Works on Silk-based biomaterials and applications
Published research works tagged with the topic “Silk-based biomaterials and applications”.
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Huntsman spiders of the genus Sinopoda (Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae) from the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Pre…
Spiders of the genus Sinopoda Jäger, 1999 from Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China are studied. A total of four species are reported and illustrated o…
A new species of the genus Calommata Lucas, 1837, with first description of the male of Calommata hangzhica Li & Xu, 20…
A new spider species of the genus Calommata Lucas, 1837 is described from China: C. yueluensis sp. nov. (♂♀). The male of C. hangzhica Li & Xu, 2022 is described for the first tim…
Expanding the horizon: Discovery of two new spider species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcida…
The spiders of the Pholcus phungiformes species group are primarily distributed across five mountain ranges in East Asia: the Lüliang Mountains and the Yanshan-Taihang Mountains i…
Re-delimitation of the genus Emertonella (Araneae, Theridiidae, Hadrotarsinae) and taxonomic notes on Euryopis and Phyc…
Hadrotarsinae Thorell, 1881 is a subfamily of cobweb spiders (Theridiidae) distributed worldwide and generally regarded as specialized ant predators. The taxonomy of Hadrotarsinae…
Five new species of the trapdoor spider genus Latouchia Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Halonoproctidae) from China
Five new species of the trapdoor spider genus Latouchia Pocock, 1901 are described from southern China based on both morphological and molecular evidence: L. jihe sp. nov. (♂♀), L…
Shuqiangius gen. nov., a new genus of Oxyopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from China
A new genus Shuqiangius Wang, Marusik & Yao, gen. nov. is described. It comprises the type species Shuqiangius rarobulbus (Lo, Cheng & Lin, 2024), comb. nov. (♂; Taiwan, China) an…
Chicosa gen. nov. (Araneae, Lycosidae), a new genus of wolf spiders from East Asia
The new genus Chicosa gen. nov. (type species: Alopecosa cinnameopilosa (Schenkel, 1963) is described and the new combination Chicosa cinnameopilosa (Schenkel, 1963), comb. nov. i…
First description of the male of Meotipa vittiforma (Araneae, Theridiidae), with a discussion of its palpal morphology
The genus Meotipa Simon, 1895 contains 33 extant species, 18 of which are known from China. However, no detalied morphological study of the expanded male palp in this genus has be…
Morphological and molecular data reveal a new spider species of the little-known Pholcus nagasakiensis species group (A…
The Pholcus nagasakiensis species group is a relatively small group, comprising only five species. Of these, four species inhabit Kyushu Island in mainland Japan, the Ryukyu Archi…
A revalidation and redescription of the orb-web spider Araniella tbilisiensis (Mcheidze 1997) (Araneae: Araneidae)
Based on the female lectotype from the D.E. Kharitonov’s collection, we provide a re-evaluation and redescription of an orb-web spider Araniella tbilisiensis (Mcheidze, 1997). Fol…
On the discovery of a new polymorphic Happy-Face Spider (Araneae, Theridiidae) from the Western Himalayas, India, with …
A new species of Theridion is reported here from Uttarakhand, India which resembles and exhibits polymorphism like the Happy-face spiders reported from the Hawaiian Islands, Theri…
Comparative study of spinning field development in two species of araneophagic spiders (Araneae, Mimetidae, Australomim…
External studies of spider spinning fields allow us to make inferences about internal silk gland biology, including what happens to silk glands when the spider molts. Such studies…
Characterisation of a skin secretion with adhesive properties in the ground frog Eupsophus vertebralis (Alsodidae)
Some skin secretions with adhesive properties allow frogs to distract predators and escape; their nature is poorly studied. Here, we report the sticky skin secretion released by t…
First description of the male of Cyclocosmia ricketti (Araneae, Halonoproctidae) from China
The genus Cyclocosmia Ausserer, 1871 of the spider family Halonoproctidae Pocock, 1901 includes ten known species from North America and Asia. Since Cyclocosmia ricketti was descr…