group from the Mombacho Volcano in Nicaragua (Araneae: Trachelidae). Zootaxa 3936(1): 141-146. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3936.1.9

Li, Z. Y., Hu, L. L. & Zhang, F. (2015). A new Zoropsis species from China, with notes on Zoropsis pekingensis Schenkel, 1953 (Araneae, Zoropsidae). Zootaxa 3981(3): 444-450. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3981.3.10

Li, S. Q. & Zonstein, S. (2015). Eight new species of the spider genera Raveniola and Sinopesa from China and Vietnam (Araneae, Nemesiidae). ZooKeys 519: 1-32. doi:10.3897/zookeys.519.8784

Lise, A. A., Kesster, C. C. & Silva, E. L. C. da (2015). Revision of the orb-weaving spider genus Verrucosa McCook, 1888 (Araneae, Araneidae). Zootaxa 3921(1): 1-105. [Erratum: Zootaxa 3956(4): 600] doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3921.1.1

Liu, L., Guo, C. H. & Zhang, F. (2015). Two newly recorded species of the genus Xysticus (Araneae: Thomisidae) from China. Journal of Hebei University, Natural Science Edition 35(1): 58-61. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1000-1565.2015.01.011

Liu, N., Wang, L. & Zhang, Z. S. (2015). A newly recorded spider species of genus Pirata (Araneae: Lycosidae) from China. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 34(3): 421-423. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1000-7083.2015.03.019

Liu, Y. & Tong, Y. F. (2015). A new species of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 from Xianrendong National Forest Park, Liaoning Province, China (Araneae: Pholcidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 24(1): 31-34. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2015.01.008

Liu, N., Huang, G. Q. & Zhang, Z. S. (2015). A new species of the genus Hahnia (Araneae: Hahniidae) from South China. Zootaxa 3994(2): 295-300. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3994.2.10

Logunov, D. V. (2015a). Taxonomic-faunistic notes on the jumping spiders of the Mediterranean (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 24(1): 33-85.

Logunov, D. V. (2015b). Taxonomic notes on the genus Lyssomanes Hentz 1845 (Araneae: Salticidae) from French Guiana. Acta Arachnologica 64(1): 39-44. doi:10.2476/asjaa.64.39

Logunov, D. V. & Jäger, P. (2015). Spiders from Vietnam (Arachnida: Aranei): new species and records. Russian Entomological Journal 24(4): 343-363.

Lopardo, L. & Hormiga, G. (2015). Out of the twilight zone: phylogeny and evolutionary morphology of the orb-weaving spider family Mysmenidae, with a focus on spinneret spigot morphology in symphytognathoids (Araneae, Araneoidea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 173: 527-786. doi:10.1111/zoj.12199

Lotz, L. N. (2015a). New species of the spider genus Cheiracanthium from continental Africa (Araneae: Eutichuridae). Zootaxa 3973(2): 321-336. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3973.2.7

Lotz, L. N. (2015b). New species of the Afrotropical spider genus Cheiramiona Lotz & Dippenaar-Schoeman (Araneae: Eutichuridae). Zootaxa 3981(1): 71-94. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3981.1.3

Lotz, L. N. (2015c). A new species of Afrarchaea (Araneae: Archaeidae) from South Africa. African Invertebrates 56(2): 409-414. doi:10.5733/afin.056.0211

Lu, T., Chen, H. M. & Zhang, Z. S. (2015). Diversity of spiders in Fanjing Mountain Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China, III: A new species of Brommella (Dictynidae). Zootaxa 4020(1): 183-190. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4020.1.8

Lucas, S. M. & Indicatti, R. P. (2015). Revalidation of Dolichothele Mello-Leitão and notes on Hapalotremus Simon (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 50(3): 204-212. doi:10.1080/01650521.2015.1103553

Luo, Y. & Chen, J. (2015). Two new Coelotes species from China (Araneae: Agelenidae: Coelotinae). Zoological Systematics 40(3): 258-267. doi:10.11865/zs.20150303

Lv, S. Y., Chen, X. & Tong, Y. F. (2015). A taxonomic study on ground-dwelling spiders from Beiling Park, Shenyang, Liaoning Province. Acta Arachnologica Sinica 24(1): 41-48. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2015.01.010

Lyle, R. (2015). Two new species of the Afrotropical sac spider genus Afroceto Lyle & Haddad, 2010 (Araneae: Trachelidae). African Invertebrates 56(2): 415-423. doi:10.5733/afin.056.0212

Machado, M., Teixeira, R. A. & Lise, A. A. (2015). Taxonomic notes on the crab spider genus Tobias Simon, 1895 (Araneae, Thomisidae, Stephanopinae). Zootaxa 4034(3): 565-576. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4034.3.8

Maddison, W. P. (2015). A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Journal of Arachnology 43(3): 231-292. doi:10.1636/arac-43-03-231-292

Malamel, J. J., Sankaran, P. M., Joseph, M. M. & Sebastian, P. A. (2015a). First record of the wolf spider genus Lysania Thorell, 1890 from India with the description of a new species (Araneae: Lycosidae: Zoicinae). Zootaxa 3904(2): 293-297. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3904.2.8

Malamel, J. J., Sankaran, P. M. & Sebastian, P. A. (2015). First record of the jumping spider genus Bavia Simon, 1877 from India, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4007(4): 596-599. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4007.4.11

Malamel, J. J., Sankaran, P. M., Joseph, M. M. & Sebastian, P. A. (2015b). Cyrtarachne keralensis Jose, 2011 is a junior synonym of Anepsion maritatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) (Araneae, Araneidae). Zootaxa 4039(3): 478-482. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4039.3.8

Malek Hosseini, M.-J., Zamani, A. & Sadeghi, S. (2015). A survey of cave-dwelling spider fauna of Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad and Fars Provinces, Iran (Arachnida: Araneae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 27: 90-94.

Malek-Hosseini, M. J., Grismado, C. J., Sadeghi, S. & Bakhshi, Y. (2015). Description of the first cave dwelling species of the spider genus Trilacuna Tong & Li from Iran (Araneae: Oonopidae). Zootaxa 3972(4): 549-561. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3972.4.6

Malik, S., Das, S. K. & Siliwal, M. (2015). Spider (Arachnida: Araneae) fauna of Delhi with first report of cobweb spider Argyrodes bonadea (Karsch, 1881) from India. Indian Journal of Arachnology 4(2): 31-36.

Martin, D. (2015). Allometrie sowie Bau und Funktion der Kopulationsorgane bei der Wolfspinne Arctosa leopardus (Araneae, Lycosidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 50: 107-115. doi:10.5431/aramit5014

Marusik, Y. M., Esyunin, S. L. & Tuneva, T. K. (2015). A survey of Palaearctic Dictynidae (Araneae). 1. Taxonomic notes on Dictynomorpha Spassky, 1939, Brigittea Lehtinen, 1967 and Lathys Simon, 1884. Zootaxa 3925(1): 129-144. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3925.1.9

Marusik, Y. M., Mikhailov, K. G. & Omelko, M. M. (2015). Taxonomic notes on spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of the Russian Far East. Arthropoda Selecta 24(1): 117-124.

Marusik, Y. M., Omelko, M. M. & Koponen, S. (2015a). Redescription of Oecobius tadzhikus Andreeva et Tyshchenko, 1969 (Aranei: Oecobiidae). Arthropoda Selecta 24(2): 197-200.

Marusik, Y. M., Omelko, M. M., Simonov, P. S. & Koponen, S. (2015). New data about orb-weaving spiders (Aranei: Araneidae and Tetragnathidae) from the Russian Far East. Arthropoda Selecta 24(2): 207-214.

Marusik, Y. M. & Omelko, M. M. (2015). Redescription of "Amaurobius" rufipes Taczanowski, 1874 (Araneae: Corinnidae) with notes of Amaurobius species described from French Guyana. Zootaxa 3974(1): 148-150. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3974.1.14

Marusik, Y. M., Omelko, M. M. & Koponen, S. (2015b). A survey of East Palaearctic Lycosidae (Araneae). 11. Two new genera from the Acantholycosa complex. Zootaxa 3985(2): 252-264. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3985.2.4

Marusik, Y. M., Omelko, M. M. & Koponen, S. (2015c). A redescription of the ant mimicking spider Myrmecium gounellei (Araneae: Corinnidae, Castianeirinae), with notes on the genus. Zootaxa 3985(2): 296-300. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3985.2.9

Marusik, Y. M. & Zamani, A. (2015a). The spider family Filistatidae (Araneae) in Iran. ZooKeys 516: 123-135. doi:10.3897/zookeys.516.10146

Marusik, Y. M., Azarkina, G. N. & Omelko, M. M. (2015). Redescription and a new synonym of the spider Pachygnatha amurensis Strand, 1907 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae, Tetragnathinae). Zootaxa 4007(1): 126-130. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4007.1.10

Marusik, Y. M., Zonstein, S. L. & Omelko, M. M. (2015). Redescription of Phrurolithus flavipes (Araneae: Phrurolithidae), with the first description of the male. Zootaxa 4020(1): 197-200. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4020.1.10

Marusik, Y. M. & Zamani, A. (2015b). Additional new species of Filistatidae (Aranei) from Iran. Arthropoda Selecta 24(4): 429-435.

Marusik, Y. M., Mikhailov, K. G. & Kuzmin, E. A. (2015). On the synonymy of Tetragnatha qiuae (Aranei: Tetragnathidae). Arthropoda Selecta 24(4): 443-444.

Marusik, Y. M., Omelko, M. M. & Koponen, S. (2015d). Redescription of "Nesticus" citrinus (Taczanowski, 1874) (Araneae, Araneoidea) from French Guyana. ZooKeys 537: 97-101. doi:10.3897/zookeys.537.6818

Marusik, Y. M. & Zamani, A. (2015c). First description of the male of Tegenaria zamanii Marusik & Omelko, 2014 (Araneae: Agelenidae) from northern Iran. Zootaxa 4052(2): 226-228. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4052.2.6

Marusik, Y. M. (2015). Araneae (Spiders). In: Böcher, J., Kristensen, N. P., Pape, T. & Vilhelmsen, L. (eds.) The Greenland Entomofauna. An identification manual of insects, spiders and their allies. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 44: 667-703. Brill, Leiden. doi:10.1163/9789004261051_019

Meng, X. W., Zhang, Z. S. & Shi, A. M. (2015). Description of two unknown females of Epeus Peckham & Peckham from China (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 3955(1): 147-150. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3955.1.11

Merches, E. & Schäfer, M. (2015). Erster gesicherter Nachweis von Heliophanus patagiatus (Thorell, 1875) (Araneae, Salticidae) für Südostbayern. Mitteilungen der Zoologischen Gesellschaft Braunau 11(3): 377-383.

Milasowszky, N., Bauchhenss, E., Freudenschuss, M., Hepner, M., Komposch, C. & Zulka, K. P. (2015). Erstnachweise von Spinnen in Österreich (Araneae: Gnaphosidae, Linyphiidae, Lycosidae, Philodromidae, Theridiidae, Titanoecidae, Salticidae). Biodiversität und Naturschutz in Ostösterreich - BCBEA 1/2: 296-303.

Mirshamsi, O., Saneei, S., Aliabadian, M. & Ghassemzadeh, F. (2015). New data on the wolf spiders of Iran (Aranei: Lycosidae). Arthropoda Selecta 24(1): 99-106.

Moradmand, M. (2015). Revision of the grass huntsman spider genus Pseudomicrommata Järvi, 1914 (Araneae: Sparassidae) in the Afrotropical Region. African Invertebrates 56(2): 425-443. doi:10.5733/afin.056.0213

Moradmand, M., Mirshamsi, O. & Hula, V. (2015). New records of the huntsman spider genus Olios (Araneae: Sparassidae) from Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. Zoology in the Middle East 61(1): 76-80. doi:10.1080/09397140.2014.985505

Mukhtar, M. K. (2015). Two new species of the genus Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch (Araneae: Eutichuridae) from Punjab, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 47(2): 467-472.

Murphy, J. A. & Roberts, M. J. (2015). Spider families of the world and their spinnerets. British Arachnological Society, York, volume 1 & 2, pp. i-xii, 1-189; xiii-xvi, 191-353.

Nae, A. (2015). Synaphris lehtineni, Marusik, Gnelista & Kovliuk, 2005 (Synaphridea, Araneae) - new record for the Romanian fauna. Travaux de l’Institut de Spéologie “Émile Racovitza” 54: 27-31.

Najim, S. A., Al-Hadlak, K. S. & Seyyar, O. (2015). A new species of the genus Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1880 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Iraq. Serket 14(4): 184-188.

Nanayakkara, R. P., Ganehiarachchi, G. A. S. M., Vishvanath, N. & Kusuminda, T. G. T. (2015). Discovery of the critically endangered tarantula species of the genus Poecilotheria (Araneae: Theraphosidae), Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica, from Sri Lanka. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 8: 1-6. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2015.01.002

Nogueira, A. A. & Dias, S. R. (2015). New species of Alpaida (Araneae, Araneidae) from Rondônia, Brazil. Iheringia, Série Zoologia 105(4): 416-419. doi:10.1590/1678-476620151054416419

Oger, P. (2015). Deux araignées intéressantes à Gelbressée (Province de Namur - Belgique). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 30(2): 61-65.

Oger, P. & Melotti, G. (2015). Découverte en France de Zodarion maculatum (Simon, 1870) (Araneae, Zodariidae). Revue Arachnologique 2 2: 2-3.

Oger, P., Tirmarche, D., Santune, V. & Jacquet, C. (2015). Mendoza canestrinii (Ninni, 1868) toujours plus nordique et aux frontières de la Belgique (Araneae, Salticidae). Revue Arachnologique 2 2: 32-33.

Oliveira, L. F. M. & Brescovit, A. D. (2015a). A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical spider genus Xiruana Brescovit 1997 (Araneae: Anyphaenidae, Anyphaeninae). Zootaxa 3980(2): 201-229. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3980.2.3

Oliveira, L. F. M. & Brescovit, A. D. (2015b). Two new species of the Neotropical spider genus Umuara Brescovit (Araneae, Anyphaenidae, Anyphaeninae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 3980(3): 435-441. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3980.3.7

Ortiz, D. & Francke, O. (2015). Two new species of Bonnetina tarantulas (Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae) from Mexico: contributions to morphological nomenclature and molecular characterization of types. Journal of Natural History 49(11-12): 685-707. doi:10.1080/00222933.2014.924770

Ott, R., Silva, G. O., Marta, K. S. & Rodrigues, E. N. L. (2015a). On the spider genus Neonella (Araneae: Salticidae): new records and taxonomic notes for species from southern South America. Zootaxa 3946(4): 583-586. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3946.4.7

Ott, R., von Beeren, C., Hashim, R., Witte, V. & Harvey, M. S. (2015b). Sicariomorpha, a new myrmecophilous goblin spider genus (Araneae, Oonopidae) associated with Asian army ants. American Museum Novitates 3843: 1-14. doi:10.1206/3843.1

Otto, J. C. & Hill, D. E. (2015a). Two new peacock spiders of the calcitrans group from southern Queensland (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae: Maratus). Peckhamia 121.1: 1-34.

Otto, S. & Tanasevitch, A. V. (2015). A new species of Incestophantes Tanasevitch, 1992 from the high mountains of the Caucasus Major (Arachnida: Aranei: Linyphiidae). Arthropoda Selecta 24(1): 107-112.

Otto, J. C. & Hill, D. E. (2015b). Maratus elephans, a new member of the volans group from New South Wales (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae). Peckhamia 123.1: 1-19.

Otto, J. C. & Hill, D. E. (2015c). Maratus personatus, a masked peacock spider from Cape Riche, Western Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae). Peckhamia 127.1: 1-30.

Özkütük, R. S., Elverici, M., Marusik, Y. M. & Kunt, K. B. (2015a). A new species of Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 from Turkey (Araneae: Dysderidae). Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4419, p. 1-11. doi:10.3897/BDJ.3.e4419

Özkütük, R. S., Kunt, K. B., Karakaş, G. & Danişman, T. (2015b). Redescription of Harpactea korgei Brignoli, 1979 (Araneae: Dysderidae) with the first description of the female. Arthropods 4(2): 32-37.

Özkütük, R. S., Kunt, K. B., Gündüz, G. & Elverici, M. (2015c). A new record for Turkish mygalomorph spiders: Atypus muralis Bertkau, 1890 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Atypidae). Biological Diversity and Conservation 8(1): 138-142.

Patil, V., Naik, M. M. & Uniyal, V. P. (2015). First report of genus Echinax Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 (Araneae: Corinnidae) from India. Indian Journal of Arachnology 4(1): 4-7.

Patoleta, B. & Żabka, M. (2015). Proszynellus - a new jumping spider genus from Australia (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 3926(2): 257-267. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3926.2.6

Patoleta, B. M. & Trębicki, Ł. (2015). Redescription of some poorly known species of Cytaea Keyserling, 1882 (Araneae: Salticidae), with new synonymies. Zootaxa 3949(4): 555-566. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3949.4.5

Patrick, L. B. (2015). First record of Erigone autumnalis from New Caledonia, with a redescription of E. neocaledonica (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Arachnology 16(7): 259-262. doi:10.13156/arac.2015.16.7.259

Pedroso, D. R., Baptista, R. L. C. & Bertani, R. (2015). A new species of Masteria (Araneae: Dipluridae: Masteriinae) from southeastern Brazil. Zoologia (Curitiba) 32(1): 59-65. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702015000100009

Perafán, C., Cifuentes, Y. & Estrada-Gomez, S. (2015). Aguapanela, a new tarantula genus from the Colombian Andes (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Zootaxa 4033(4): 529-542. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4033.4.4

Pham, D. S. (2015). One new species of the genus Belisana Thorell, 1898 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from northern Vietnam. ZooKeys 480: 41-47. doi:10.3897/zookeys.480.9046

Planas, E. & Ribera, C. (2015). Description of six new species of Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) endemic to the Canary Islands and the utility of DNA barcoding for their fast and accurate identification. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174: 47-73. doi:10.1111/zoj.12226

Platnick, N. I. & Berniker, L. (2015). The goblin spider genus Khamisia and its relatives (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 3837: 1-66. doi:10.1206/3837.1

Poeta, M. R. M. & Lise, A. A. (2015). On the males of the orb-weaving spiders Alpaida nigrofrenata (Simon, 1895), A. machala Levi, 1988, and A. cisneros Levi, 1988 (Araneae, Araneidae) and a new synonymy. Zootaxa 4000(3): 397-400. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4000.3.7

Polotow, D. & Jocqué, R. (2015). Afroneutria, a new spider genus of Afrotropical Ctenidae (Arachnida, Araneae). European Journal of Taxonomy 121: 1-27. doi:10.5852/ejt.2015.121

Polotow, D., Carmichael, A. & Griswold, C. E. (2015). Total evidence analysis of the phylogenetic relationships of Lycosoidea spiders (Araneae, Entelegynae). Invertebrate Systematics 29: 124-163. doi:10.1071/IS14041

Pompozzi, G. (2015). A new species of Losdolobus Platnick & Brescovit 1994 (Araneae: Orsolobidae) from Argentina with notes on its ecology and distribution. Zootaxa 3990(3): 419-428. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3990.3.6

Ponomarev, A. V. (2015). New species of spiders (Aranei) of the family Gnaphosidae from delta of the Don River. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11(2): 259-261.

Pravalikha, G. B. & Srinivasulu, C. (2015). A new species of genus Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Telangana, India and a detailed description of Thomisus projectus Tikader, 1960. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(3): 7000-7006. [attached: comment by Kulkarni (2015) and reply from the authors] doi:10.11609/JoTT.o4076.7000-6

Prpic, N.-M. (2015). Nomina dubia in the genus Theridion resulting from errors in instalment six of Carl Wilhelm Hahn's "Monographie der Spinnen" (Araneae: Theridiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 50: 85-90. doi:10.5431/aramit5012

Quasin, S., Siliwal, M. & Uniyal, V. P. (2015). New species of Himalmartensus Wang & Zhu, 2008 (Araneae: Amaurobiidae) with the first description of a male from the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, Western Himalaya, India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 8: 247-250. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2015.08.005

Rajoria, A. (2015a). Species increment of newly recorded genera Stemmops (Aranaea: Therididae) [sic] from India. Indian Journal of Arachnology 4(1): 22-25.

Rajoria, A. (2015b). Newly recorded genera Yaginumena (Aranae: Theridiidae) [sic] from India, with description of Yaginumena maculosa (Yoshida & Ono, 2000). Indian Journal of Arachnology 4(1): 56-58.

Rajoria, A. (2015c). Redescription of Poltys illepidus C.L.Koch, 1843* with first record of male from India. Indian Journal of Arachnology 4(2): 6-9.

Rajoria, A. (2015d). Two new genera of the family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 (Arachnida: Araneae) from India. Indian Journal of Arachnology 4(2): 43-47.

Rajoria, A. (2015e). A new species of the genus Migrammopes [sic] (Arachnida: Araneae: Uloboridae) from India. Indian Journal of Arachnology 4(2): 48-51.

Raven, R. J. (2015). A revision of ant-mimicking spiders of the family Corinnidae (Araneae) in the Western Pacific. Zootaxa 3958(1): 1-258. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3958.1.1

Reiser, N. & Neumann, J. (2015). Neue Nachweise von Mermessus denticulatus (Banks, 1892) (Araneae, Linyphiidae) in Deutschland. Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte 59: 125-128.

Rheims, C. A. (2015). Curicaberis, a new genus of Sparassidae from North and Central America (Araneae, Sparassidae, Sparassinae). Zootaxa 4012(3): 401-446. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4012.3.1

Ribera, C. & De Mas, E. (2015). Description of three new troglobiontic species of Cybaeodes (Araneae, Liocranidae) endemic to the Iberian Peninsula. Zootaxa 3957(3): 313-323. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3957.3.4

Richman, D. B. (2015). On the generic name Peckhamia Simon 1900 (Araneae, Salticidae). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 72(1): 102-105. doi:10.21805/bzn.v72i1.a6

Rivera-Quiroz, F. A. & Álvarez-Padilla, F. (2015). Three new species of the genus Trachelas (Araneae: Trachelidae) from an oak forest inside the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot in Mexico. Zootaxa 3999(1): 95-110. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3999.1.6

Rodrigues, E. N. L. & Poeta, M. R. M. (2015). Twelve new Neotropical species of the spider genus Cryptachaea (Araneae: Theridiidae). Journal of Arachnology 43: 26-33. doi:10.1636/K14-47.1

Rodrigues, E. N. L. & Brescovit, A. D. (2015). On the spider genus Thymoites in the Neotropical Region (Araneae, Theridiidae): nine new species, complementary descriptions and new records. Zootaxa 3972(2): 181-207. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3972.2.3

Roff, J. & Haddad, C. R. (2015). Pasilobus dippenaarae sp. n. (Araneae: Araneidae), a new species of cyrtarachnine spider from South Africa, with a key to the Afrotropical species. African Invertebrates 56(2): 445-454. doi:10.5733/afin.056.0214

Rojas, F. R. (2015). Distribución de Palliduphantes pallidus (Araneae: Linyphiidae) en Europa y primera cita en Andalucía (España). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 27: 159-161.

Roy, T. K., Sen, S., Saha, S. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2015). A new Linyphia Latreille, 1804 (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from West Bengal, India. Munis Entomology and Zoology 10(1): 61-64.

Roy, T. K., Saha, S. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2015). A new Gibbaranea Archer, 1951 (Araneae: Araneidae) from West Bengal, India with a note on biogeography of the genus. Species 16(52): 1-5.

Rozwalka, R. & Stachowicz, J. (2015). The first record of Clubiona saxatilis C.L. Koch, 1867 (Araneae: Clubionidae) in Poland. Fragmenta Faunistica, Warsaw 58(1): 59-63. doi:10.3161/00159301FF2015.58.1.059

Rubio, G. D. & Ramírez, M. J. (2015). Taxonomic revision of the American spider genus Arachosia (Araneae: Anyphaenidae). Zootaxa 3932(1): 1-105. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3932.1.1

Rubio, G. D., Zapata, L. V. & Grismado, C. J. (2015). A new species of Castianeira Keyserling (Araneae, Corinnidae) from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 50(2): 137-143. doi:10.1080/01650521.2015.1058112

Rubio, G. D., Argañaraz, C. I. & Gleiser, R. M. (2015). A new species of jumping spider Neonella Gertsch, with notes on the genus and male identification key (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 532: 1-14. doi:10.3897/zookeys.532.6078

Ruiz, G. R. S. & Maddison, W. P. (2015). The new Andean jumping spider genus Urupuyu and its placement within a revised classification of the Amycoida (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4040(3): 251-279. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4040.3.1

Russell-Smith, A. & Jocqué, R. (2015). New Zodariidae (Araneae) from Mkomazi Game Reserve, Tanzania. African Invertebrates 56(2): 455-476. doi:10.5733/afin.056.0215

Russell-Smith, A. (2015). Identification of the British Scotina species. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 134: 14-16.

Salvatierra, L., Brescovit, A. D. & Tourinho, A. L. (2015). Description of two new species of Tangaroa Lehtinen 1967 (Arachnida: Araneae: Uloboridae). Journal of Arachnology 43(3): 331-341. doi:10.1636/0161-8202-43.3.331

Sanap, R. V. & Mirza, Z. A. (2015). A new large trapdoor spider species of the genus Heligmomerus Simon 1892 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Idiopidae) from Western Ghats, India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 8: 242-246. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2015.07.004

Sánchez-Ruiz, A. & Brescovit, A. D. (2015). On the taxonomic placement of the Cuban spider Nops ariguanabo Alayón and the description of a new Mexican Tarsonops (Araneae, Caponiidae). Zootaxa 3914(2): 131-143. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3914.2.3

Sánchez-Ruiz, A., Brescovit, A. D. & Alayón, G. (2015). Four new caponiids species (Araneae, Caponiidae) from the West Indies and redescription of Nops blandus (Bryant). Zootaxa 3972(1): 43-64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3972.1.3

Sankaran, P. M., Jobi, M. J. & Sebastian, P. A. (2015). Redescription of the orb-weaving spider Gasteracantha geminata (Fabricius, 1798) (Araneae, Araneidae). Zootaxa 3915(1): 147-150. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3915.1.10

Sankaran, P. M., Malamel, J. J., Joseph, M. M. & Sebastian, P. A. (2015a). An updated review of the genus Martensopoda Jäger, 2006 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Zootaxa 3937(3): 577-590. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3937.3.9

Sankaran, P. M., Malamel, J. J., Joseph, M. M. & Sebastian, P. A. (2015b). Castianeira furva sp. nov. (Araneae, Corinnidae, Castianeirinae), a new polymorphic ground sac spider from the southern Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa 3964(5): 569-576. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3964.5.7

Sankaran, P. M., Malamel, J. J., Joseph, M. M. & Sebastian, P. A. (2015c). Theridion echinatum Gao & Li, 2014, a junior synonym of Theridion zonulatum Thorell, 1890 (Araneae, Theridiidae) with comments on its web architecture. Zootaxa 4007(1): 138-142. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4007.1.12

Sas-Kovács, É.-H., Sas-Kovács, I. & Urák, I. (2015). Alopecosa psammophila Buchar, 2001 (Araneae: Lycosidae): morphometric data and first record for Romania. Turkish Journal of Zoology 39: 353-358. doi:10.3906/zoo-1404-11

Satam, Y. (2015). Redescription of Latrodectus geometricus Koch, 1841 (Araneae: Therididae [sic]) with a new record of male from Mumbai (India). Indian Journal of Arachnology 4(2): 37-42.

Saturnino, R., Rodrigues, B. V. B. & Bonaldo, A. B. (2015). Alpaida (Araneae: Araneidae) from the Amazon Basin and Ecuador: new species, new records and complementary descriptions. Zoologia (Curitiba) 32(3): 241-256. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702015000300008

Saturnino, R. & Bonaldo, A. B. (2015). Taxonomic review of the New World spider genus Elaver O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 (Araneae, Clubionidae). Zootaxa 4045(1): 1-119. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4045.1.1

Saucedo, A. D., Ubick, D. & Griswold, C. E. (2015). The goblin spiders of the new genus Volborattella (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Madagascar. American Museum Novitates 3822: 1-71. doi:10.1206/3822.1

Schäfer, M. (2015b). Ein Beitrag zur Springspinnenfauna der Balearen mit dem Erstnachweis von Heliophanus stylifer für Europa (Araneae, Salticidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 49: 62-67. doi:10.5431/aramit4907

Schäfer, M. (2015a). Erstnachweis von Sibianor tantulus (Simon, 1868) (Araneae, Salticidae) für das Bundesland Berlin. Märkische Entomologische Nachrichten 17(1): 125-127.

Schäfer, M. & Krumm, G. (2015). Erster gesicherter Nachweis der Springspinne Heliophanus kochii (Salticidae, Araneae) in Deutschland. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 50: 57-60. doi:10.5431/aramit5008

Schikora, H.-B. (2015). Die Webspinnen des Nationalparks Harz. Schriftenreihe aus dem Nationalpark Harz 13: 1-371. [only relevant pages included in PDF]

Schmidt, G. (2015a). Notes on the nomenclature of theraphosids (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). Tarantulas of the World 143: 13-22.

Schmidt, G. (2015b). Warum Melopoeus Pocock, 1895 kein Synonym von Haplopelma Simon, 1892 ist (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Ornithoctoninae). Tarantulas of the World 143: 23-31.

Schmidt, G. (2015c). Warum Chilocosmia arndsti (Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992), Chilocosmia barensteinerae Schmidt, Hettegger & Matthes, 2010, Chilocosmia peerboomi Schmidt, 1999, Selenopelma kovariki Schmidt & Krause, 1995 und Phlogius Simon, 1887 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Selenocosmiinae) keine Synonyme von Selenocosmia Ausserer, 1871 sind. Tarantulas of the World 143: 32-38.

Schmidt, G. (2015d). Erster Nachweis einer Selenocosmia insulana-Subspezies auf Borneo (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Selenocosmiinae), S. insulana borneoensis ssp. n. Tarantulas of the World 143: 50-55.

Schmidt, G. & Barensteiner, R. (2015a). Ein Weibchen von Lampropelma nigerrimum arboricola ssp. n. aus Borneo (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Ornithoctoninae). Tarantulas of the World 143: 4-9.

Schmidt, G. & Barensteiner, R. (2015b). Eine neue Selenocosmia-Spezies von Borneo (Theraphosidae: Selenocosmiinae: Selenocosmiini). Tarantulas of the World 143: 39-49.

Schmidt, G. (2015e). Ergänzende Untersuchungen am Holotypus von Chilocosmia barensteinerae Schmidt, Hettegger & Matthes, 2010 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Selenocosmiinae). Tarantulas of the World 143: 10-12.

Schwendinger, P. J. & Košulič, O. (2015). Two new species of armoured spiders from Vietnam and Cambodia (Araneae: Tetrablemmidae: Pacullinae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 122(2): 423-436.

Sebastian, P. A., Sankaran, P. M., Malamel, J. J. & Joseph, M. M. (2015). Description of new species of Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 from the Western Ghats of India with the redescription of Stenaelurillus lesserti Reimoser, 1934 and notes on mating plug in the genus (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 491: 63-78. doi:10.3897/zookeys.491.8218

Seiter, M. & Wesolowska, W. (2015). Two new Thiratoscirtus species from Gabon (Araneae, Salticidae, Thiratoscirtinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 123: 1-9. doi:10.5852/ejt.2015.123

Sen, S., Dhali, D. C., Saha, S. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2015). Spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) of Reserve Forests of Dooars: Gorumara National Park, Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary and Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary. World Scientific News 20: 1-339.

Sentenská, L., Pekár, S., Lipke, E., Michalik, P. & Uhl, G. (2015). Female control of mate plugging in a female-cannibalistic spider (Micaria sociabilis). BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 18 (p. 1-12). doi:10.1186/s12862-014-0278-9

Seo, B. K. (2015a). A new and two newly recorded species of Theridiidae and Dictynidae (Araneae) from Korea. Korean Journal of Environmental Biology 33(2): 105-111. doi:10.11626/KJEB.2015.33.2.105

Seo, B. K. (2015b). A new species of the spider genus Ebrechtella Dahl and first record of Ozyptila utotchkini Marusik, with the first description of the male of Ozyptila geumoensis Seo and Sohn (Araneae, Thomisidae) from Korea. Korean Journal of Environmental Biology 33(2): 112-118. doi:10.11626/KJEB.2015.33.2.112

Seo, B. K. (2015c). Ten new species of the genus Falcileptoneta (Araneae, Leptonetidae) from Korea. Korean Journal of Environmental Biology 33(3): 290-305. doi:10.11626/KJEB.2015.33.3.290

Seo, B. K. (2015d). Four new species of the genera Masirana and Longileptoneta (Araneae, Leptonetidae) from Korea. Korean Journal of Environmental Biology 33(3): 306-313. doi:10.11626/KJEB.2015.33.3.306

Seyyar, O., Demir, H. & Türkeş, T. (2015). Description of the previously unknown female of Drassodes bifidus Kovblyuk & Seyyar, 2009 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 39: 1030-1033. doi:10.3906/zoo-1312-22

Siliwal, M., Kananbala, A., Bhubaneshwari, M. & Raven, R. (2015). Natural history and two new species of the trapdoor spider genus Conothele Thorell 1878 (Araneae: Ctenizidae) from India. Journal of Arachnology 43(1): 34-39. doi:10.1636/K14-30.1

Siliwal, M., Molur, S. & Raven, R. (2015). New genus with two new species of the family Nemesiidae (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 8: 43-48. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2015.01.005

Silva, E. L. C. da, Gibbons, A. & Sierwald, P. (2015). Description of the male of Dolomedes raptoroides Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004 (Araneae: Lycosoidea: Pisauridae). Zootaxa 3946(1): 139-145. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3946.1.8

Silva, E. L. C. da & Sierwald, P. (2015). First description of the male of Rothus vittatus Simon, 1898 (Araneae: Pisauridae), with a review of the African nursery web spider genus Rothus Simon, 1898. African Invertebrates 56(2): 325-341. doi:10.5733/afin.056.0207

Silva-Moreira, T. da & Hormiga, G. (2015). Redescription and phylogenetic placement of the Hispaniolan spider genus Lomaita Bryant, 1948 (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Zootaxa 3920(2): 249-264. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3920.2.2

Siyam, M., Dunlop, J. A. & El-Hennawy, H. K. (2015). New spider records from the Republic of the Sudan. Arachnology 16(7): 264-272. doi:10.13156/arac.2015.16.7.264

Smith, A. M. & Jacobi, M. A. (2015). Revision of the genus Phormingochilus with the description of three new species from Sulawesi and Sarawak and notes on the placement of the genera Cyriopagopus, Lampropelma and Omothymus. British Tarantula Society Journal 30(3): 25-48.

Sozontov, A. N. & Esyunin, S. L. (2015). Taxonomical remarks about two spider species from the genus Tetragnatha Latreille 1804 (Aranei, Tetragnathidae). Zoologicheskiĭ Zhurnal 94(3): 311-319. [English version in Entomological Review 95(3): 406-414]

Suguro, T. (2015). New data of Hahnia (Araneae: Hahniidae) in Japan with a description of a new species. Acta Arachnologica 64(1): 11-15. doi:10.2476/asjaa.64.11

Suguro, T. & Nagano, H. (2015). A new species of the genus Icius (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Acta Arachnologica 64(2): 91-95. doi:10.2476/asjaa.64.91

Sunil, J. K. & Prasanth, M. T. (2015). New information on Annandaliella travancorica Hirst, 1909 from Western Ghats of India (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Munis Entomology and Zoology 10(1): 188-193.

Tabrizi, S. S., Rad, S. P. & Hedayati, Z. (2015). A new record for the spider fauna of Iran: Olios sericeus (Araneae: Sparassidae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 39: 338-339. doi:10.3906/zoo-1401-59

Tanasevitch, A. V. & Ponomarev, A. V. (2015). A new Gongylidiellum Simon, 1884 from the western Caucasus (Arachnida: Aranei: Linyphiidae). Arthropoda Selecta 24(1): 113-116.

Tanasevitch, A. V. & Wunderlich, J. (2015). A new Megalepthyphantes Wunderlich 1994 (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from a cave of Crete (Greece). Beiträge zur Araneologie 9: 452-455.

Tanasevitch, A. V. (2015). Notes on the spider genus Oedothorax Bertkau, 1883 with description of eleven new species from India (Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 122(2): 381-398.

Tanasevitch, A. V., Ponomarev, A. V. & Chumachenko, Y. A. (2015). Notes on the spider genus Bisetifer Tanasevitch, 1987 (Aranei: Linyphiidae), with the description of a new species. Arthropoda Selecta 24(4): 445-450.

Tanikawa, A. & Petcharad, B. (2015). A new species of Cyrtophora (Araneae: Araneidae) from Thailand. Acta Arachnologica 64(1): 17-20. doi:10.2476/asjaa.64.17

Teixeira, R. A. & Barros, B. A. R. (2015). Taxonomic notes on the crab spider genera Stephanopoides and Isaloides (Araneae: Thomisidae: Stephanopinae). Zootaxa 3956(2): 281-287. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3956.2.8

Thomas, T. J. (2015). Anyphaena sabina and Cryptachaea blattea (Urquhart, 1886) at the Wildlife Garden, the Natural History Museum. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 134: 10.

Tilly, J.-J. (2015a). Découverte en France de Diplocephalus machadoi Bosmans & Cardoso, 2010 (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Revue Arachnologique 2 2: 6-7.

Tilly, J.-J. (2015b). Sibianor larae (Logunov, 2001) (Araneae, Salticidae), espèce nouvelle pour la faune de France. Revue Arachnologique 2 2: 12-15.

Tiunov, A. V. (2015). Redescription of the orb-weaver spider Larinioides jalimovi (Bachwalov 1981) (Aranei, Araneidae). Zoologicheskiĭ Zhurnal 94(4): 484-487. doi:10.7868/S0044513415040170

Tong, Y. F. & Li, S. Q. (2015a). Six new species of the genus Opopaea Simon, 1891 from Xishuangbanna Rainforest, southwestern China (Araneae: Oonopidae). Zootaxa 3931(1): 41-62. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3931.1.3

Tong, Y. F. & Li, S. Q. (2015b). One new genus and two new species of oonopid spiders from Xishuangbanna Rainforest, southwestern China (Araneae, Oonopidae). ZooKeys 494: 1-12. doi:10.3897/zookeys.494.9183

Torres, V. M., Pardo, P. L., González-Reyes, A. X., Rodríguez Artigas, S. M. & Corronca, J. A. (2015). New records of seven species of pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae) from the northern Argentina. Check List 11(2): 1629 (p. 1-9). doi:10.15560/11.3.1629

Türkeş, T., Karabulut, H., Demir, H. & Seyyar, O. (2015). Contributions to the Linyphiidae fauna of Turkey (Arachnida: Araneae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 39: 560-564. doi:10.3906/zoo-1405-69

Valdez-Mondragón, A. & Francke, O. (2015). Phylogeny of the spider genus Ixchela Huber, 2000 (Araneae: Pholcidae) based on morphological and molecular evidence (CO1 and 16S), with a hypothesized diversification in the Pleistocene. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175: 20-58. doi:10.1111/zoj.12265

Van Keer, J. & Jacobs, M. (2015). Abacoproeces saltuum (L. Koch, 1872) (Araneae, Linyphiidae), a new species for the Belgian spider fauna. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 30(1): 13-15.

Vidhel, B. P., Malik, S., Sabata, B. C. & Das, S. K. (2015). A new spider species of the genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillinae) from India. International Journal of Science and Research 4(7): 2332-2336.

Waldock, J. M. (2015). A new species of peacock spider, Maratus proszynskii sp. nov. (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini), from Tasmania, with a review of Maratus in Tasmania, Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 30: 144-150. doi:10.18195/issn.0312-3162.30(2).2015.144-150

Wang, F., Ono, H. & Tu, L. H. (2015). A review of Solenysa spiders from Japan (Araneae, Linyphiidae), with a comment on the type species S. mellotteei Simon, 1894. ZooKeys 481: 39-56. doi:10.3897/zookeys.481.8545

Wang, L. Y., Li, Z. X., Zhou, K. X. & Zhang, Z. S. (2015a). Redescription of three Hippasa species from China (Araneae: Lycosidae), with a proposed species group-division and diagnosis. Zootaxa 3974(2): 231-244. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3974.2.7

Wang, L. Y., Chen, H. M., Zhou, K. X., Zhang, F. & Zhang, Z. S. (2015b). Diversity of spiders in Fanjing Mountain Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China, I: Six new species of Phrurolithidae (Araneae). Zootaxa 4012(3): 447-464. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4012.3.2

Wang, L. & Zhang, F. (2015). The first description of the male Synaphosus femininis (Aranei: Gnaphosidae) from Hainan Island, China. Arthropoda Selecta 24(4): 437-441.

Wang, M., Wu, P. L. & Zhang, F. (2015). Descriptions of two new species of the Clubiona corticalis-group (Araneae: Clubionidae) from China. Acta Arachnologica 64(2): 83-89. doi:10.2476/asjaa.64.83

Wang, F., Ballesteros, J. A., Hormiga, G., Chesters, D., Zhang, Y. J., Sun, N., Zhu, C. D., Chen, W. & Tu, L. H. (2015c). Resolving the phylogeny of a speciose spider group, the family Linyphiidae (Araneae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 91: 135-149 & Appendices. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.05.005

Wesolowska, W. & Wiśniewski, K. (2015). New data on Belippo and Myrmarachne of Kenya (Araneae: Salticidae: Myrmarachninae). Zootaxa 3980(4): 547-561. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3980.4.5

Wesolowska, W. (2015). Ansienulina, a new genus of jumping spiders from tropical Africa (Araneae: Salticidae: Thiratoscirtinae). African Invertebrates 56(2): 477-482. doi:10.5733/afin.056.0216

Whitman-Zai, J., Francis, M., Geick, M. & Cushing, P. E. (2015). Revision and morphological phylogenetic analysis of the funnel web spider genus Agelenopsis (Araneae: Agelenidae). Journal of Arachnology 43: 1-25. doi:10.1636/k14-35.1

Wiśniewski, K. & Wesolowska, W. (2015). Maro lehtineni (Araneae: Linyphiidae) - a spider species new to the fauna of Poland. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 50: 81-84. doi:10.5431/aramit5011

Wongprom, P. & Wiwatwitaya, D. (2015). One new species of the genus Savarna Huber, 2005 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from southern Thailand. ZooKeys 498: 1-5. doi:10.3897/zookeys.498.9269

Wu, P. L., Zheng, G. & Zhang, F. (2015). Two new species of the Clubiona corticalis-group from Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Clubionidae). ZooKeys 496: 15-25. doi:10.3897/zookeys.496.9223

Wunderlich, J. (2015a). Descriptions of the new subgenera Parvidipoena and Simonola of the genus Lasaeola Simon 1881 s. l. which include two tiny European species (Araneae: Theridiidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 9: 437-445.

Wunderlich, J. (2015b). Descriptions of two Gnaphosidae (Araneae) from Portugal: Phaeocedus mikha Levy 2009 new to Europe, and Gnaphosa monteserra n. sp. Beiträge zur Araneologie 9: 446-449.

Xu, X., Liu, F. X., Chen, J., Ono, H., Li, D. Q. & Kuntner, M. (2015a). A genus-level taxonomic review of primitively segmented spiders (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae). ZooKeys 488: 121-151. doi:10.3897/zookeys.488.8726

Xu, X., Liu, F. X., Chen, J., Li, D. Q. & Kuntner, M. (2015b). Integrative taxonomy of the primitively segmented spider genus Ganthela (Araneae: Mesothelae: Liphistiidae): DNA barcoding gap agrees with morphology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175: 288-306. doi:10.1111/zoj.12280

Yamasaki, T. (2015). [Studies on taxonomy, biogeography and mimicry of the genus Myrmarachne in Southeast Asia]. Acta Arachnologica 64(1): 49-56.

Yan, M., Liang, X. & Tu, L. (2015). On the desmitracheate “micronetine” genus Nippononeta Eskov, 1992 (Araneae, Linyphiidae). ZooKeys 484: 95-109. doi:10.3897/zookeys.484.8663

Yao, Z. Y., Pham, D. S. & Li, S. Q. (2015). Pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from northern Vietnam, with descriptions of nineteen new species. Zootaxa 3909(1): 1-82. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3909.1.1

Yoo, J. S., Lee, S. Y. & Kim, S. T. (2015). Description of two unrecorded spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Korea. Journal of Forest and Environmental Science 31(1): 63-67. doi:10.7747/JFES.2015.31.1.63

Yoo, J. S., Lee, S. Y., Im, M. S. & Kim, S. T. (2015). Bibliographic checklist of Korean spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) ver. 2015. Journal of Species Research 1(Special Issue): 1-112. doi:10.12651/JSR.2015.4(S).001

Yoshida, H. (2015). Parasteatoda and a new genus Campanicola (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Taiwan. Bulletin of the Yamagata Prefectural Museum 33: 25-38.

Żabka, M. & Patoleta, B. M. (2015). New species of Tauala Wanless, 1988 from Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Astioida: Astiae), with a redefinition of the genus. Zootaxa 4000(5): 501-517. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4000.5.1

Zamani, A. (2015). The spider collection (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Zoological Museum of the Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, with new species records for Iran. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 50: 11-18. doi:10.5431/aramit5002

Zamani, A., Mirshamsi, O., Jannesar, B., Marusik, Y. M. & Esyunin, S. L. (2015). New data on spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part II. Zoology and Ecology 25(4): 339-346. doi:10.1080/21658005.2015.1068508

Zhang, J. X. & Maddison, W. P. (2015). Genera of euophryine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae), with a combined molecular-morphological phylogeny. Zootaxa 3938(1): 1-147. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3938.1.1

Zhang, B. S., Zhang, Z. S. & Zhang, F. (2015). Three new Sinopoda species (Araneae: Sparassidae) from southern China. Zootaxa 3974(1): 59-75. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3974.1.4

Zhang, Z. S. & Chen, H. M. (2015). Hahnia zhui sp. nov. (Hahniidae), a special species with a unique shape of tegulum. Acta Arachnologica Sinica 24(2): 70-75. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2015.02.002

Zonstein, S. L. & Marusik, Y. M. (2015). The first record of Andoharano Lehtinen, 1967 (Araneae: Filistatidae) from mainland Africa. African Invertebrates 56(2): 483-489. doi:10.5733/afin.056.0217

Zonstein, S. L., Marusik, Y. M. & Omelko, M. M. (2015). A survey of spider taxa new to Israel (Arachnida: Araneae). Zoology in the Middle East 61(4): 372-385. doi:10.1080/09397140.2015.1095525

2016

Aakra, K., Morka, G. H., Antonson, A., Farlund, M., Wrånes, R. E., Frølandshagen, R., Løvbrekke, H., Furuseth, P., Fjellberg, A., Lemke, M., Pfliegler, W. P., Andersen, S., Olsen, K. M., Aadland, B. & Berggren, K. (2016). Spiders new to Norway (Arachnida, Araneae) with ecological, taxonomical and faunistic comments. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 63(1): 6-43.

Achitte-Schmutzler, H. C. & Rubio, G. D. (2016). First description of the male of the spider Tibellus paraguensis Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Philodromidae), with new distribution records. Zootaxa 4161(1): 146-150. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4161.1.12

Ade, P. P. & Dixit, G. S. (2016). Diversity and ecology of spider of the family Araneid Clerck 1757 from Shivaji College campus, Akola. International Journal of Scientific Research 5(12): 729-732.

Agnarsson, I., LeQuier, S. M., Kuntner, M., Cheng, R.-C., Coddington, J. A. & Binford, G. (2016). Phylogeography of a good Caribbean disperser: Argiope argentata (Araneae, Araneidae) and a new ‘cryptic’ species from Cuba. ZooKeys 625: 25-44. doi:10.3897/zookeys.625.8729

Ahmed, J., Khalap, R. & Sumukha, J. N. (2016). A new species of dry foliage mimicking Eriovixia Archer, 1951 from central Western Ghats, India (Araneae: Araneidae). Indian Journal of Arachnology 5: 24-27.

Akpinar, A., Varol, M. İ. & El-Hennawy, H. K. (2016). New records to the spider fauna of Turkey (Araneae: Eutichuridae, Gnaphosidae). Serket 15(1): 41-43.

Akpinar, A. (2016). A new species of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833 from Turkey (Araneae: Zodariidae). Munis Entomology and Zoology 11(2): 390-392.

Alderweireldt, M. & De Boever, C. (2016). Description of the unknown female of Drassodes difficilis (Simon, 1878) from Spain with illustrations of the male and some zoogeographical notes (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) . Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 29: 34-36.

Alligand, B. & Henrard, A. (2016). Sur l’observation de prédation par Tapinesthis inermis (Simon, 1882) (Araneae, Oonopidae) sur un psoque et mise à jour de sa distribution en France. Revue Arachnologique 2 3: 21-26.

Andre, C. & Hüsser, M. (2016). Die Gattung Typhochlaena – Historie und Systematik sowie Habitat und Lebensweise von T. seladonia, T. costae und T. curumim. Arachne 21(3): 4-33.

Anikin, V. V. & Kuzmin, E. A. (2016). The finding of black widow – Latrodectus tredecimguttatus (Rossi, 1790) (Aranei, Theridiidae) on the territory of Saratov Province. Izvestiya of Saratov University. New Series. Series: Chemistry. Biology. Ecology 16(2): 220-221. doi:10.18500/1816-9775-2016-16-2-220-221

Azarkina, G. N., Esyunin, S. L., Kuzmin, E. A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2016). On the synonymy of two wolf spider species of the genus Alopecosa (Araneae, Lycosidae) from the steppe zone of Russia. Zootaxa 4205(4): 339-348. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4205.4.2

Azevedo, G. H. F, Ott, R., Griswold, C. E. & Santos, A. J. (2016). A taxonomic revision of the ground spiders of the genus Apopyllus (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 4178(3): 301-327. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4178.3.1

Baba, Y. G., Suguro, T., Naya, N. & Yamauchi, T. (2016). A gynandromorph of the funnel-web spider Allagelena opulenta (Araneae: Agelenidae). Acta Arachnologica 65(1): 11-13. doi:10.2476/asjaa.65.11

Baba, Y. G. & Yoshitake, H. (2016). A new record of Cheiracanthium taegense (Araneae: Eutichuridae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 65(1): 39-41. doi:10.2476/asjaa.65.39

Baehr, B. C. & Whyte, R. (2016a). The peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Maratus) of the Queensland Museum, including six new species. Zootaxa 4154(5): 501-525. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4154.5.1

Baehr, B. C. & Whyte, R. (2016b). The first described male tube-web spider for mainland Australia: Ariadna kiwirrkurra sp. nov. (Araneae: Segestriidae). Zootaxa 4189(3): 595-599. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4189.3.11

Baert, L., Van Keer, J. & Wauters, N. (2016). The spider Theridion melanostictum (Araneae, Theridiidae), a recent introduction to Galapagos?. Galapagos Research 68: 13-14.

Barone, M. L., Werenkraut , V. & Ramírez, M. J. (2016). New species and phylogenetic relationships of the spider genus Coptoprepes using morphological and sequence data (Araneae: Anyphaenidae). Zootaxa 4175(5): 436-448. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4175.5.2

Barrientos, J. A., Uribarri, I., García-Sarrión, R., Enríquez, M. L. & Giralt, D. (2016). Arañas (Arachnida, Araneae) del Pla de Lleida (Lleida, España). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 28: 91-101.

Basiuk, V. A. (2016). Mastophora corpulenta (Banks) bolas spider (Araneae: Araneidae) in central Mexico. Journal of Advanced Microscopy Research 11(2): 156-160. doi:10.1166/jamr.2016.1308

Basu, D. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2016). Rice land inhabiting long jawed orb weavers, Tetragnatha Latreille, 1804 (Tetragnathidae: Araneae) of South 24-Parganas, West Bengal, India. World Scientific News 55: 210-239.

Bauer, T., Wendt, I., Holstein, J. & Gabriel, G. (2016). Crossopriza lyoni new to Germany (Araneae: Pholcidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen/Arachnology Letters 52: 4-6. doi:10.5431/aramit5202

Bellvert Bantí, A. (2016). First male record of Sintula retroversus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) and confirmation of a Hypomma cornutum (Blackwall, 1833) population in the north east of the Iberian Peninsula (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 28: 155-157.

Benavides, L. R. & Hormiga, G. (2016). Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical pirate spiders of the genus Gelanor Thorell, 1869 (Araneae, Mimetidae) with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 4046(1): 1-72. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4064.1.1

Benjamin, S. P. (2016). Revision of Cebrenninus Simon, 1887 with description of one new genus and six new species (Araneae: Thomisidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 123(1): 179-200. doi:10.5281/zenodo.46304

Benjamin, S. P. & Clayton, C. I. (2016). Phylogenetic placement and revision of the tropical Asian crab spider genus Pagida (Araneae : Thomisidae). Invertebrate Systematics 30(4): 353-369. doi:10.1071/IS15054

Benjamin, S. P., Ileperuma Arachchi, I. S. & Herath, B. P. (2016). First record of Platythomisus sudeepi from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Thomisidae). Arachnology 17(3): 165-168. doi:10.13156/arac.2006.17.3.165

Benjamin, S. P. & Kanesharatnam, N. (2016). Description of three new species of the tropical Asian jumping spider genus Onomastus Simon, 1900 from high altitude cloud forests of Sri Lanka (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4205(5): 431-453. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4205.5.2

Bennett, R., Copley, C. & Copley, D. (2016). Cybaeus (Araneae: Cybaeidae): the Nearctic species of the Holarctic clade. Zootaxa 4164(1): 1-67. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4164.1.1

Bertani, R., de Sena Santos, A., Diesel Abegg, A., Roncolatto Ortiz, F. & de Freitas, M. A. (2016). First record of the genus Psalmopoeus (Araneae: Theraphosidae) in Brazil. Check List 12(2,1860): 1-4. doi:10.15560/12.2.1860

Bertani, R. & Leal, F. (2016). A new species of Pterinopelma (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from the highlands of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil and description of the male of P. sazimai. Zoologia (Curitiba) 33(2,e20150190): 1-9. doi:10.1590/S1984-4689zool-20150190

Bidegaray-Batista, L., Sánchez-Gracia, A., Santulli, G., Maiorano, L., Guisan, A., Vogler, A. P. & Arnedo, M. A. (2016). Imprints of multiple glacial refugia in the Pyrenees revealed by phylogeography and palaeodistribution modelling of an endemic spider. Molecular Ecology 25(9): 2046-2064 & appendeces. doi:10.1111/mec.13585

Biswas, V. (2016). A new species of the genus Harmochirus Simon, 1885 from Bangladesh (Araneae: Salticidae). Indian Journal of Arachnology 5: 124-129.

Blick, T., Finch, O.-D., Harms, K. H., Kiechle, J., Kielhorn, K.-H., Kreuels, M., Malten, A., Martin, D., Muster, C., Nährig, D., Platen, R., Rödel, I., Scheidler, M., Staudt, A., Stumpf, H. & Tolke, D. (2016). Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70(4): 383-510.

Bodkhe, A. K., Uniyal, V. P. & Kamble, S. S. (2016a). First record of genus Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1871 from India with description of Hypsosinga satpuraensis sp. n. (Araneae: Araneidae). Serket 15(2): 92-96.

Bodkhe, A. K., Uniyal, V. P. & Kamble, S. S. (2016b). New spider species of genus Cambalida (Araneae: Corinnidae) from Satpura Landscape (MP), India. Serket 15(2): 97-103.

Bolzern, A. & Hänggi, A. (2016). Revision of the Nearctic Eratigena and Tegenaria species (Araneae: Agelenidae). Journal of Arachnology 44(2): 105-141. doi:10.1636/R15-81

Bosmans, R. & Castro, A. (2016). Tenuiphantes cantabropyrenaeus n. sp., a new Cantabro-Pyrenean spider species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Arachnology 17(1): 43-46. doi:10.13156/arac.2006.17.1.43

Bosmans, R., Oger, P. & Ponel, P. (2016). Altella emilieae Lissner, 2016 (Araneae: Dictynidae) is a junior synonym of Chaerea maritimus Simon, 1884 and a widespread Mediterranean halophilous species. Arachnology 17(3): 159-160. doi:10.13156/arac.2006.17.3.159

Bosselaers, J. & Van Keer, J. (2016). A redescription of Harpactea dufouri (Thorell, 1873) (Araneae, Dysderidae), its occurrence outside the Balearic Islands, and some notes on the corticalis group of the genus. European Journal of Taxonomy 222: 1-13. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.222

Breitling, R., Bauer, T., Grabolle, A., Oger, P., Pantini, P., Van Keer, J., Pfliegler, W. P., Jantscher, E. & Dolanský, J. (2016a). East meets West: on the true identity of Cheiracanthium rupestre and Xysticus albomaculatus (Arachnida: Araneae: Eutichuridae, Thomisidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen/Arachnology Letters 52: 38-49. doi:10.5431/aramit5208

Breitling, R., Bauer, T., Schäfer, M., Morano, E., Barrientos, J. A. & Blick, T. (2016b). Phantom spiders 2: More notes on dubious spider species from Europe. Arachnologische Mitteilungen/Arachnology Letters 52: 50-77. doi:10.5431/aramit5209

Brescovit, A. D., Magalhães, I. L. F. & Cizauskas, I. (2016). Three new species of Misionella from northern Brazil (Araneae, Haplogynae, Filistatidae). ZooKeys 589: 71-96. doi:10.3897/zookeys.589.7951

Brescovit, A. D., Sánchez-Ruiz, A. & Alayón G., G. (2016). The Filistatidae in the Caribbean region, with a description of the new genus Antilloides, revision of the genus Filistatoides F. O. P.-Cambridge and notes on Kukulcania Lehtinen (Arachnida, Araneae). Zootaxa 4136(3): 401-432. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4136.3.1

Brescovit, A. D. & Sánchez-Ruiz, A. (2016). Descriptions of two new genera of the spider family Caponiidae (Arachnida, Araneae) and an update of Tisentnops and Taintnops from Brazil and Chile. ZooKeys 622: 47-88. doi:10.3897/zookeys.622.8682

Bustamante, A. A. & Ruiz, G. R. S. (2016). Three new species of Kalcerrytus Galiano, 2000 from Brazil (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4066(1): 41-51. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4066.1.2

Cabra-García, J. J. & Brescovit, A. D. (2016). Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the orb-weaving spider genus Glenognatha Simon, 1887 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Zootaxa 4069(1): 1-183. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4069.1.1

Caleb, J. T. D. & Mathai, M. T. (2016a). A new jumping spider of the genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 from India (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillina). Zootaxa 4103(2): 185-188. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4103.2.10

Caleb, J. T. D. (2016a). A discovery and redescription of Curubis erratica Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Arthropoda Selecta 25(2): 207-211.

Caleb, J. T. D. (2016b). New data on the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Arthropoda Selecta 25(3): 271-277.

Caleb, J. T. D. & Mathai, M. T. (2016b). Extended boundaries of the ant mimicking swift spider genus Aetius decollatus Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 (Araneae: Corinnidae). Indian Journal of Arachnology 5: 36-41.

Caleb, J. T. D. (2016c). Taxonomic notes on some ant-mimicking jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Arthropoda Selecta 25(4): 403-420.

Caleb, J. T. D. & Sanap, R. V. (2016). Lessert’s rainbow spider, Stenaelurillus lesserti Reimoser (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillina) from new localities in South India. Acta Arachnologica 65(2): 83-87. doi:10.2476/asjaa.65.83

Canard, A. & Cruveillier, M. (2016). Rectifications nomenclaturales à apporter au catalogue mondial des araignées (1ère note). Revue Arachnologique 2 3: 42-45.

Cao, X. W., Li, S. Q. & Żabka, M. (2016). The jumping spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 630: 43-104. doi:10.3897/zookeys.630.8466

Carrillo, J., Ramos da Silva, R. & Ferrández, M. A. (2016). Nuevas citas de Xysticus grallator Simon, 1932 (Araneae: Thomisidae) de la Península Ibérica. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 28: 129-133.

Carvalho, L. S., Shimano, Y., Candiani, D. F. & Bonaldo, A. B. (2016). More on the spider genus Xeropigo O.P.-Cambridge (Araneae, Corinnidae, Corinninae): seven new species and new records from Brazil. Zootaxa 4111(4): 365-392. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4111.4.3

Chen, L., Zhao, Z. & Li, S. Q. (2016a). Six new species of the spider genus Spiricoelotes species (Araneae, Agelenidae) from caves in Jiangxi, China. ZooKeys 561: 1-19. doi:10.3897/zookeys.561.6965

Chen, H. M., Yu, Z. G. & Guo, X. (2016). One new spider species of genus Belisana (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Guizhou, China. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 35(2): 227-230. doi:10.11984/j.issn.1000-7083.20150275

Chen, Z., Yin, H. Q. & Xu, X. (2016). First description of the male of Draconarius jiangyongensis (Peng et al., 1996) (Araneae, Agelenidae). ZooKeys 601: 41-48. doi:10.3897/zookeys.601.8349

Chen, L., Zhao, Z. & Li, S. Q. (2016b). Sinocoelotes gen. n., a new genus of the subfamily Coelotinae (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Southeast Asia. ZooKeys 614: 51-86. doi:10.3897/zookeys.614.8663

Cheng O., Y. L., Quintero A., D. & Díaz Q., D. D. (2016). Maeota serrapophysis (Chamberlin and Ivie 1936), Panamanian endemic: new combination for Freya serrapophysis and a new synonymy (Salticidae: Euophryinae). Scientia (Panamá) 25(2): 7-14.

Chomphuphuang, N., Deowanish, S., Songsangchote, C., Sivayyapram, V., Thongprem, P. & Warrit, N. (2016). The Mediterranean recluse spider Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820) (Araneae: Sicariidae) established in a natural cave in Thailand. Journal of Arachnology 44(2): 142-147. doi:10.1636/R15-61

Cifuentes, Y., Estrada-Gomez, S., Vargas-Muñoz, L. J. & Perafán, C. (2016). Description and molecular characterization of a new species of tarantula, Pamphobeteus verdolaga, from Colombia (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae). Zoologia (Curitiba) 33(6, e20160113): 1-6. doi:10.1590/s1984-4689zool-20160113

Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. & Carrazco-Montalvo, I. (2016). First record of Bertrana striolata (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae) in Amazonian Ecuador. Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías 8(1): 48-50. doi:10.18272/aci.v8i1.790

Coşar, İ. & Varol, M. İ. (2016). Six new records for the spider fauna of Turkey (Araneae: Salticidae). Türkiye Entomoloji Dergisi – Turkish Journal of Entomology 40(2): 157-163. doi:10.16970/ted.25362

Coşar, İ., Danışman, T. & Tarlabölen, R. (2016). A new crab spider record from Turkey (Araneae: Thomisidae). Serket 15(2): 104-106.

Danişman, T., Karanfil, K. C. & Coşar, İ. (2016). A new species of Coelotes Blackwall, 1841 (Araneae: Agelenidae) from Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40: 147-150. doi:10.3906/zoo-1505-2

Danişman, T. & Coşar, İ. (2016). Walckenaeria cirriceps Thaler, 1996, a new record from Turkey (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Serket 15(1): 47-49.

Dawidowicz, A. & Wesolowska, W. (2016). Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of Kenya collected by Åke Holm. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 66(3): 437-466. doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2016.66.3.010

Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L., Miller, J. & Floren, A. (2016). Depreissia decipiens, an enigmatic canopy spider from Borneo revisited (Araneae, Salticidae), with remarks on the distribution and diversity of canopy spiders in Sabah, Borneo. ZooKeys 556: 1-17. doi:10.3897/zookeys.556.6174

Déjean, S. & Danflous, S. (2016). Deux espèces d’araignées nouvelles pour la faune de France, découvertes en Aubrac (Aveyron, Midi-Pyrénées): Bathyphantes setiger F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1894 et Bolyphantes kolosvaryi (Caporiacco, 1936) (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Revue Arachnologique 2 3: 16-20.

Déjean, S. (2016). Zodarion cesari Pekár et al., 2011 (Araneae, Zodariidae) espèce nouvelle pour la faune de France, découverte en Corse. Revue Arachnologique 2 3: 14-15.

Deltshev, C. & Wang, C. X. (2016). A new Agraecina spider species from the Balkan Peninsula (FYR Macedonia) (Araneae: Liocranidae). Zootaxa 4117(1): 135-140. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4117.1.8

Deltshev, C. (2016). A new spider species, Heser stoevi sp. nov., from Turkmenistan (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Biodiversity Data Journal 4(e10095): 1-11. doi:10.3897/BDJ.4.e10095

Deltshev, C., Blagoev, G., Komnenov, M. & Lazarov, S. (2016). Description of Ozyptila balcanica sp. n. from the Balkan Peninsula and its comparison with the closely related O. umbraculorum Simon, 1932 (Araneae: Thomisidae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 68(4): 483-490.

Demir, H. & Koçyiğit, H. O. (2016). Description of the hitherto unknown female of Xysticus tenuiapicalis Demir, 2012 (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zoology in the Middle East 62(3): 277-278. doi:10.1080/09397140.2016.1226549

Demircan, N. & Topçu, A. (2016). First records for spider fauna of the European part of Turkey (Araneae). Serket 15(2): 85-91.

Denton, J. (2016). Clubiona leucaspis Simon, 1932 (Clubionidae) new to Britain in Surrey. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 135: 5-6.

Dhali, D. C., Roy, T. K., Saha, S. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2016a). On the new sac spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae) of Dooars, West Bengal, India. World Scientific News 50: 278-305.

Dhali, D. C., Raychaudhuri, D. & Sureshan, P. M. (2016). Description of the unknown male of Strigoplus netravati Tikader, 1963 (Araneae: Thomisidae), with a key to the Indian species of the genus. Arachnida – Rivista Aracnologica Italiana 10: 26-33.

Dhali, D. C., Roy, T. K., Saha, S. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2016b). A new name for Clubiona serrata Dhali, Roy, Saha et Raychaudhuri, 2016 (Araneae: Clubionidae). World Scientific News 56: 263-266.

Dong, T. T., Zheng, G., Yao, Z. Y. & Li, S. Q. (2016a). Fifteen new species of the spider genus Pholcus (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa 4136(2): 201-246. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4136.2.1

Dong, T. T., Zheng, G., Yao, Z. Y. & Li, S. Q. (2016b). Thirteen new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from China. Zootaxa 4170(1): 1-40. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4170.1.1

Dong, X. Y. & Zhang, F. (2016). One new species of the Clubiona trivialis-group (Araneae: Clubionidae) from Hebei Province, China. Acta Arachnologica 65(1): 7-10. doi:10.2476/asjaa.65.7

Dupérré, N. & Tapia, E. (2016). Overview of the anyphaenids (Araneae, Anyphaeninae, Anyphaenidae) spider fauna from the Chocó forest of Ecuador, with the description of thirteen new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 255: 1-50. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.255

Durán-Barrón, C. G., Pérez, T. M. & Brescovit, A. D. (2016). Two new synanthropic species of Anyphaena Sundevall (Araneae: Anyphaenidae) associated to houses in Mexico City. Zootaxa 4103(2): 189-194. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4103.2.11

Dzulhelmi, M. N., Wong, C. X., Asraf, B., Faszly, R. & Norma-Rashid, Y. (2016). Spiders of Sabah: fifty new records including the description of a new Leucauge species. Biodiversitas 17(2): 799-807. doi:10.13057/biodiv/d170257

El-Hennawy, H. K., Mohafez, M. A., El-Gendy, A. A. & Zaher, I. A. I. (2016). The first record of Ostearius melanopygius (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879) and genus Ostearius Hull, 1911 (Araneae: Linyphiidae) in Egypt. Serket 15(1): 63-67.

El-Hennawy, H. K. (2016a). A note on Oecobius amboseli Shear & Benoit, 1974 (Araneae: Oecobiidae). Serket 15(1): 68-70.

El-Hennawy, H. K. (2016b). A note on Eresus albopictus Simon, 1873 (Araneae: Eresidae). Serket 15(2): 107-111.

El-Hennawy, H. K. (2016c). Stegodyphus tibialis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) in Central India (Araneae: Eresidae), with notes on Indian Stegodyphus species. Indian Journal of Arachnology 5: 28-35.

Esyunin, S. L. & Sozontov, A. N. (2016). On a new Eurasian species of Dictyna Sundevall, 1833 (Aranei: Dictynidae), with taxonomic notes on poorly known Palaearctic Dictyna species. Arthropoda Selecta 25(2): 199-206.

Faúndez, E. I. & Carvajal, M. A. (2016). The spider genus Steatoda Sundevall, 1833 (Araneae: Theridiidae) in the State of North Dakota (USA). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 29: 83-85.

Faúndez, E. I. & Téllez, F. (2016). New records for Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C.L. Koch, 1841) (Araneae: Theridiidae) in southern Chile. Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia 43(3): 85-87. doi:10.4067/s0718-686x2016000300009

Fedoriak, M., Voloshyn, V. & Moscaliuc, L. A. (2016). Scientific heritage of Alexandru Roşca: publications, spider collection, described species. Arachnologische Mitteilungen/Arachnology Letters 51: 85-91. doi:10.5431/aramit5113

Feng, P., Zhang, Y., Wu, X. M., Ma, Y. Y., Yang, T. B., Li, C. G. & Yang, Z. Z. (2016). Four new species of Psechrus from Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Psechridae). Zootaxa 4088(2): 177-200. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4088.2.2

Ferretti, N., Ochoa, J. A. & Chaparro, J. C. (2016). Una nueva especie de Acanthoscurria (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae) sin órgano estridulador, del sur de Perú. Revista Peruana de Biología 23(2): 89-94. doi:10.15381/rpb.v23i2.12375

Fomichev, A. A., Marusik, Y. M. & Koponen, S. (2016). On the synonymy of two Acantholycosa species (Araneae, Lycosidae) from the Altai. ZooKeys 559: 151-156. doi:10.3897/zookeys.559.7048

Fomichev, A. A. (2016a). New data on the spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) from Altai Territory, Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 25(1): 119-126.

Fomichev, A. A. (2016b). New data on spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) from south-western Mongolia. Biological Bulletin of Bogdan Chmelnitskiy Melitopol State Pedagogical University 6(2): 101-106. doi:10.15421/201641

Framenau, V. W. & Baehr, B. C. (2016). Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4213.1.1

Francisco, R. C., Ott, R. & Teixeira, R. A. (2016). A new species of the genus Apollophanes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 (Araneae: Philodromidae) with the first record to the Atlantic rainforest. Zootaxa 4171(1): 178-182. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4171.1.9

Freudenschuss, M. & Seiter, M. (2016). Four new species of the jumping spiders from the Philippines, with description of the male of Phintella piatensis Barrion et Litsinger, 1995 (Araneae: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 25(1): 85-97.

Freudenschuss, M., Grabolle, A. & Krehenwinkel, H. (2016). A new species of Gambaquezonia from the Philippine island of Panay (Araneae: Salticidae). Arachnology 17(1): 25-27. doi:10.13156/arac.2006.17.1.25

Fu, L., Zhang, Z. S. & Zhang, F. (2016). New Otacilia species from Southwest China (Araneae: Phrurolithidae). Zootaxa 4107(2): 197-221. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4107.2.4

Fu, L., Chen, H. M. & Zhang, F. (2016). New Phrurolithus species from China (Araneae, Phrurolithidae). Ecologica Montenegrina 7: 270-290.

Fu, Y. Q,, Xu, X. & Chen, J. (2016). First description on the male of Frontinella zhui (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 25(2): 70-74. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2016.02.002

Gabriel, R. (2016). Revised taxonomic placement of the species in the Central American genera Davus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892, Metriopelma Becker, 1878, and Schizopelma F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897, with comments on species in related genera (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 17(2): 61-92. doi:10.13156/arac.2006.17.2.61

Gall, W. K. & Edwards, G. B. (2016). First records for the jumping spiders Heliophanus kochii in the Americas and Myrmarachne formicaria in New York State (Araneae: Salticidae). Peckhamia 140.1: 1-7.

Galvis, W. (2016a). New records and updated distribution of the ant-like jumping spider genus Zuniga Peckham & Peckham, 1892 (Salticidae: Salticinae: Sarindini) in the Neotropics. Peckhamia 139.1: 1-11.

Galvis, W. & Muñoz-Charry, V. (2016). First record of the genus Descanso Peckham & Peckham, 1892 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Colombia, with a complementary description of D. peregrinus Chickering, 1946. Peckhamia 138.1: 1-6.

Galvis, W. (2016b). Nuevas especies y registros de arañas saltarinas del género Chapoda Peckham & Peckham (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae: Euophryini) de Colombia, con la descripción de un nuevo sistema estridulatorio de C. panamana Chikering, 1946. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 28: 51-57.

Galvis, W. & Martinez, L. (2016). First record of the jumping spider tribe Huriini Simon (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae) from Colombia. Peckhamia 145.1: 1-6.

Gavish-Regev, E., Aharon, S., Armiach, I & Lubin, Y. D. (2016). Cave survey yields a new spider family record for Israel. Arachnologische Mitteilungen/Arachnology Letters 51: 39-42. doi:10.5431/aramit5105

Gnelitsa, V. A. (2016). A new species of the spider genus Taranucnus from Ukraine (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Zootaxa 4103(1): 87-93. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4103.1.11

Grall, E. & Jäger, P. (2016). Four new species of the spider genus Nesticella Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980 from Laos, Thailand and Myanmar and the first description of the male of Nesticella yui Wunderlich & Song, 1995 with a proposed new diagnostic character for the family Nesticidae Simon, 1894 (Arachnida, Araneae). Zootaxa 4085(2): 248-264. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4085.2.5

Grismado, C. J. & Pizarro-Araya, J. (2016). The spider genus Cyrioctea Simon on Chañaral Island (Pingüino de Humboldt National Reserve, Atacama, Chile): description of a new species, and the male of Cyrioctea cruz Platnick (Araneae, Zodariidae). Zootaxa 4107(2): 267-276. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4107.2.8

Grismado, C. J. & Izquierdo, M. A. (2016). Una nueva especie del género Epicratinus Jocqué & Baert de Bolivia (Araneae: Zodariidae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Nueva Serie 18(1): 75-83. doi:10.22179/revmacn.18.445

Guadanucci, J. P. L., Fonseca-Ferreira, R., Baptista, R. L. C. & Pedroso, D. R. (2016). An unusual new species of Trechona (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae), from quartzitic caves of the Diamantina Plateau, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with a key to the known species. Journal of Natural History 50(39/40): 2487-2497. doi:10.1080/00222933.2016.1193652

Gunti, P., Srinivasulu, C. & Devender, G. (2016). New locality data for Stegodyphus tibialis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) (Araneae: Eresidae) from Telangana state, India. Check List 12(5, 1960): 1-3. doi:10.15560/12.5.1960

Guo, X., Yu, Z. G. & Chen, H. M. (2016). One new spider species of genus Leptonetela (Araneae: Leptonetidae) from cave in Guizhou, China. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 35(3): 395-399. doi:10.11984/j.issn.1000-7083.20150274

Hamilton, C. A., Hendrixson, B. E. & Bond, J. E. (2016). Taxonomic revision of the tarantula genus Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) within the United States. ZooKeys 560: 1-340. [Supplementary material] doi:10.3897/zookeys.560.6264

Hänggi, A. & Straub, S. (2016). Storage buildings and greenhouses as stepping stones for non-native potentially invasive spiders (Araneae) - a baseline study in Basel, Switzerland. Arachnologische Mitteilungen/Arachnology Letters 51: 1-8. doi:10.5431/aramit5101

Harrison, S. E., Rix, M. G., Harvey, M. S. & Austin, A. D. (2016). An African mygalomorph lineage in temperate Australia: the trapdoor spider genus Moggridgea (Araneae: Migidae) on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Austral Entomology 55: 208-216. doi:10.1111/aen.12172

He, J. C., Liu, X. L. & Zhang, F. (2016). Two new species of Clubiona Latreille (Araneae: Clubionidae) from China. Zootaxa 4208(5): 494-500. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4208.5.7

Hollá, K., Šestáková, A., Holecová, M. & Šebestová, M. (2016). On the new record of the sheet-web spider Erigonoplus foveatus comb. nov. from Slovakia, with comments on Erigonoplus simplex (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen/Arachnology Letters 51: 80-84. doi:10.5431/aramit5112

Huber, B. A. & Leh Moi Ung, C. (2016). The Panjange nigrifrons group in Borneo (Araneae: Pholcidae): high diversity in Sarawak, apparent absence in Sabah. European Journal of Taxonomy 184: 1-32. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.184

Huber, B. A. (2016a). A new genus of ground and litter-dwelling pholcine spiders from Sarawak (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 186: 1-15. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.186

Huber, B. A., Petcharad, B., Leh Moi Ung, C., Koh, J. K. H. & Ghazali, A. R. M. (2016a). The Southeast Asian Pholcus halabala species group (Araneae, Pholcidae): new data from field observations and ultrastructure. European Journal of Taxonomy 190: 1-55. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.190

Huber, B. A., Koh, J. K. H., Ghazali, A. R. M., Braima, K. A., Nuñeza, O. M., Leh Moi Ung, C. & Petcharad, B. (2016b). New leaf- and litter-dwelling species of the genus Pholcus from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 200: 1-45. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.200

Huber, B. A., Nuñeza, O. M. & Leh Moi Ung, C. (2016). The Philippine hair wax spiders and their relatives: revision of the Pholcus bicornutus species group (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 225: 1-34. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.225

Huber, B. A. (2016b). Spider diversity and endemism in a South American hotspot: 20 new species of Carapoia (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Zootaxa 4177(1): 1-69. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4177.1.1

IJland, S. & Helsdingen, P. J. van (2016). On some spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of Basilicata and Calabria, Italy. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 36: 25-44.

Indicatti, R. P. & Villarreal, E. (2016). Pseudonemesia tabiskey, a new species of Pseudonemesia Caporiacco 1955 and new ultramorphological data for the Microstigmatinae (Araneae: Microstigmatidae). Journal of Natural History 50(33/34): 2153-2167. doi:10.1080/00222933.2016.1196297

Iorio, E. & Herbrecht, F. (2016). Découverte d’une araignée thermophile remarquable dans le sud-est de l'Anjou: Aculepeira armida (Savigny in Audouin, 1825) (Araneae, Araneidae). Invertébrés Armoricains 14: 67-75.

Jäger, P. & Kulkarni, S. (2016). An unexpected new species of the genus Pseudopoda (Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae) from the Western Ghats in India. ZooKeys 577: 55-62. doi:10.3897/zookeys.577.7848

Jäger, P. (2016). A plea for taxonomic drawings and against pure photo-taxonomy. Indian Journal of Arachnology 5: 61-66.

Jiang, X. K., Guo, X., Yu, Z. G. & Chen, H. M. (2016). A new species of the genus Storenomorpha Simon, 1884 from Guizhou, China (Araneae, Zodariidae). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 35(6): 913-916. doi:10.11984/j.issn.1000-7083-20160215

Jin, C., Fu, L., Yin, X. C. & Zhang, F. (2016). Four new species of the genus Otacilia Thorell, 1897 from Hunan Province, China (Araneae, Phrurolithidae). ZooKeys 620: 30-55. doi:10.3897/zookeys.620.7982

Kaderka, R. (2016a). The Neotropical genus Cyriocosmus Simon, 1903 and new species from Peru, Brazil and Venezuela (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Journal of Natural History 50(7-8): 393-465. doi:10.1080/00222933.2015.1076082

Kaderka, R. (2016b). Description of the male of Avicularia rickwesti Bertani & Huff, 2013, a remarkable species from the Dominican Republic (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Aviculariinae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 28: 121-127.

Kallal, R. J. & Hormiga, G. (2016). Redescription of the Jamaican orb-weaving spider Chrysometa pecki Levi, 1986 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae), including the first description of the male. Zootaxa 4066(1): 95-100. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4066.1.11

Kanesharatnam, N. & Benjamin, S. P. (2016). Three new generic records and descriptions of four new species of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Sri Lanka. European Journal of Taxonomy 228: 1-23. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.228

Kastrygina, Z. A. & Kovblyuk, M. M. (2016a). The spider genus Rhysodromus Schick, 1965 in the Crimea (Aranei: Philodromidae). Arthropoda Selecta 25(3): 283-292.

Kastrygina, Z. A., Kovblyuk, M. M. & Polchaninova, N. Y. (2016). A new species of the genus Pulchellodromus Wunderlich, 2012 (Aranei: Philodromidae) from Spain. Arthropoda Selecta 25(3): 293-296.

Kastrygina, Z. A. & Kovblyuk, M. M. (2016b). Vicariance of two closely related spider species from genus Philodromus Walckenaer, 1826: P. albidus Kulczynski, 1911 and P. rufus Walckenaer, 1826 (Aranei, Philodromidae) in the Crimea. Scientific Notes of Crimean Federal V.I.Vernadsky University. Ser. biology, chemistry 2 (68)(1): 42-54.

Kim, S. T., Lee, S. Y. & Yoo, J. S. (2016). Two newly recorded genera Gongylidioides Oi, 1960 and Mermessus O.P.-Cambridge, 1899 with descriptions of Gongylidioides kaihotsui Saito and Ono, 2001 and Mermessus naniwaensis (Oi, 1960) (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from Korea. Journal of Species Research 5(2): 201-205. doi:10.12651/jsr.2016.5.2.201

Kim, J. P., Ye, S. H. & Kim, B. W. (2016a). One new species of genus Nesticus Thorell, 1869 (Araneae: Nesticidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 32(1): 1-5.

Kim, J. P., Ye, S. H. & Kim, B. W. (2016b). Redescription of Ozyptila scabricula (Westring, 1851) and two new record species of the genus Ozyptila, Xysticus (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 32(1): 7-18.

Kim, J. P. & Ye, S. H. (2016a). First description of male Ero koreana Paik, 1967 (Araneae: Mimetidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 32(1): 19-22.

Kim, J. P. & Ye, S. H. (2016b). One new record species of genus Pardosa, description of Pardosa falcata Schenkel, 1963 from Korea. Korean Arachnology 32(2): 21-29.

Kim, J. P., Ye, S. H. & Jang, J. H. (2016). A newly recorded species and genus of Synageles (Araneae: Salticidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 32(2): 31-36.

Kim, J. P. & Lee, H. M. (2016a). Redescription of female Plator nipponicus (Kishida, 1914) (Araneae: Trochanteriidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 32(2): 37-40.

Kim, J. P. & Kim, T. W. (2016a). Redescription of Pholcus kwangkyosanensis Kim & Park, 2009 from Korea. Korean Arachnology 32(1): 23-28.

Kim, J. P. & Lee, H. M. (2016b). A new species of the genus Nandicius Prozynski, 2016 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 32(2): 1-5.

Kim, J. P., Lee, H. M. & Ji, S. H. (2016). A new species of the genus Neoscona Simon, 1864 (Araneae: Araneidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 32(2): 7-11.

Kim, J. P. & Kim, T. W. (2016b). One new species of the genus Pholcus Walckenear, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidea) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 32(2): 13-20.

Koçyiğit, H. O., Demir, H. & Seyyar, O. (2016). The spider fauna of Hasan Mountain in Turkey. Serket 15(1): 8-29.

Komnenov, M., Pitta, E., Zografou, K. & Chatzaki, M. (2016). Discovering the still unexplored arachnofauna of the National Park of Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli, NE Greece: a taxonomic review with description of new species. Zootaxa 4096(1): 1-66. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4096.1.1

Kovács, G. & Szinetár, C. (2016). Adatok a mintás álkaszáspók [Hoplopholcus forskali (Thorell, 1871)] és a nagy álkaszáspók [Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775)] biológiájához (Araneae: Pholcidae). A Nyme Savaria Egyetemi Központ Tudományos Közleményei XXI. Természettudományok 16: 171-190.

Kovblyuk, M. M., Gnelitsa, V. A., Nadolny, A. A., Kastrygina, Z. A. & Kukushkin, O. V. (2016). Spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of the Karadag Nature Reserve (Crimea). Ekosistemy 3(for 2015): 3-288.

Kunt, K. B., Özkütük, R. S., Elverici, M., Marusik, Y. M. & Karakaş, G. (2016). Harpactea karaschkhan sp. n., a new cave-dwelling blind spider species from the Mediterranean region of Turkey. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 78(1): 36-40. doi:10.4311/2015LSC0106

Kuralt, Ž. & Kostanjšek, R. (2016). A contribution to the Slovenian spider fauna – III. Natura Sloveniae 18(2): 69-75.

Kuzmin, E. A. & Azarkina, G. N. (2016). Jumping spiders (Aranei: Salticidae) in Ulyanovsk oblast. Biologiya – Tomsk State University Journal of Biology 1(33): 82-101. doi:10.17223/19988591/33/6

Kuzmin, E. A. & Esyunin, S. L. (2016a). The first record of Shaitan (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) for Russia. Bulletin of Perm University, Biology 2016(1): 22-28.

Kuzmin, E. A. & Esyunin, S. L. (2016b). The dictynid spider fauna (Aranei) of Ulyanovsk Region (Russia). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 12(1): 29-34.

Lecigne, S. (2016a). Contribution à la connaissance de l'aranéofaune (Araneae) de Crète (Grèce) et description de la femelle inconnue de Neaetha absheronica Logunov & Guseinov, 2002 (Salticidae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 30(3): 95-118.

Lecigne, S. (2016b). Clubiona frisia Wunderlich & Schuett, 1995 nouvelle espèce pour la France (Araneae, Clubionidae). Revue Arachnologique 2 3: 2-5.

Lecigne, S. (2016c). Redécouverte de Dolomedes plantarius (Clerck, 1758) (Araneae, Pisauridae) en région Nord - Pas-de-Calais (France), actualisation de sa distribution en France et aperçu de la situation en Europe. Revue Arachnologique 2 3: 28-41.

Lecigne, S. (2016d). Atlas préliminaire des araignées Araneae du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais. Le Héron 48(2015): 1-236.

Ledoux, J.-C. (2016). Note sur la synonymie d’Harpactea haymozi Brignoli, 1979 et Harpactea hombergi (Scopoli, 1763) (Araneae, Dysderidae). Revue Arachnologique 2 3: 27.

Lee, J. G., Lee, J. H. & Kim, S. K. (2016). Taxonomic notes on the genus Sinopoda (Araneae, Sparassidae), with descriptions of two new species from Korea. Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity 32(4): 281-292. doi:10.5635/ASED.2016.32.4.038

Lee, S. Y., Yoo, J. S. & Kim, S. T. (2016). Two newly recorded jumping spiders, Neon ningyo Ikeda, 1995 and Sibianor nigriculus (Logunov & Wesolowska, 1992) (Araneae: Salticidae) from Korea. Journal of Species Research 5(3): 601-604. doi:10.12651/JSR.2016.5.3.601

Lehtinen, P. T. (2016). Significance of oriental taxa in phylogeny of crab spiders (Thomisidae s.lat. and Stiphropodidae). Indian Journal of Arachnology 5: 143-171.

Leister, M. & Miller, K. B. (2016). First description of the male Hoedillus sexpunctatus Simon, 1898; a redescription of the female, and transfer of Hoedillus to Zoropsidae Bertkau, 1882 (Araneae). Zootaxa 4107(3): 447-450. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4107.3.14

Li, S. Q. (2016). Speleoticus yinchangminae, a name to replace Nesticus yaginumai (Araneae, Nesticidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 25(2): 75. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2016.02.003

Lin, Y. C. & Li, S. Q. (2016). Mysmenidae, a spider family newly recorded from Tibet (Arachnida, Araneae). ZooKeys 549: 51-69. doi:10.3897/zookeys.549.6046

Lin, Y. J. & Zhu, G. X. (2016). A new species of the spider genus Plator (Trochanteriidae) from south China. Zootaxa 4162(1): 189-192. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4162.1.11

Lin, Y. C., Ballarin, F. & Li, S. Q. (2016). A survey of the spider family Nesticidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Asia and Madagascar, with the description of forty-three new species. ZooKeys 627: 1-168. doi:10.3897/zookeys.627.8629

Lindecke, O. & Wall, M. (2016). A lobed Argiope spider on its most eastern distribution – first record of Argiope lobata (Pallas, 1772) for the subfamily Argiopinae (Arachnida: Araneidae) in Mongolia. Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei 13: 179-184.

Lissner, J. (2016b). A new synonym of Lathys heterophthalma Kulczyński, 1891 (Araneae: Dictynidae). Arthropoda Selecta 25(4): 395-398.

Lissner, J. & Chatzaki, M. (2016a). A new species of Berinda (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from the eastern Aegean Islands, Greece. Arachnologische Mitteilungen/Arachnology Letters 51: 9-11. doi:10.5431/aramit5102

Lissner, J. & Chatzaki, M. (2016b). Description of a new Altella Simon, 1884 (Araneae: Dictynidae) from Greece. Arachnology 17(1): 39-42. doi:10.13156/arac.2006.17.1.39

Lissner, J. (2016a). Notes on the Majorcan Centromerus Dahl (Araneae, Linyphiidae) with the description of a new cave species (Balearic Islands, Spain). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 28: 21-24.

Lissner, J. & Bosmans, R. (2016). Description of a new Gibbaranea (Araneae: Araneidae) from the Western Mediterranean. Arachnologische Mitteilungen/Arachnology Letters 52: 25-30. doi:10.5431/aramit5205

Lissner, J., Bosmans, R. & Hernández-Corral, J. (2016). Description of a new ground spider from Majorca, Spain, with the establishment of a new genus Chatzakia n. gen. (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Arachnology 17(3): 142-146. doi:10.13156/arac.2006.17.3.142

Lissner, J., Jensen, J.-K., Hansen, L. J., Simonsen, W., Kelduni, R. & Nissen, K. (2016). An updated checklist of spiders (Araneae) of the Faroe Islands. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 63(2): 197-240.

Lissner, J. (2016c). A small study of the Corsican spider and pseudoscorpion fauna (Araneae, Pseudoscorpiones). Nieuwsbrief SPINED 36: 5-15.

Lissner, J. & Chatzaki, M. (2016c). First records of Poecilochroa taborensis Levy, 1999 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Greece and Cyprus with notes on some closely related species. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 36: 16-21.

Lissner, J. (2016d). A new Ero (Araneae: Mimetidae) from caves and Mesovoid Shallow Substratum in Majorca, Spain. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 29: 3-7.

Lissner, J. (2016e). A new cave Palliduphantes (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from Majorca (Spain). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 29: 51-55.

Liu, K., Xiao, Y. H. & Xu, X. (2016). On three new Orchestina species (Araneae: Oonopidae) described from China. Zootaxa 4121(4): 431-446. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4121.4.4

Liu, W., Yang, S. F. & Peng, X. J. (2016). Two new species of Yaginumaella, Prószyński 1976 from Yunnan, China (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 620: 57-66. doi:10.3897/zookeys.620.7895

Liu, P., Peng, X. J. & Yan, H. M. (2016). Five new species of the Clubiona corticalis species group (Araneae, Clubionidae) from China. Zootaxa 4184(3): 561-575. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4184.3.10

Lo, Y. Y. & Lin, C. P. (2016). A new record and re-description of Oxyopes sushilae (Araneae, Oxyopidae) from Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Biodiversity 18(2): 137-144.

Lu, T., Wang, L. Y., Hadole, P. & Zhang, Z. S. (2016). Redescription of four wolf-spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) from India. Indian Journal of Arachnology 5: 130-142.

Luong, P. T. H., Yamasaki, T. & Eguchi, K. (2016). Conspecificity of Phintella aequipeiformis Zabka, 1985 and P. lucai Zabka, 1985 (Araneae: Salticidae) confirmed by DNA barcoding. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 123(2): 283-290. doi:10.5281/zenodo.155301

Ma, S. C., Marusik, Y. M. & Tu, L. H. (2016). A review of the Nearctic linyphiid spider Arcuphantes fragilis (Araneae, Linyphiidae) and closely related species. Zootaxa 4144(3): 383-396. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4144.3.6

Maddison, W. P., Maddison, D. R., Zhang, J. X. & Szüts, T. (2016). Phylogenetic placement of the unusual jumping spider Depreissia Lessert, and a new synapomorphy uniting Hisponinae and Salticinae (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 549: 1-12. doi:10.3897/zookeys.549.6171

Maddison, W. P. (2016a). Sumakuru, a deeply-diverging new genus of lyssomanine jumping spiders from Ecuador (Araneae: Salticidae). ZooKeys 614: 87-96. doi:10.3897/zookeys.614.9368

Maddison, W. P. & Maddison, D. R. (2016). Two new jumping spider species of the Habronattus clypeatus group (Araneae, Salticidae, Harmochirina). ZooKeys 625: 1-10. doi:10.3897/zookeys.625.9891

Maddison, W. P. (2016b). Papuaneon, a new genus of jumping spiders from Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Salticidae: Neonini). Zootaxa 4200(3): 437-443. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4200.3.9

Magalhães, I. L. F. (2016). On new or poorly known Australian Filistatidae spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae), including a study on the fine morphology of Wandella. Journal of Natural History 50(29-30): 1815-1568. doi:10.1080/00222933.2016.1181805

Magalhães, I. L. F., Fernandes, L. R., Ramírez, M. J. & Bonaldo, A. B. (2016). Phylogenetic position and taxonomic review of the Ianduba spiders (Araneae: Corinnidae) endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 74(2): 127-159 & Supplements.

Malik, S., Das, S. K. & Siliwal, M. (2016a). First description of male lynx spider Oxyopes bharatae Gajbe, 1999 (Araneae: Oxyopidae). Munis Entomology and Zoology 11(2): 473-476.

Malik, S., Das, S. K. & Siliwal, M. (2016b). First report of cobweb spider Phycosoma altum (Keyserling, 1886) from Asia. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 4(5): 1094-1095.

Mammola, S., Hormiga, G., Arnedo, M. A. & Isaia, M. (2016). Unexpected diversity in the relictual European spiders of the genus Pimoa (Araneae : Pimoidae). Invertebrate Systematics 30(6): 566-587. doi:10.1071/IS16017

Marusik, Y. M., Omelko, M. M. & Koponen, S. (2016a). Two new Bifurcia species (Aranei: Linyphiidae: Micronetinae) from Far East Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 25(1): 77-83.

Marusik, Y. M., Koponen, S. & Makarova, O. L. (2016). A survey of spiders (Araneae) collected on the arctic island of Dolgiy (69°12′N), Barents Sea. Arachnology 17(1): 10-24. doi:10.13156/arac.2006.17.1.10

Marusik, Y. M. & Omelko, M. M. (2016a). Redescription of Draposa subhadrae (Patel & Reddy, 1993) (Araneae: Lycosidae, Pardosinae). Zootaxa 4107(1): 89-92. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4107.1.6

Marusik, Y. M. & Fomichev, A. A. (2016a). A survey of East Palaearctic Gnaphosidae (Araneae). 7. Review of the Parasyrisca vinosa-group. Biological Bulletin of Bogdan Chmelnitskiy Melitopol State Pedagogical University 6(2): 110-118. doi:10.15421/201643

Marusik, Y. M. & Zamani, A. (2016). New species of Sahastata (Aranei, Filistatidae) from southern Iran. Vestnik Zoologii 50(3): 267-270. doi:10.1515/vzoo-2016-0031

Marusik, Y. M., Omelko, M. M. & Koponen, S. (2016b). Rare and new for the fauna of the Russian Far East spiders (Aranei). Far Eastern Entomologist 317: 1-15.

Marusik, Y. M. & Azarkina, G. N. (2016). Redescription of the poorly known crab spider Xysticus spasskyi (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 4161(4): 561-566. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4161.4.7

Marusik, Y. M. (2016). Redescription of the male of Pterotricha strandi (Aranei: Gnaphosidae) with special emphasis on the structure of the palp. Arthropoda Selecta 25(3): 279-282.

Marusik, Y. M. & Omelko, M. M. (2016b). Redescription of two Ctenidae (Araneae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 4173(2): 155-162. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4173.2.6

Marusik, Y. M. & Fomichev, A. A. (2016b). A survey of East Palaearctic Gnaphosidae (Araneae). 5. On Synaphosus from Central Asia. Zootaxa 4178(3): 428-442. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4178.3.7

Marusik, Y. M. & Fomichev, A. A. (2016c). A new species of Cheiracanthium (Araneae: Cheiracanthiidae) from Mongolia. Indian Journal of Arachnology 5: 79-83.

Marusik, Y. M., Fomichev, A. A. & Tuneva, T. K. (2016). Redescription of Asagena semideserta (Ponomarev, 2005) comb. n. (Araneae: Theridiidae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 68(4): 477-482.

Marusik, Y. M., Fomichev, A. A. & Koponen, S. (2016). Redescription and new data on the distribution of a poorly known pirate spider Ermetus inopinabilis (Aranei: Mimetidae). Biological Bulletin of Bogdan Chmelnitskiy Melitopol State Pedagogical University 6(3): 359-364. doi:10.15421/2016105

Maya-Morales, J. & Jiménez, M. L. (2016). Taxonomic revision of the spider genus Rualena Chamberlin & Ivie 1942 and description of Hoffmannilena, a new genus from Mexico (Araneae: Agelenidae). Zootaxa 4084(1): 1-49. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4084.1.1

Mazzoleni, F., Pantini, P., Pedrotti, L. & Gobbi, M. (2016). Zora alpina Kulczyński, 1915 (Araneae: Miturgidae): description of the male, redescription of the female. Zootaxa 4139(3): 445-450. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.12

Melic, A., Silva, A., Patanita, M. I., Santos, S. A. P., Benhadi-Marín, J. & Barrientos, J. A. (2016). Three new species of Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae) collected in Iberian Peninsula. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 28: 107-113.

Mendoza, J., Locht, A., Kaderka, R., Medina, F. & Pérez-Miles, F. (2016). A new genus of Theraphosid spider from Mexico, with a particular palpal bulb structure (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 232: 1-28. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.232

Mi, X. Q. & Peng, X. J. (2016). A new species of the genus Araniella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 (Araneae: Araneidae) from south-west China. Oriental Insects 50(1): 34-39. doi:10.1080/00305316.2016.1139516

Mi, X. Q. & Wang, C. (2016a). A new species of Irura Peckham & Peckham, 1901 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Yunnan Province, China. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 35(3): 400-403. doi:10.11984/j.issn.1000-7083.20160008

Mi, X. Q. & Wang, C. (2016b). First description on the female of Eriovixia huwena and the male of E. poonaensis (Araneae, Araneidae). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 35(5): 728-733. doi:10.11984/j.issn.1000-7083.20160107

Mi, X. Q., Wang, C. & Peng, X. J. (2016). Two new species of the orb-weaver genus Chorizopes from Yunnan, China (Araneae, Araneidae). ZooKeys 626: 45-55. doi:10.3897/zookeys.626.7485

Mikhailov, K. G. (2016a). On the spider genus Arboricaria with the description of a new species (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). ZooKeys 558: 153-169. doi:10.3897/zookeys.558.6521

Mikhailov, K. G. (2016b). On the synonymy of Micaria modesta (Aranei, Gnaphosidae). Vestnik Zoologii 49(6): 567-568. doi:10.1515/vzoo-2015-0067

Mirshamsi, O., Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2016). A survey of Hersiliidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of Iran with description of one new genus and two new species. Journal of Natural History 50(23-24): 1447-1461. doi:10.1080/00222933.2015.1113318

Mirza, Z. A., Zende, J. Y. & Patil, V. K. (2016). Notes on the trapdoor spider genus Tigidia Simon, 1892 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Barychelidae) with description of a new species from Western Ghats, India. Arachnology 17(2): 92-94. doi:10.13156/arac.2006.17.2.92

Montes de Oca, L., D'Elía, G. & Pérez-Miles, F. (2016). An integrative approach for species delimitation in the spider genus Grammostola (Theraphosidae, Mygalomorphae). Zoologica Scripta 45(3): 322-333. doi:10.1111/zsc.12152

Moradi, M., Yağmur, E. A., Moradi Ghrakhloo, P. & Zamani, A. (2016). First record of Filistata lehtineni Marusik & Zonstein, 2014 for the fauna of Iran (Araneae: Filistatidae). Biharean Biologist 10(1): 53-54.

Moradmand, M., Zamani, A. & Jäger, P. (2016). On the genus Cebrennus Simon, 1880 in Iran with description of a new species from Iranian Central Desert (Araneae: Sparassidae). Zootaxa 4121(2): 187-193. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4121.2.9

Morano, E. & Bonal, R. (2016). Cheiracanthium ilicis sp. n. (Araneae, Eutichuridae), a novel spider species associated with Holm Oaks (Quercus ilex). ZooKeys 601: 21-39. doi:10.3897/zookeys.601.8241

Mori, A. & Bertani, R. (2016). On the genus Cosmopelma Simon, 1889 (Araneae, Barychelidae). Zootaxa 4137(4): 520-534. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4137.4.4

Moss, D. F., Feitosa, N. M., Bonaldo, A. B. & Ruiz, G. R. S. (2016). Description of eleven new species of the goblin spider genus Neoxyphinus Birabén, 1953 (Araneae, Oonopidae). Zootaxa 4098(1): 95-133. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4098.1.4

Mu, Y., Liu, J. & Chen, J. (2016). First description on the male of Moneta subspinigera from Wuling Mountain, China (Araneae: Theridiidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 25(1): 33-36. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2016.01.008

Murthappa, P. S., Prajapati, D. A., Sankaran, P. M. & Sebastian, P. A. (2016). First records of the genus Cambalida Simon, 1909 (Araneae: Corinnidae, Castianeirinae) from Asia, with the description of two new species from India and one new combination. Zootaxa 4103(6): 526-536. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4103.6.3

Nadolny, A. A., Omelko, M. M., Marusik, Y. M. & Blagoev, G. (2016). A new species of spider belonging to the Pardosa lugubris-group (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Far East Asia. Zootaxa 4072(2): 263-281. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4072.2.8

Nadolny, A. A. (2016). The first record of Zoropsis spinimana (Aranei, Zoropsidae) in the Crimea. Zoology and Ecology 26(2): 127-128. doi:10.1080/21658005.2016.1150623

Namaghi, H. S., Safari, A., Entezari, E. & Zamani, A. (2016). New faunistic records of spiders (Araneae) from Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. Zoology and Ecology 26(1): 18-21. doi:10.1080/21658005.2015.1104812

Naumova, M., Hristovski, S. & Hristov, G. H. (2016). Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Prespa National Park, Albania. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 68(4): 503-511.

Nekhaeva, A. A. (2016). On the spider fauna (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Pasvik Nature Reserve (Kola Peninsula, Russia). Norwegian Journal of Entomology 63: 58-64.

Nunn, S. C., West, R. C. & Wirth, V. von (2016). A revision of the selenocosmiine tarantula genus Phlogiellus Pocock 1897 (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with description of 4 new species. International Journal of Zoology 2016(9895234): 1-54. doi:10.1155/2016/9895234

Nuruyeva, T. V. & Huseynov, E. F. (2016). A new species of ground spiders of the genus Pterotricha Kulczyński, 1903 (Aranei: Gnaphosidae) from Azerbaijan. Arthropoda Selecta 25(2): 213-216.

Oger, P. & Picard, J. (2016). Découverte en France d’Euryopis saukea Levi, 1951 (Araneae, Theridiidae). Revue Arachnologique 2 3: 9-10.

Oger, P. & Gros, P. (2016). Découverte en France de Coscinida tibialis Simon, 1895 (Araneae, Theridiidae). Revue Arachnologique 2 3: 11-13.

Okumura, K.-I., Noine, M. & Ohba, S.-Y. (2016). New synonymy of the species group of Coelotes unicatus Yaginuma 1977, with first description of the male of Coelotes sanoi Nishikawa 2009 (Araneae: Agelenidae) from Shikoku District, Japan. Acta Arachnologica 65(2): 71-76. doi:10.2476/asjaa.65.71

Oliveira, L. F. M. & Brescovit, A. D. (2016). The first male of the spider genus Temnida Simon, 1896 (Araneae: Anyphaenidae: Anyphaeninae). Arachnology 17(1): 47-51. doi:10.13156/arac.2006.17.1.47

Omelko, M. M., Komisarenko, A. A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2016). A new species of Acantholycosa Dahl, 1908 (Araneae: Lycosidae) from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa 4072(5): 596-600. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4072.5.9

Ortiz, D. & Francke, O. (2016). Two DNA barcodes and morphology for multi-method species delimitation in Bonnetina tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 101: 176-193. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.05.003

Otto, J. C. & Hill, D. E. (2016a). Males of a new species of Jotus from Australia wave a paddle-shaped lure to solicit nearby females (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 133.1: 1-39.

Otto, J. C. & Hill, D. E. (2016b). Maratus fimbriatus, a new peacock spider from the Darling Riverine Plains of New South Wales, with a review of the Maratus chrysomelas group (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 136.1: 1-24.

Otto, J. C. & Hill, D. E. (2016c). Seven new peacock spiders from Western Australia and South Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus). Peckhamia 141.1: 1-101.

Özkütük, R. S., Elverici, M. & Kunt, K. B. (2016). Ero flammeola Simon, 1881 (Araneae, Mimetidae); a new record for Turkish spider fauna. Anadolu University Journal of Science and Technology, C 4(2): 73-76. doi:10.18036/btdc.96405

Özkütük, R. S., Marusik, Y. M., Elverici, M. & Kunt, K. B. (2016). A new species of Lathys from Turkey (Araneae, Dictynidae). ZooKeys 632: 35-45. doi:10.3897/zookeys.632.10130

Pan, F., Zheng, G. & Li, S. Q. (2016). Wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China. Zoological Systematics 41(4): 404-414. doi:10.11865/zs.201645

Patil, V. K. & Uniyal, V. P. (2016). Redescription of male and range extension of Araneus viridisomus Gravely, 1921 (Araneae: Araneidae). Indian Journal of Arachnology 5: 172-175.

Patoleta, B. M. (2016). Revision of the genus Rhondes Simon, 1901 (Araneae: Salticidae) from New Caledonia. Insect Systematics & Evolution 47: 15-31. doi:10.1163/1876312X-46052131

Paul, J., Sankaran, P. M., Joseph, M. M. & Sebastian, P. A. (2016). The male of the orb-weaving spider Plebs mitratus (Simon, 1895) and a redescription of the female (Araneae, Araneidae). Zootaxa 4179(1): 103-106. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4179.1.4

Pedroso, D. R., Castanheira, P. de S. & Baptista, R. L. C. (2016). Redescription and synonymies of Diplura macrura (C.L. Koch, 1841) and D. lineata (Lucas, 1857), with notes on the genus (Araneae, Dipluridae). European Journal of Taxonomy 210: 1-21. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.210

Perafán, C., Galvis, W., Gutiérrez, M. & Pérez-Miles, F. (2016). Kankuamo, a new theraphosid genus from Colombia (Araneae, Mygalomorphae), with a new type of urticating setae and divergent male genitalia. ZooKeys 601: 89-109. doi:10.3897/zookeys.601.7704

Pérez-González, A., Rubio, G. D. & Ramírez, M. J. (2016). Insights on vulval morphology in Ochyroceratinae with a rediagnosis of the subfamily and description of the first Argentinean species (Araneae: Synspermiata: Ochyroceratidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 260: 33-44. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2015.12.001

Pérez-Zarcos, L. & Sánchez-Piñero, F. (2016). Diet of the ladybird spider Eresus kollari (Araneae: Eresidae) in an arid system of southeastern Spain. Journal of Arachnology 44(3): 359-366. doi:10.1636/P15-74.1

Phartale, N. N., Kadam, J. A. & Gyananath, G. (2016). First report of Geolycosa charitonovi (Mcheidze, 1997) (Araneae: Lycosidae) from India. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 4(5): 937-939.

Pinto, E. C. & Rheims, C. A. (2016). A new genus of Neotropical spiders of the family Sparassidae (Arachnida: Araneae). Zoologia (Curitiba) 33(6, e20160160): 1-15. doi:10.1590/s1984-4689zool-20160160

Polotow, D. & Jocqué, R. (2016). Description of a new species of the Afrotropical spider genus Afroneutria (Araneae, Ctenidae). Zootaxa 4205(4): 395-400. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4205.4.8

Ponomarev, A. V., Prokopenko, E. V., Ivliev, P. P. & Shmatko, V. Y. (2016). Spiders (Aranei) of the coast of Taganrog Bay (the Sea of Azov) and the Don River delta. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 12(1): 3-28.

Prajapati, D. A., Murthappa, P. S., Sankaran, P. M. & Sebastian, P. A. (2016a). Two new species of the ant-eating spider genus Tropizodium Jocqué & Churchill, 2005 (Araneae, Zodariidae, Zodariinae) from India. Zootaxa 4061(5): 575-584. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4061.5.7

Prajapati, D. A., Murthappa, P. S., Sankaran, P. M. & Sebastian, P. A. (2016b). Two new species of Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 from India (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillina). Zootaxa 4171(2): 321-334. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.5

Prajapati, D. A., Patel, K. R., Munjpara, S. B., Chettiar, S. S. & Jhala, D. D. (2016c). Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Gujarat University Campus, Ahmedabad, India with additional description of Eilica tikaderi (Platnick, 1976). Journal of Threatened Taxa 8(11): 9327-9333. doi:10.11609/jott.1835.8.11.9327-9333

Prete, P. H., Cizauskas, I. & Brescovit, A. D. (2016). A new species of the spider genus Baalzebub (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae) from Brazilian caves. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 51(2): 97-103. doi:10.1080/01650521.2016.1183965

Prószyński, J. (2016). Delimitation and description of 19 new genera, a subgenus and a species of Salticidae (Araneae) of the world. Ecologica Montenegrina 7: 4-32.

Rajoria, A. (2016a). Newly recorded species: Steatoda cingulata (Thorell, 1890) from India (Araneae: Theridiidae). Serket 15(1): 50-52.

Rajoria, A. (2016b). Newly recorded species: Parasteatoda oxymaculata (Zhu, 1998) from India (Araneae: Theridiidae). Serket 15(1): 53-55.

Rajoria, A. (2016c). Newly recorded species: Euryopis episinoides (Walckenaer, 1847) from India (Araneae: Theridiidae). Serket 15(1): 56-59.

Rajoria, A. & Jadhao, H. (2016). First record of genus Orchestina Simon, 1882 in India (Araneae: Oonopidae). Serket 15(1): 60-62.

Ramírez, M. J. & Grismado, C. J. (2016). Description of the spider Verita williamsi, a new genus and species from Santa Fe, Argentina (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Nueva Serie 17(2): 173-182. doi:10.22179/revmacn.17.425

Ranasinghe, U. G. S. L. & Benjamin, S. P. (2016a). A review of Sri Lankan Brignolia including the description of four new species (Araneae: Oonopidae). Zootaxa 4144(4): 451-476. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4144.4.1

Ranasinghe, U. G. S. L. & Benjamin, S. P. (2016b). The goblin spider genus Xestaspis in Sri Lanka (Araneae: Oonopidae). Zootaxa 4189(1): 60-80. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4189.1.2

Ranasinghe, U. G. S. L. & Benjamin, S. P. (2016c). New records of Pelicinus and Xyphinus from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Oonopidae). Indian Journal of Arachnology 5: 71-78.

Řezáč, M., Řezáčová, V & Heneberg, P. (2016). Enoplognatha bryjai new species, a bizzare cobweb spider of the Pannonian swamps (Araneae, Theridiidae). Zootaxa 4147(1): 92-96. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4147.1.8

Rheims, C. A. & Alayón, G. (2016). Neostasina gen. nov., a new genus of huntsman spiders from the Neotropical region (Araneae, Sparassidae, Sparianthinae). Zootaxa 4079(3): 301-344. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4079.3.1

Richard, M, Graber, W. & Kropf, C. (2016). The goblin spider genus Ischnothyreus (Araneae, Oonopidae) in Java and Sumatra. Zootaxa 4151(1): 1-99. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4151.1.1

Richardson, B. J. (2016). New genera, new species and redescriptions of Australian jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4114(5): 501-560. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4114.5.1

Ríos-Tamayo, D. (2016). A new species of Actinopus (Mygalomorphae: Actinopodidae) from Bolivia. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Nueva Serie 18(2): 185-189. doi:10.22179/revmacn.18.444

Rodrigues, E. N. L., Buckup, E. H. & Brescovit, A. D. (2016). New species, new records, and a key to the Brazilian species of Gelanor (Araneae: Mimetidae). Zoologia (Curitiba) 33(4, e20160034): 1-14. doi:10.1590/S1984-4689zool-20160034

Roy, T. K., Saha, S. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2016). A treatise on the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of tea ecosystem of Dooars, West Bengal, India. World Scientific News 53(1): 1-66.

Rozwalka, R., Rutkowski, T., Sienkiewicz, P. & Zawal, A. (2016a). Zelotes erebeus (Thorell, 1871) (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) in Poland and its distribution in Europe. Entomologica Fennica 27(1): 1-7.

Rozwalka, R., Rutkowski, T., Sienkiewicz, P. & Renn, K. (2016b). Occurrence of Talavera aperta (Miller, 1971) (Araneae: Salticidae) in Poland. Biological Letters 52(1-2, 2015): 3-9. doi:10.1515/biolet-2015-0010

Rozwalka, R., Rutkowski, T., Staręga, W. & Sienkiewicz, P. (2016c). Occurrence of Thanatus atratus Simon, 1875 (Araneae: Philodromidae) in Poland. Biological Letters 52(1-2, 2015): 11-17. doi:10.1515/biolet-2015-0011

Rubio, G. D., Baigorria, J. E. & Edwards, G. B. (2016). First description of the female of the jumping spider Balmaceda nigrosecta Mello-Leitão (Salticidae, Dendryphantini, Marpissina). ZooKeys 563: 11-19. doi:10.3897/zookeys.563.6705

Rubio, G. D. & Baigorria, J. E. (2016). New species and the first known male of the jumping spider Ceriomura Simon (Araneae: Salticidae: Gophoini) with the faunistic revision of gophoines from Misiones, Argentina. Zoology and Ecology 26(4): 265-274. doi:10.1080/21658005.2016.1199502

Ruiz, G. R. S. & Sobrinho, A. T. (2016). Three new species and redescription of the type species of Soesilarishius Makhan, 2007 (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Zootaxa 4196(2): 250-260. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4196.2.4

Ruiz, G. R. S. & Bustamante, A. A. (2016). Edwardsya, a new genus of jumping spiders from South America (Araneae: Salticidae: Freyina). Zootaxa 4184(1): 117-129. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4184.1.7

Russell-Smith, A. (2016a). Identification of Drassodes cupreus and D. lapidosus. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 135: 21-22.

Russell-Smith, A. (2016b). Identification of Xysticus cristatus and Xysticus audax. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 135: 23-24.

Russell-Smith, A. (2016c). Identification of females of British Oedothorax species. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 137: 22-24.

Růžička, V. & Dolanský, J. (2016). Catching of spiders in shallow subterranean habitats in the Czech Republic. Arachnologische Mitteilungen/Arachnology Letters 51: 43-48. doi:10.5431/aramit5106

Sadeghi, H., Ahmadi, M., Zamani, A. & Jabaleh, I. (2016). A study on the spider fauna of Dargaz and Kalat Counties in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran (Arachnida: Araneae). Biharean Biologist 10(1): 4-7.

Sankaran, P. M. & Sebastian, P. A. (2016). A checklist of Indian armored spiders (Araneae, Tetrablemmidae) with the description of a new species from the Western Ghats. Zootaxa 4084(3): 443-450. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4084.3.9

Schäfer, M. (2016). Zur Springspinnenfauna (Araneae, Salticidae) der griechischen Dodekanes-Insel Kos, mit zwölf Erstnachweisen. Arachnologische Mitteilungen/Arachnology Letters 51: 73-79. doi:10.5431/aramit5111

Seo, B. K. (2016a). Seven new species of the genus Cybaeus (Araneae, Cybaeidae) from Korea. Journal of Species Research 5(3): 571-583. doi:10.12651/JSR.2016.5.3.571

Seo, B. K. (2016b). Four new species of the genus Longileptoneta (Araneae, Leptonetidae) from Korea. Journal of Species Research 5(3): 584-589. doi:10.12651/JSR.2016.5.3.584

Seo, B. K. (2016c). Four new species of the genus Falcileptoneta (Araneae, Leptonetidae) from Korea. Journal of Species Research 5(3): 590-595. doi:10.12651/JSR.2016.5.3.590

Seyyar, O., Oba, A., Demir, H. & Türkeş, T. (2016a). Arabelia Bosselaers, 2009 and Arabelia pheidoleicomes Bosselaers, 2009 (Araneae: Liocranidae) are new records for the Turkish spider fauna. Serket 15(1): 30-32.

Seyyar, O., Harmanşah, İ., Türkeş, T. & Demir, H. (2016b). A further study on Textrix denticulata (Olivier, 1789) from Turkey (Araneae: Agelenidae). Serket 15(2): 80-84.

Seyyar, O., Demir, H. & Najim, S. A. (2016). A new spider record of the genus Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Iraq. Biological Diversity and Conservation 9(2): 221-223.

Silva-Moreira, T. da & Machado, M. (2016). Taxonomic revision of the crab spider genus Epicadus Simon, 1895 (Arachnida: Araneae: Thomisidae) with notes on related genera of Stephanopinae Simon, 1895. Zootaxa 4147(3): 281-310. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4147.3.4

Simó, M., Álvarez, L. & Laborda, Á. (2016). The orb-weaving spider genus Chrysometa in Uruguay: distribution and description of a new species (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Zootaxa 4067(5): 589-593. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4067.5.7

Sirvid, P. J. & Fitzgerald, B. M. (2016). Coleosoma octomaculatum (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Araneae: Theridiidae): redescription, first records from New Zealand and notes on the genus Coleosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 43(1): 54-64. doi:10.1080/03014223.2015.1116098

Spasojevic, T., Kropf, C., Nentwig, W. & Lasut, L. (2016). Combining morphology, DNA sequences, and morphometrics: revising closely related species in the orb-weaving spider genus Araniella (Araneae, Araneidae). Zootaxa 4111(4): 448-470. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4111.4.6

Sudhin, P. P., Nafin, K. S., Simmons, Z. & Sudhikumar, A. V. (2016). On the type species of the genus Aetius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: the first description of male with notes on cymbial notch and mating plug (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae). Zootaxa 4154(4): 489-500. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4154.4.9

Suguro, T. (2016a). A new Chinattus species (Araneae: Salticidae) from Amami-Ôshima Island, Japan. Acta Arachnologica 65(2): 77-80. doi:10.2476/asjaa.65.77

Suguro, T. (2016b). The first description of the female of Onomastus kanoi Ono 1995 (Araneae: Salticidae). Acta Arachnologica 65(2): 81-82. doi:10.2476/asjaa.65.81

Tanasevitch, A. V., Ponomarev, A. V. & Chumachenko, Y. A. (2016b). Two new species of the subfamily Erigoninae from the Caucasus (Aranei: Linyphiidae). Arthropoda Selecta 25(4): 423-426.

Tanasevitch, A. V. (2016a). A new Agyneta Hull, 1911 from northern Yakutia, Russia (Aranei: Linyphiidae). Arthropoda Selecta 25(1): 75-76.

Tanasevitch, A. V., Ponomarev, A. V. & Chumachenko, Y. A. (2016a). A new species of Tenuiphantes Saaristo et Tanasevitch, 1996 (Aranei: Linyphiidae) from Adygea, the Caucasus, Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 25(2): 217-218.

Tanasevitch, A. V. (2016b). New species and new records of linyphiid spiders from Israel (Aranei: Linyphiidae). Arthropoda Selecta 25(3): 297-306.

Tanasevitch, A. V. & Nekhaeva, A. A. (2016). Spiders (Aranei) of the Kharaulakh Mountains and the Lena River lower reaches, northern Yakutia, Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 25(3): 307-326. [& 25(4): 380 errata]

Tanasevitch, A. V. (2016c). A case of disjunct montane linyphiid species (Araneae) in the Palaeotropics, with notes on synonymy and the description of a new species. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 123(2): 235-240. doi:10.5281/zenodo.155168

Taucare-Ríos, A., Mardones, D. & Zúñiga-Reinoso, Á. (2016). Steatoda nobilis (Araneae: Theridiidae) in South America: a new alien species for Chile. The Canadian Entomologist 148: 479-481. doi:10.4039/tce.2015.83

Thumar, R. H., Dholakia, A. H. & Ade, P. P. (2016). Indian spiders of the genus Ordgarius (Araneae: Araneidae). Global Journal for Research Analysis 5(9): 223-226.

Tong, X. J., Wang, R. & Tong, Y. F. (2016). First discoveries of the females of two oonopid spider species from Singapore (Arachnida, Araneae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 25(1): 26-32. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2016.01.007

Tong, Y. F., Koh, J. K. H., Tong, X. J. & Li, S. Q. (2016). Five new species of the genus Ischnothyreus Simon, 1893 from Singapore. ZooKeys 618: 39-66. doi:10.3897/zookeys.618.9451

Tonini, L., Paulo da Silva, J., Serpa Filho, A. & Freitas, J. (2016). Replacement names for two preoccupied generic names in Arthropoda. Zootaxa 4097(1): 125-126. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4097.1.7

Torres, V. M., Pardo, P. L., González-Reyes, A. X., Rodríguez Artigas, S. M. & Corronca, J. A. (2016). Contributions on the spider families Nesticidae and Pholcidae (Araneae) from Argentina. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40: 6-13. doi:10.3906/zoo-1504-38

Trębicki, Ł., Patoleta, B. M. & Gardzińska, J. (2016). Redescription of four species of Cytaea Keyserling, 1882 (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4189(2): 378-386. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4189.2.11

Tuneva, T. K. & Kuzmin, E. A. (2016). A new species of the genus Civizelotes Senglet, 2012 (Aranei: Gnaphosidae) from the Lower Volga Region. Arthropoda Selecta 25(4): 399-401.

Valdez-Mondragón, A. & Cortez-Roldán, M. R. (2016). On the trapdoor spiders of Mexico: description of the first new species of the spider genus Aptostichus from Mexico and the description of the female of Eucteniza zapatista (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Euctenizidae). ZooKeys 641: 81-102. doi:10.3897/zookeys.641.10521

Van Keer, J., Lambrechts, J., Jacobs, M. & Kekenbosch, R. (2016). Porrhomma cambridgei Merrett, 1994 (Araneae, Linyphiidae), a species new to the Belgian spider fauna. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 31(1): 25-29.

Varol, İ. (2016a). Two new Dysdera species from Turkey (Araneae: Dysderidae). Entomological News 125(4): 281-288. doi:10.3157/021.125.0409

Varol, M. İ. (2016b). Stalagtia hercegovinensis (Nosek, 1905), a new record from Turkey (Araneae: Dysderidae). Serket 15(1): 44-46.

Varol, M. İ. & Akpinar, A. (2016). Two new spider species of the family Dysderidae (Araneae) from Turkey. Zoology in the Middle East 62(2): 171-176. doi:10.1080/09397140.2016.1173924

Vidal, E., Jacquet, C., Derepas, B. & Oger, P. (2016). Découverte en France de Neriene hammeni (van Helsdingen, 1963) (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Revue Arachnologique 2 3: 6-8.

Wang, C., Mi, X. Q. & Peng, X. J. (2016). A new species of Pharta Thorell, 1891 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from China. Oriental Insects 50(3): 129-134. doi:10.1080/00305316.2016.1197163

Wang, C. X. & Li, S. Q. (2016). Four new species of the spider genus Pinelema (Araneae, Telemidae) from caves in south China. Ecologica Montenegrina 7: 546-566.

Wu, Y., Wang, C. X., Zheng, G. & Li, S. Q. (2016). Three new species of the genus Leptonetela from Greece (Araneae, Leptonetidae). ZooKeys 569: 23-35. doi:10.3897/zookeys.569.6921

Yalçın, E., Topçu, A. & Demircan, N. (2016). A new record for the spider fauna of Turkey (Araneae Salticidae). Indian Journal of Arachnology 5: 84-85.

Yamasaki, T., Hashimoto, Y., Endo, T., Hyodo, F. & Itioka, T. (2016). A new species of the genus Castoponera (Araneae, Corinnidae) from Sarawak, Borneo, with comparison to a related species. ZooKeys 596: 13-25. doi:10.3897/zookeys.596.8525

Yao, Z. Y., Dong, T. T., Zheng, G., Fu, Y. Z. & Li, S. Q. (2016). High endemism at cave entrances: a case study of spiders of the genus Uthina. Scientific Reports 6(35757): 1-9, I-LII. doi:10.1038/srep35757

Yoshida, H. (2016). Parasteatoda, Campanicola, Cryptachaea and two new genera (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Japan. Bulletin of the Yamagata Prefectural Museum 34: 13-30.

Yoshida, H. & Ogata, K. (2016). A new species of the newly recorded genus Tekellina (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 65(1): 15-18. doi:10.2476/asjaa.65.15

Żabka, M. & Patoleta, B. M. (2016). New species of Jacksonoides Wanless, 1988 from Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Astioida), with a re-definition of the genus. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 43(1): 10-41. doi:10.1080/03014223.2015.1070883

Zamani, A., Mirshamsi, O., Rashidi, P., Marusik, Y. M., Moradmand, M. & Bolzern, A. (2016). New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Aranei), part III. Arthropoda Selecta 25(1): 99-114.

Zamani, A., Marusik, Y. M. & Berry, J. W. (2016). A new species of Paratheuma (Araneae: Dictynidae) from Southwestern Asia and transfer of the genus. Zoology in the Middle East 62(2): 177-183. doi:10.1080/09397140.2016.1173927

Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2016). A new species and new distribution records of Zaitunia from Iran (Araneae: Filistatidae). Zoology in the Middle East 62(4): 373-376. doi:10.1080/09397140.2016.1250712

Zamani, A. (2016a). A new species of Spariolenus from South Iran (Aranei: Sparassidae). Arthropoda Selecta 25(4): 421-422.

Zamani, A. & El-Hennawy, H. K. (2016). Preliminiary list of the spiders of Iraq (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnida – Rivista Aracnologica Italiana 6: 12-20.

Zamani, A. (2016b). [The field guide of spiders and scorpions of Iran]. Iranshenasi, Tehran, 360 pp. [in Persian] [only relevant pages are included in the PDF]

Zeng, C., Wang, C. & Peng, X. J. (2016). Three spider species of the genus Mimetus Hentz, 1832 (Araneae, Mimetidae) from China. ZooKeys 626: 125-135. doi:10.3897/zookeys.626.7918

Zhang, T. Y. & Lin, Y. C. (2016). First description of the male of Baalzebub youyiensis Zhao & Li (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 35(2): 221-226. doi:10.11984/j.issn.1000-7083.20150367

Zhang, B. S., Zhang, F. & Liu, J. Z. (2016). Three new spider species of the genus Pholcus from the Taihang Mountains of China (Araneae, Pholcidae). ZooKeys 600: 53-74. doi:10.3897/zookeys.600.7924

Zhang, X. Q., Zhao, Z., Zheng, G. & Li, S. Q. (2016a). Nine new species of the spider genus Pireneitega Kishida, 1955 (Agelenidae, Coelotinae) from Xinjiang, China. ZooKeys 601: 49-74. doi:10.3897/zookeys.601.7893

Zhang, X. Q., Zhao, Z., Zheng, G. & Li, S. Q. (2016b). A further study of the spider genus Notiocoelotes (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Hainan Island, China. ZooKeys 601: 75-87. doi:10.3897/zookeys.601.7698

Zhang, X. Q. & Marusik, Y. M. (2016). A survey of Pireneitega from Tajikistan (Agelenidae, Coelotinae). ZooKeys 635: 89-107. doi:10.3897/zookeys.635.10487

Zhao, Z. & Li, S. Q. (2016). Papiliocoelotes gen. n., a new genus of Coelotinae (Araneae, Agelenidae) spiders from the Wuling Mountains, China. ZooKeys 585: 33-50. doi:10.3897/zookeys.585.8007

Zhou, B., Yin, H. Q. & Xu, X. (2016). First description of the male of Hitobia makotoi Kamura, 2011 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). ZooKeys 579: 1-7. doi:10.3897/zookeys.579.7489

Zhou, J. Y. & Chen, J. (2016). A new species of the spider genus Draconarius from Wuling Mountains, China (Araneae: Agelenidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 25(2): 65-69. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2016.02.001

Zonstein, S. L., Marusik, Y. M. & Omelko, M. M. (2016a). A redescription of the type species of Tricalamus Wang 1987 (Aranei, Filistatidae). Zoologicheskiĭ Zhurnal 95(5): 540-544. doi:10.7868/S0044513416050159

Zonstein, S. L. (2016a). New data on the spider genus Pionothele (Araneae: Nemesiidae), with description of a new species from South Africa. Israel Journal of Entomology 46: 31-42.

Zonstein, S. & Marusik, Y. M. (2016a). A revision of the spider genus Zaitunia (Araneae, Filistatidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 214: 1-97. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.214

Zonstein, S. L., Marusik, Y. M. & Omelko, M. M. (2016b). Redescription of the type species of Diaphorocellus Simon, 1893 (Araneae, Palpimanidae, Chediminae). African Invertebrates 57(2): 93-103. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.57.9988

Zonstein, S. L. & Marusik, Y. M. (2016b). A review of the spider genus Atmetochilus of Sumatra, Indonesia, with first analysis of male characters and description of three new species (Araneae, Nemesiidae). Zoological Studies 55(10): 1-17. doi:10.6620/ZS.2016.55-10

Zonstein, S. L. (2016b). A redescription and synonymy of North African mygalomorph Iberesia barbara (Lucas, 1846), comb.n. (Aranei: Nemesiidae). Arthropoda Selecta 25(4): 385-393.

2017

Ahmed, J., Khalap, R., Hill, D. E., Sumukha, J. N. & Mohan, K. (2017). First record of Brettus cingulatus from India, with a review of Brettus in South and Southeast Asia (Araneae: Salticidae: Spartaeinae). Peckhamia 151.1: 1-13.

Alderweireldt, M. & Jocqué, R. (2017). Order Araneae, family Lycosidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE 6: 3-20.

Baehr, B. C. & Jocqué, R. (2017). The new endemic Australian genus Nosterella and a review of Nostera (Araneae: Zodariidae), including eight new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Nature 60: 53-76. doi:10.17082/j.2204-1478.60.2016.2016-14

Ballarin, F. & Pantini, P. (2017). A new species of Amaurobius C.L. Koch, 1837 (Araneae: Amaurobiidae) from Apennine Mountains (Italy) with the description of the male of A. pavesii Pesarini, 1991. Zootaxa 4276(4): 479-502. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4276.4.2

Bao, M. D., Bai, Z. S. & Tu, L. H. (2017). On a desmitracheate “micronetine” Nippononeta alpina (Li & Zhu, 1993), comb. n. (Araneae, Linyphiidae). ZooKeys 645: 133-146. doi:10.3897/zookeys.645.10685

Barrientos, J. A., Moya, J., García-Sarrión, R., Uribarri, I., Melic, A., Prieto, C. E., Moraza, M. L. & Zaragoza, J. A. (2017). Arácnidos del Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata-Níjar (Almería, España). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 30: 107-138.

Bauer, T. & Höfer, H. (2017). Erstnachweis von Oxyopes lineatus in Deutschland und faunistisch-taxonomische Anmerkungen zu weiteren besonderen Arten aus Baden-Württemberg (Araneae: Lycosidae, Oxyopidae, Salticidae, Thomisidae, Trachelidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen/Arachnology Letters 53: 29-37. doi:10.5431/aramit5305

Benavides, L. R., Giribet, G. & Hormiga, G. (2017). Molecular phylogenetic analysis of "pirate spiders" (Araneae, Mimetidae) with the description of a new African genus and the first report of maternal care in the family. Cladistics 33(4): 375-405. doi:10.1111/cla.12174

Benjamin, S. P. (2017). Distributional and taxonomic notes on the crab spider genus Epidius with descriptions of five new species (Araneae: Thomisidae). Journal of Natural History 51(9-10): 469-485. doi:10.1080/00222933.2017.1302016

Berry, J. W. & Williams, A. (2017). The status of Argiope trifasciata kauaiensis (Araneae: Araneidae) on Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 119: 9-13.

Biswas, V. (2017). A new species of the genus Hasarius Simon from Bangladesh (Araneae: Salticidae). Munis Entomology and Zoology 12(1): 50-53.

Biswas, V. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2017). A new record of the orb-weaving spider genus Parawixia F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 from Bangladesh (Araneae: Araneidae). Serket 15(3): 113-118.

Blick, T. & Gloor, D. (2017). Peucetia casseli Simon, 1900 has priority over P. longipes Pocock, 1900 (Araneae, Oxyopidae). Zootaxa 4237(3): 574. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4237.3.7

Bodkhe, A., Uniyal, V., Kamble, S., Manthen, S., Santape, G. & Chikhale, M. (2017). A new species, Pandava aruni (Araneae: Titanoecidae) from Lonar Crater Sanctuary, India. Serket 15(3): 119-123.

Bosselaers, J. (2017). A new species of Oonops Templeton, 1835, (Araneae: Oonopidae) from the Gavarres, Baix Empordà, Catalonia. Arachnology 17(4): 195-200. doi:10.13156/arac.2017.17.4.195

Cala-Riquelme, F., Gutiérrez-Estrada, M. A., Flórez-Daza, E. & Agnarsson, I. (2017). A new six-eyed sand spider Sicarius Walckenaer, 1847 (Araneae: Haplogynae: Sicariidae) from Colombia, with information on its natural history. Arachnology 17(4): 176-182. doi:10.13156/arac.2017.17.4.176

Cala-Riquelme, F. (2017). A new species of Metacyrba F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 (Salticidae: Marpissoida) from Cuba. Arachnology 17(5): 248-253. doi:10.13156/arac.2017.17.5.248

Caleb, J. T. D., Pravalikha, G. B., Johnson, B. E., Manyu, M., Mungkung, S. & Mathai, M. T. (2017a). Hersilia aadi Pravalikha, Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu, 2014 a junior synonym of Hersilia savignyi Lucas, 1836 (Araneae: Hersiliidae). Zootaxa 4254(3): 396-400. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4254.3.11

Caleb, J. T. D., Prajapati, D. A., Rameshwar Maheshwari, N. & Sanap, R. V. (2017b). Redescription and synonymy of Stenaelurillus arambagensis (Biswas et Biswas, 1992) comb. n. (Araneae: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 26(2): 119-123.

Candia-Ramírez, D. T. & Francke, O. (2017). Taxonomic revision of the genus Crassicrus Reichling & West, 1996 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae), with the description of additional keels on the embolus. Journal of Arachnology 45(1): 67-98. doi:10.1636/JoA-S-16-005.1

Candiani, D. F. & Bonaldo, A. B. (2017). The superficial ant: a revision of the Neotropical ant-mimicking spider genus Myrmecium Latreille, 1824 (Araneae, Corinnidae, Castianeirinae). Zootaxa 4230(1): 1-95. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4230.1.1

Carvalho, L. S., Martins, P. H., Schneider, M. C. & Cabra-García, J. J. (2017). New records of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from the state of Roraima, northern Brazil. Check List 13(1, 2040): 1-23. doi:10.15560/13.1.2040

Chen, Z. E., He, B. Y., Yin, H. Q. & Xu, X. (2017). First description of the female of Euryopis cyclosisa Zhu & Song, 1997 (Araneae: Theridiidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 26(1): 30-34. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2017.01.007

Chen, J. (2017). A new synonym of Prochora praticola (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Araneae: Miturgidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 26(2): 45.

Chomphuphuang, N., Smith, D., Wongvilas, S., Sivayyapram, V., Songsangchote, C. & Warrit, N. (2017). New species of Southeast Asian dwarf tarantula from Thailand: Phlogiellus Pocock, 1897 (Theraphosidae, Selenocosmiinae). ZooKeys 684: 57-73. doi:10.3897/zookeys.684.12558

Decae, A. & Huber, S. (2017). Description of a new Nemesia species from Sardinia that constructs a remarkable star-shaped trapdoor (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae). Arachnology 17(4): 188-194. doi:10.13156/arac.2017.17.4.188

Deltshev, C. (2017). Redescription of the poorly known crab spider Firmicus bivittatus (Araneae: Thomisidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen/Arachnology Letters 53: 9-11. doi:10.5431/aramit5302

Demir, H., Seyyar, O. & Najim, S. A. (2017). Thomisus citrinellus Simon 1875 is a new record (Araneae: Thomisidae) for spider fauna of Iraq. Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Doğa Bilimleri Dergisi 20(1): 25-27. doi:10.18016/ksujns.96081

Demircan, N. & Topçu, A. (2017). A new species of Hoplopholcus Kulczyński, 1908 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from the European part of Turkey. Zoology in the Middle East 63(1): 82-85. doi:10.1080/09397140.2017.1269395

Dhali, D. C., Saha, S. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2017). Litter and ground dwelling spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) of reserve forests of Dooars, West Bengal. World Scientific News 63: 1-242.

Dhande, S. S., Bodkhe, A. & Ahmad, R. I. (2017). Description of a new spider species in the genus Cyclosa (Araneae- Araneidae) from India. Trends in Biosciences 10(20): 3825-3831.

Dimitrov, D., Benavides, L. R., Arnedo, M. A., Giribet, G., Griswold, C. E., Scharff, N. & Hormiga, G. (2017). Rounding up the usual suspects: a standard target-gene approach for resolving the interfamilial phylogenetic relationships of ecribellate orb-weaving spiders with a new family-rank classification (Araneae, Araneoidea). Cladistics 33(3): 221-250 & Suppl. doi:10.1111/cla.12165

Dong, T. T., Zheng, G., Davlatov, A., Yao, Z. Y. & Li, S. Q. (2017). Two new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Tajikistan, with the first description of female Pholcus sidorenkoi Dunin, 1994. European Journal of Taxonomy 301: 1-14. doi:10.5852/ejt.2017.301

El-Hennawy, H. K., Mohafez, M. A. & El-Gendy, A. A. (2017). The first record of Phlegra bresnieri (Lucas, 1846) in Egypt (Araneae: Salticidae). Serket 15(3): 143-146.

Estol, N. & Rodrigues, E. N. L. (2017). A new species and a new record of the spider genus Nesticus (Araneae, Nesticidae) from southern Brazil. Zootaxa 4231(4): 564-566. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4231.4.4

Esyunin, S. L., Zamani, A. & Tuneva, T. K. (2017). On two poorly known Eurasian dictynid species (Aranei: Dictynidae), with a description of a new genus. Arthropoda Selecta 26(1): 49-62.

Faúndez, E. I., Téllez, F., Raffo, F. & Aguilar, R. (2017). Sobre la presencia de Steatoda grossa (C.L. Koch, 1838) (Araneae: Theridiidae) en la Provincia de Santa Cruz (Argentina), con comentarios acerca de su reciente expansión en Patagonia Austral. Anales Instituto Patagonia 45(1): 53-57.

Feitosa, N. M., Moss, D. F., Ruiz, G. R. S. & Bonaldo, A. B. (2017). Twenty-seven new species of the goblin spider genus Neoxyphinus Birabén, 1953 (Araneae: Oonopidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 4259(1): 1-107. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4259.1.1

Feitosa, N. M. & Bonaldo, A. B. (2017). On a new species of the genus Simlops (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Guyana, with notes on the bodanus group of species. Iheringia, Série Zoologia 107(e2017021): 1-5. doi:10.1590/1678-4766e2017021

Ferretti, N., Nime, M. & Mattoni, C. (2017). Three new Idiops (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae) from Argentina and redescription of the male of I. hirsutipedis Mello-Leitão, 1941. Journal of Natural History 51(17-18): 975-994. doi:10.1080/00222933.2017.1319516

Fomichev, A. A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2017a). A survey of East Palaearctic Lycosidae (Araneae). 12. Two new Mongolicosa species from Mongolia. Zootaxa 4221(2): 233-241. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4221.2.7

Fomichev, A. A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2017b). A survey of East Palaearctic Gnaphosidae (Araneae). 8. New data on Berlandina and Gnaphosa from Mongolia. Zootaxa 4258(1): 69-80. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4258.1.5

Fomichev, A. A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2017c). Gnaphosa serzonshteini, a replacement name for Gnaphosa zonsteini Fomichev & Marusik, 2017 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 4286(3): 431. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4286.3.10

Framenau, V. M. & Hudson, P. (2017). Taxonomy, systematics and biology of the Australian halotolerant wolf spider genus Tetralycosa (Araneae: Lycosidae: Artoriinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 335: 1-72. doi:10.5852/ejt.2017.335

Fu, Y. Q, & Chen, J. (2017). A newly recorded species of the genus Leptopholcus from China (Araneae: Pholcidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 26(1): 18-21. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2017.01.004

Fukushima, C. S. & Bertani, R. (2017). Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of Avicularia Lamarck, 1818 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae) with description of three new aviculariine genera. ZooKeys 659: 1-185, Suppl. 1-5. doi:10.3897/zookeys.659.10717

Fukushima, C. S., Andrade, R. M. G. de & Bertani, R. (2017). Two new Brazilian species of Loxosceles Heinecken & Lowe, 1832 with remarks on amazonica and rufescens groups (Araneae, Sicariidae). ZooKeys 667: 67-94. doi:10.3897/zookeys.667.11369

Gál, J., Kovács, G., Bagyó, R., Vári, G. & Prazsák, I. (2017). A new Loureedia species on overgrazed former cork oak forest in Morocco (Araneae: Eresidae). Animal welfare, ethology and housing systems 12(1): 11-19. [published in March 2017, for 2016] doi:10.17205/SZIE.AWETH.2016.1.011

Galvis, W. (2017a). New species and records of lyssomanines (Araneae: Salticidae: Lyssomaninae) from the Caribbean and Pacific coasts of Colombia. Zoology and Ecology 27(2): 133-142. doi:10.1080/21658005.2017.1304188

Galvis, W. (2017b). Nineteen new species of Amphidraus Simon, 1900 (Salticidae: Euophryini) from Colombia, with comments about their conservation. Zootaxa 4286(1): 1-40. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4286.1.1

Galvis, W., Flórez-Daza, E. & Albornoz, M. (2017). A new record of the orb-weaving spider Xylethrus superbus Simon (Araneae: Araneidae), the northernmost known from South America. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 30: 157-158.

Gan, J. H., Wang, C. & Peng, X. J. (2017). Three new spider species of Irura Peckham & Peckham, 1901 from China (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4226(2): 273-282. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4226.2.7

Giroti, A. M. & Brescovit, A. D. (2017). Revision of the spider genus Gippsicola Hogg, 1900 (Araneae: Segestriidae). Zootaxa 4227(3): 390-406. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4227.3.6

Gökalp, H. B. & Kaya, R. S. (2017). A new record of Zygiella for the Turkish spider fauna (Araneae: Araneidae). Serket 15(3): 130-134.

Guadanucci, J. P. L., Perafán, C. & Valencia-Cuéllar, D. (2017). The genus Holothele Karsch, 1879: the identity of the type species (Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae). Zoosystema 39(2): 263-271. doi:10.5252/z2017n2a5

Gündüz, G. (2017). A new cribellate spider for Turkey, Titanoeca caucasica Dunin, 1985 (Araneae: Titanoecidae). Serket 15(3): 135-137.

Henrard, A. & Jocqué, R. (2017). Morphological and molecular evidence for new genera in the Afrotropical Cteninae (Araneae, Ctenidae) complex. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 180(1): 82-154 & Suppl. doi:10.1111/zoj.12461

Hernández-Corral, J. & Ferrández, M. A. (2017). Descripción de una especie nueva de Palpimanus Dufour, 1820 de Marruecos (Araneae: Palpimanidae), con notas sobre los Palpimanus del Mediterráneo. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 30: 37-46.

Hernández-Corral, J., Melic, A. & Micó, E. (2017). Primera cita del género Sernokorba Kamura, 1992 para la Península Ibérica con nuevos datos sobre Sernokorba tescorum (Simon, 1914) (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 30: 167-169.

Huber, B. A. (2017). Revision and cladistic analysis of the Southeast Asian leaf-dwelling spider genus Calapnita Simon (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zootaxa 4219(1): 1-63. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4219.1.1

Huber, B. A., Neumann, J., Grabolle, A. & Hula, V. (2017). Aliens in Europe: updates on the distributions of Modisimus culicinus and Micropholcus fauroti (Araneae, Pholcidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen/Arachnology Letters 53: 12-18. doi:10.5431/aramit5303

Huseynov, E. F. & Nuruyeva, T. V. (2017). Sidydrassus (Esyunin et Tuneva, 2002), a new genus of ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) for the fauna of the Caucasus. Zoology and Ecology 27(1): 44-46. doi:10.1080/21658005.2016.1260301

Indicatti, R. P., Chavari, J. L., Zucatelli-Júnior, M., Lucas, S. M. & Brescovit, A. D. (2017). Six new species of silk-lined burrow spider genus Stenoterommata Holmberg, 1881 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) from southern Brazil. Zootaxa 4254(4): 435-456. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4254.4.2

Isaia, M., Mammola, S., Mazzuca, P., Arnedo, M. A. & Pantini, P. (2017). Advances in the systematics of the spider genus Troglohyphantes (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 15(4): 307-326 & Suppl. 1-3. doi:10.1080/14772000.2016.1254304

Izquierdo, M. A. & Ramírez, M. J. (2017). Taxonomic revision of the jumping goblin spiders of the genus Orchestina Simon, 1882, in the Americas (Araneae: Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 410: 1-362. doi:10.1206/0003-0090-410.1.1

Jiménez, M. L., Berrian, J. E., Polotow, D. & Palacios-Cardiel, C. (2017). Description of Califorctenus (Cteninae, Ctenidae, Araneae), a new spider genus from Mexico. Zootaxa 4238(1): 97-108. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4238.1.7

Khasayeva, S. I. & Huseynov, E. F. (2017). To the study of gnaphosid spiders (Aranei: Gnaphosidae) of Western Azerbaijan with suggestion of two new synonyms. Arthropoda Selecta 26(2): 125-132.

Kiany, N., Sadeghi, S., Kiany, M., Zamani, A. & Ostovani, S. (2017). Additions to the crab spider fauna of Iran (Araneae: Thomisidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen/Arachnology Letters 53: 1-8. doi:10.5431/aramit5301

Kirazci, C., Topçu, A. & Demircan, N. (2017). A new jumping spider record for the fauna of Turkey (Araneae: Salticidae). Serket 15(3): 127-129.

Komnenov, M. (2017). New data on spider fauna (Araneae) of Shar Mountain, north-western Macedonia. Proceedings of the 5th Congress of the Ecologists of Macedonia, with international participation (Ohrid, 19th-22nd October 2016). Special issues of the Macedonian Ecological Society 13: 44-61.

Kovblyuk, M. M., Kastrygina, Z. A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2017). New data on Hahnia C.L. Koch, 1841 from Crimea (Aranei: Hahniidae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 41(1): 311-317. doi:10.3906/zoo-1603-55

Krejčí, T., Řezáč, M. & Kadlec, T. (2017). Zodarion ohridense (Araneae: Zodariidae) – a new record for Central Europe. Arachnologische Mitteilungen/Arachnology Letters 54: 5-7. doi:10.5431/aramit5402

Kronestedt, T. (2017). Species of Wadicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae): a new species from Madagascar. Zootaxa 4263(3): 594-597. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4263.3.11

Kulkarni, S., Vartak, A., Deshpande, V. & Halali, D. (2017). The spiny theridiid genus Meotipa Simon, 1895 in India, with description of a strange new species with translucent abdomen and a phylogenetic analysis about the genus placement (Araneae, Theridiidae). Zootaxa 4291(3): 504-520.

Legittimo, C. M., Simeon, E., Di Pompeo, P. & Kulczycki, A. (2017). The Italian species of Pritha (Araneae, Filistatidae): a critical revision and description of two new species. Zootaxa 4243(2): 201-248. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4243.2.1

Li, S. Q. & Wang, X. X. (2017). New cave-dwelling spiders of the family Dictynidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Guangxi and Guizhou, China. Zoological Systematics 42(2): 125-228. doi:10.11865/zs.201711

Li, C. J., Jin, Z. Y. & Yu, H. (2017). Redescription of the female of Diaea subdola, with notes on intraspecific morphological variation (Araneae: Thomisidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 26(1): 41-45. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2017.01.009

Lin, Y. C., Koh, J. K. H., Koponen, S. & Li, S. Q. (2017). Taxonomic notes on the armored spiders of the families Pacullidae and Tetrablemmidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Singapore. ZooKeys 661: 15-60. doi:10.3897/zookeys.661.10677

Lissner, J. (2017). Description of the unknown male of Ozyptila tenerifensis (Araneae: Thomisidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen/Arachnology Letters 53: 50-52. doi:10.5431/aramit5308

Lissner, J. & Gravesen, E. (2017). First record of Centromerus arcanus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1873) from Greenland (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Norwegian Journal of Entomology 64(1): 19-21.

Logunov, D. V. & Vahtera, V. (2017). Description of a new species of Vinathela Ono, 2000 (Araneae: Mesothelae: Liphistiidae), based on morphological and molecular characters. Arachnology 17(5): 229-237. doi:10.13156/arac.2017.17.5.229

Machado, M., Teixeira, R. A. & Lise, A. A. (2017). Cladistic analysis supports the monophyly of the Neotropical crab spider genus Epicadus and its senior synonymy over Tobias (Araneae: Thomisidae). Invertebrate Systematics 31(4): 442-455 & Supplement. doi:10.1071/IS16074

Maddison, W. P. (2017). New species of Habronattus and Pellenes jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Harmochirina). ZooKeys 646: 45-72. doi:10.3897/zookeys.646.10787

Magalhães, I. L. F., Martins, P. H., Nogueira, A. A. & Santos, A. J. (2017). Finding hot singles: matching males to females in dimorphic spiders (Araneidae: Micrathena) using phylogenetic placement and DNA barcoding. Invertebrate Systematics 31(1): 8-36. doi:10.1071/IS15062

Magalhães, I. L. F., Brescovit, A. D. & Santos, A. J. (2017). Phylogeny of Sicariidae spiders (Araneae: Haplogynae), with a monograph on Neotropical Sicarius. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179(4): 767-864. doi:10.1111/zoj.12442

Malamel, J. J. & Sudhikumar, A. V. (2017). First record of Epidius parvati Benjamin, 2000 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Pathiramanal Island, India. Check List 13(3, 2114): 1-4. doi:10.15560/13.3.2114

Malik, S., Das, S. K. & Siliwal, M. (2017). First report of male star-legged spider Uroctea thaleri (Rheims, Santos and van Harten, 2007) (Araneae: Oecobiidae) from India. European Journal of Zoological Research 5(1): 15-18.

Martinez, L., Villarreal, E. & Martinez, N. (2017). A new species of the genus Parachemmis Chickering, 1937 from Colombia (Araneae, Corinnidae, Corinninae). ZooKeys 679: 29-35. doi:10.3897/zookeys.679.12421

Martinez, L. & Galvis, W. (2017). Three new species of jumping spiders of the genus Hypaeus Simon, 1900 from Colombia (Salticidae: Salticinae: Amycini). Zootaxa 4282(1): 192-200. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4282.1.12

Marusik, Y. M. & Omelko, M. M. (2017). A new species of Acantholycosa baltoroi-group (Araneae: Lycosidae, Pardosinae) from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa 4232(4): 597-600. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4232.4.12

Marusik, Y. M. & Koponen, S. (2017). On two sibling species of Dictyna (Araneae: Dictynidae) from Ukraine and Caucasus. Entomologica Fennica 28(1): 41-48.

Marusik, Y. M. (2017a). Description of unknown sexes in two Pireneitega species from Tajikistan (Araneae: Agelenidae, Coelotinae). Zootaxa 4273(3): 435-438. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4273.3.8

Marusik, Y. M. (2017b). A review of Diphya (Aranei: Tetragnathidae) from South Africa. Arthropoda Selecta 26(2): 133-138.

Marusik, Y. M., Omelko, M. M. & Koponen, S. (2017). First record of Diphya wulingensis Yu, Zhang et Omelko, 2014 (Aranei: Tetragnathidae) in Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 26(2): 139-144.

Maya-Morales, J., Jiménez, M. L., Murugan, G. & Palacios-Cardiel, C. (2017). Four new genera of funnel-web spiders (Araneae: Agelenidae) from the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. Journal of Arachnology 45(1): 30-66. doi:10.1636/JoA-S-16-024.1

Maya-Morales, J. & Jiménez, M. L. (2017). Revision of the funnel-web spider genus Novalena (Araneae: Agelenidae). Zootaxa 4262(1): 1-88. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4262.1.1

Mendoza, J. & Francke, O. (2017). Systematic revision of Brachypelma red-kneed tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae), and the use of DNA barcodes to assist in the identification and conservation of CITES-listed species. Invertebrate Systematics 31(2): 157-179. doi:10.1071/IS16023

Mezőfi, L. (2017). First record of the cosmopolitan spider Oecobius navus Blackwall 1859 (Araneae, Oecobiidae) in Croatia. Zoology and Ecology 27(1): 54-56. doi:10.1080/21658005.2016.1260308

Milasowszky, N., Bauder, J. & Hepner, M. (2017). Diplocephalus komposchi n. sp., a new species of erigonine spider (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Austria. Zootaxa 4268(2): 296-300. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4268.2.10

Mirza, Z. A., Sanap, R. V. & Kunte, K. (2017). A new genus and new species of diplurid spider (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae) from northeast India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 10(1): 32-38. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2016.03.013

Mukhtar, M. K. (2017). Two new species of Oxyopes (Araneae: Oxyopidae) from Punjab, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 49(1): 143-148. doi:10.17582/journal.pjz/2017.49.1.143.148

Nadolny, A. A. & Zamani, A. (2017). A new species of burrowing wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae: Lycosa) from Iran. Zootaxa 4286(4): 597-400. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4286.4.13

Noordijk, J. & Winkel, M. de (2017). Eusparassus dufouri en andere jachtkrabspinnen (Araneae: Sparassidae) getransporteerd naar Nederland [Eusparassus dufouri and other huntsman spiders (Araneae: Sparassidae) transported tothe Netherlands]. Entomologische Berichten, Amsterdam 77(2): 58-61.

Okumura, K.-I. (2017). Dichodactylus gen. nov. (Araneae: Agelenidae: Coelotinae) from Japan. Species Diversity 22: 29-36. doi:10.12782/sd.22_29

Ott, R., Ruiz, G. R. S., Brescovit, A. D. & Bonaldo, A. B. (2017). Amazoonops, a new genus of goblin spiders (Araneae: Oonopidae) from the Brazilian Amazon. Zootaxa 4236(2): 244-268. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.2

Ott, R. & Rodrigues, E. N. L. (2017). Two new species of orb-weaving spiders of the genus Larinia (Araneae, Araneidae) in meridional Brazil. Zootaxa 4247(1): 89-93. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4247.1.13

Otto, J. C. & Hill, D. E. (2017a). Five new peacock spiders from eastern Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus Karsch 1878 and Saratus, new genus). Peckhamia 147.1: 1-86.

Otto, J. C. & Hill, D. E. (2017b). Catalogue of the Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus, Saratus). Peckhamia 148.1: 1-21.

Patoleta, B. & Żabka, M. (2017). A new species of Trite Simon, 1885 (Araneae: Salticidae) from New Zealand, with remarks on Trite relationships and radiation. PeerJ 5(e3463): 1-19. doi:10.7717/peerj.3463

Pavlek, M. & Ribera, C. (2017). Kryptonesticus deelemanae gen. et sp. nov. (Araneae, Nesticidae), with notes on the Mediterranean cave species. European Journal of Taxonomy 262: 1-27. doi:10.5852/ejt.2017.262

Pekár, S., Petráková, L., Corcobado, G. & Whyte, R. (2017). Revision of eastern Australian ant-mimicking spiders of the genus Myrmarachne (Araneae, Salticidae) reveals a complex of species and forms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179(3): 642-676 & Supporting Information. doi:10.1111/zoj.12439

Poeta, M. R. M. & Teixeira, R. A. (2017). Description of the male of the spider Eustala vellardi Mello-Leitão, 1924, the female of E. delasmata Bryant, 1945 and seven species of Eustala Simon, 1895 declared as nomina dubia (Araneae, Araneidae). Zootaxa 4273(1): 112-120. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4273.1.8

Polchaninova, N. Y. (2017). On a spider species new to science collected during the EDGG 7th Field Workshop in Spain. Bulletin of the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group 33: 27.

Ponomarev, A. V., Alekseev, S. K., Kozminykh, V. O. & Shmatko, V. Y. (2017). Spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Stavropol Province, Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 26(2): 155-173.

Prószyński, J. (2017). Revision of the genus Sitticus Simon, 1901 s. l. (Araneae: Salticidae). Ecologica Montenegrina 10: 35-50.

Quasin, S., Siliwal, M., Patil, V. & Uniyal, V. P. (2017). First record of Ruborridion musivum Simon, 1873 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from India. Munis Entomology and Zoology 12(1): 27-30.

Quasin, S., Siliwal, M. & Uniyal, V. P. (2017). First report of the genus Draconarius Ovtchinnikov, 1999 (Araneae: Agelenidae: Coelotinae) with description of a new species from India. European Journal of Zoological Research 5(1): 19-22.

Ríos-Tamayo, D. (2017). Re-description of Trichopelma cubanum (Theraphosidae: Ischnocolinae) and comments about the familial placement of Trichopelma. Munis Entomology and Zoology 12(1): 194-198.

Ríos-Tamayo, D. & Goloboff, P. A. (2017). Vilchura calderoni, a new genus and speciesof Euagrinae (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae) from Chile. Arachnology 17(4): 183-187. doi:10.13156/arac.2017.17.4.183

Roy, T. K., Saha, S. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2017). On the araneid fauna (Araneae: Araneidae) of the tea estates of Dooars, West Bengal, India. World Scientific News 67(1): 1-67.

Rozwalka, R., Rutkowski, T. & Bielak-Bielecki, P (2017). New data on introduced and rare synanthropic spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) in Poland (II). Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, Lublin-Polonia 71(1): 59-85. [published in April 2017] doi:10.17951/c.2016.71.1.59

Sadeghi, S., Dashan, M. & Malek-Hosseini, M. J. (2017). Mediterranean Recluse Spider, Loxosceles rufescens (Araneae: Sicariidae) from Charkhab Cave, southern Iran. Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases 11(1): 156-160.

Salvatierra, L., Brescovit, A. D. & Tourinho, A. L. (2017). The smallest spider of Uloboridae, a new species of Conifaber Opell, 1982 (Arachnida: Araneae) from Brazil. Turkish Journal of Zoology 41(1): 306-310. doi:10.3906/zoo-1605-39

Sánchez-Ruiz, A. & Brescovit, A. D. (2017). A new genus with seven species of the subfamily Nopinae (Araneae, Caponiidae) from the Neotropical region. Zootaxa 4291(1): 117-143. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4291.1.7

Sankaran, P. M., Malamel, J. J. & Sebastian, P. A. (2017). On the new monotypic wolf spider genus Ovia gen. nov. (Araneae: Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4221(3): 366-376. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4221.3.5

Sankaran, P. M. & Sebastian, P. A. (2017). Redescription of Zoica puellula (Simon, 1898) (Araneae: Lycosidae: Zoicinae) and transfer of Zoica harduarae (Biswas & Roy, 2008) to Agelenidae C.L. Koch, 1837. Zootaxa 4276(1): 145-150. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4276.1.11

Sankaran, P. M., Malamel, J. J., Joseph, M. M. & Sebastian, P. A. (2017). A new species of Paratus Simon, 1898 (Araneae: Liocranidae, Paratinae) from India. Zootaxa 4286(1): 139-144. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4286.1.12

Santos, A. J. (2017). The jumping lynx spider Oxyopes salticus Hentz, 1845 and its Neotropical relatives (Araneae: Oxyopidae). Zootaxa 4216(5): 457-481. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4216.5.3

Santos, A. J. & Gonzaga, M. O. (2017). Systematics and natural history of Uaitemuri, a new genus of the orb-weaving spider family Uloboridae (Araneae: Deinopoidea) from south-eastern Brazil. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 180(1): 155-174 & Suppl. doi:10.1111/zoj.12471

Schäfer, M. & Klimsa, E. (2017). Ein Beitrag zur Springspinnenfauna Spaniens mit drei Erstnachweisen für die Balearen (Araneae, Salticidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen/Arachnology Letters 53: 62-66. doi:10.5431/aramit5310

Sekhar, R. & Jose, K. S. (2017). New distributional records of Nesticodes rufipes (Lucas, 1846) in India. Munis Entomology and Zoology 12(2): 478-480.

Šestáková, A., Suvák, M., Krajčovičová, K., Kaňuchová, A. & Christophoryová, J. (2017). Arachnids from the greenhouses of the Botanical Garden of the PJ Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpiones). Arachnologische Mitteilungen/Arachnology Letters 53: 19-28. doi:10.5431/aramit5304

Seyyar, O., Oba, A., Türkeş, T. & Demir, H. (2017). Setaphis parvula (Lucas, 1846) (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) is a new record for the Turkish spider fauna. Serket 15(3): 124-126.

Simó, M., Lise, A. A., Pompozzi, G. & Laborda, Á. (2017). On the taxonomy of southern South American species of the wolf spider genus Allocosa (Araneae: Lycosidae: Allocosinae). Zootaxa 4216(3): 261-278. [incl. erratum: 4254(5): 599-600] doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4216.3.4

Smith, H. M., Harvey, M. S., Agnarsson, I. & Anderson, G. J. (2017). Notes on the ant-mimic genus Anatea Berland (Araneae: Theridiidae) and two new species from tropical Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 69(1): 1-13. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1672

Solanki, R., Siliwal, M. & Kumar, D. (2017). First record of Pandava laminata (Thorell, 1878) (Araneae: Titanoecidae) from India. European Journal of Zoological Research 5(1): 23-27.

Szűts, T., Zalai, B., Villepoux, O., Buchholz, S., Eichardt, J., Zhukovets, E., Oger, P. & Szinetár, C. (2017). On the identity of the Palearctic species of the wolf spider genus Trebacosa (Araneae: Lycosidae). Zootaxa 4216(4): 384-394. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4216.4.6

Talwar, S. S., Majagi, S. H., Vijaykumar, K., Bodkhe, A. K. & Kamble, S. S. (2017). First record of genus Cyrba Simon, 1876 from India (Araneae: Salticidae). Serket 15(3): 138-142.

Tanasevitch, A. V. (2017a). New species and new records of linyphiid spiders from the Indo-Malayan Region (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Zootaxa 4227(3): 325-346. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4227.3.2

Tanasevitch, A. V. (2017b). New genera and new species of the family Linyphiidae from Borneo, Sumatra and Java (Arachnida, Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 124(1): 141-155. doi:10.5281/zenodo.322672

Tanasevitch, A. V. (2017c). A new Dactylopisthes Simon, 1884 from the Caucasus (Aranei: Linyphiidae). Arthropoda Selecta 26(1): 63-65.

Tanasevitch, A. V. (2017d). A new Palliduphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996 from the Elburz Mountains, Iran (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Zoology in the Middle East 63(2): 172-175. doi:10.1080/09397140.2017.1320840

Tanasevitch, A. V. (2017e). Spiders (Aranei) of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago and the Vaygach Island, Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 26(2): 145-153.

Valdez-Mondragón, A. (2017). On the poorly known haplogynae spiders of the genus Ochyrocera Simon (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) from Mexico: description of two new species with an updated identification key for Mexican species. Zootaxa 4226(2): 194-204. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4226.2.2

Wesolowska, W. (2017). Description of the male of Icius grassei (Araneae: Salticidae). Arachnology 17(5): 253-257. doi:10.13156/arac.2017.17.5.253

Wiśniewski, K. & Wesolowska, W. (2017). Rare spider species (Araneae) from the Giant Mountains and the Izera Mountains – new records for the fauna of Poland. Fragmenta Faunistica, Warsaw 59(2): 115-120. [published in March 2017, for 2016] doi:10.3161/00159301FF2016.59.2.115

Wu, Z. S., Yuan, L. & Zhang, Z. S. (2017). The first description of the male Synagelides yunnan from China (Araneae: Salticidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 26(1): 27-29. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2017.01.006

Wunderlich, J. (2017a). A new Thanatus C. L. Koch (Araneae: Philodromidae) from Africa (Nigeria). Beiträge zur Araneologie 10: 7-9, 333.

Wunderlich, J. (2017b). Descriptions, notes and synonyms of some mainly Mediterranean and Macaronesian spiders (Araneae) of various families. Beiträge zur Araneologie 10: 298-326, 354.

Wunderlich, J. (2017c). A new extant spider genus from Myanmar (Burma) (Araneae: Dictynidae: Dictyninae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 10: 327-330, 354.

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