Pedro Castanheira

Associate Lecturer

Murdoch University

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Pedro Castanheira is an Associate Lecturer at Murdoch University in Australia. His research focuses on taxonomy and systematics within the Araneae order, with recent publications exploring various spider genera including Megaraneus, Carepalxis, and Alpaida. He has contributed to the identification of new species and the redescription of existing taxa, enhancing the understanding of spider biodiversity in regions such as Brazil and India.

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Taxonomy and systematics of the Australasian gum nut orb-weaving spider genus Carepalxis (Araneae, Araneidae)

Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Size Evolution in the Spider Genus Megaraneus Lawrence, 1968 (Araneae: Araneidae)

Ten new species of the orb-weaving spider genus Alpaida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 (Araneae: Araneidae) from southeast Brazil

The male of the orb-weaving spider Socca australis (Araneae, Araneidae) and new distribution records in the genus

A new species of Harmonicon F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896, from central-west Brazil and redescription of H. rufescens F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Dipluridae)

A new genus of lyrate curtain-web spiders (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae) from southeastern Brazil, with two new species and revalidation of a formerly described species

A new species of Linothele Karsch 1879 from Panama (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae)

A new species of the lyrate curtain-web spider genus Trechona C. L. Koch, 1850 from South Brazil and the hitherto unknown female of T. excursora (Araneae: Dipluridae)

Taxonomic notes and new records of Tetragnatha (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) in India, with the redescription of three species

Two new species in the spider genus Nanometa (Araneae: Tetragnathidae: Nanometinae) from Tasmania

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Dimitar Dimitrov

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