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VOLUME 37 2009 NUMBER 1

(ISSN 0161-8202)

Journal of ARACHNOLOGY

PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ARACHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY

CONTENTSJournal of Arachnology

Volume 37 Featured Articles Number 1

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First record of the trapdoor spider genus Conothele (Araneae, Ctenizidae) from India, with a description of two new species by Manju Siliwal, Manoj V. Nair, Sanjay Molur & Robert Raven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

ISSR (Inter Simple Sequence Repeats) as molecular markers to study genetic diversity in tarantulas(Araneae, Mygalomorphae) by Salima Machkour-M’Rabet, Yann Hénaut, Ariane Dor, Gabriela Pérez-Lachaud, Céline Pélissier, Charles Gers & Luc Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

On the Mediterranean species of Trachelinae (Araneae, Corinnidae) with a revision of Trachelas L. Koch 1872on the Iberian Peninsula by Jan Bosselaers, Carmen Urones, José Antonio Barrientos & Juan M. Alberdi . . . 15

A new micro-whip scorpion species from Brazilian Amazonia (Arachnida, Schizomida, Hubbardiidae), with thedescription of a new synapomorphy for Uropygi by Adalberto J. Santos & Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha . . . . . . . . . 39

Revised diagnosis and redescription of Apistobuthus susanae (Scorpiones, Buthidae) by Shahrokh Navidpour &Graeme Lowe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

On the endemic Sri Lankan genus Pettalus (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Pettalidae) with a description of a new species and a discussion of its diversity by Prashant Sharma, Indika Karunarathna & Gonzalo Giribet . . . . . 60

Characterization of the green iridescence on the chelicerae of the tube web spider, Segestria florentina(Rossi 1790) (Araneae, Segestriidae) by A.L. Ingram, A.D. Ball, A.R. Parker, O. Deparis, J. Boulenguez & S. Berthier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Post-reproductive changes in female crab spiders (Misumena vatia) exposed to a rich prey source by Douglass H. Morse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Unusual organization of scent glands in Trogulus tricarinatus (Opiliones, Trogulidae): evidence for a non-defensive role by Miriam Schaider & Guenther Raspotnig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

The costs of moving for a diurnally cryptic araneid spider by Helen M. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Spiderling emergence in the tarantula Grammostola mollicoma (Ausserer 1875): an experimental approach (Araneae,

Theraphosidae) by Alejandra Panzera, Cintya Perdomo & Fernando Pérez-Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Dragline deposition patterns among male and female Hogna helluo (Araneae, Lycosidae) in the presence of chemical

cues from prey by Rebecca L. Holler & Matthew H. Persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Short CommunicationsNotes on two problematic eastern Asian species of the spider genus Oecobius (Araneae, Oecobiidae, Linyphiidae)

by Adalberto J. Santos, Marcelo O. Gonzaga & Gustavo Hormiga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Males of Gambaquezonia itimana (Araneae, Salticidae), with notes on females by G.B. Edwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Widespread infections by the bacterial endosymbiont Cardinium in arachnids by Oliver Y. Martin &

Sara L. Goodacre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106Prey capture by the whip spider Phrynus marginemaculatus C.L. Koch by Roger D. Santer & Eileen A. Hebets . . . . 109Feeding behavior of trunk-living jumping spiders (Salticidae) in a coastal primary forest in The Gambia

by David Penney & Ray Gabriel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113First record of an onychophoran (Onychophora, Peripatidae) feeding on a theraphosid spider (Araneae,

Theraphosidae) by Sidclay C. Dias & Nancy F. Lo-Man-Hung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Prey and predatory behavior of two zodariid species (Araneae, Zodariidae) by Stano Pekár & Yael Lubin . . . . . . . . . 118Retreats of orb web spiders (Araneae, Araneidae) as hibernation sites for terrestrial arthropods by Anja Levold & Oliver-D. Finch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Reviewers of Manuscripts2007 & 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124