List of works - Matjaž Kuntner

A GIS model predicting potential distributions of a lineage: a test case on hermit spiders (Nephilidae: Nephilengys).

scientific article

A genus-level taxonomic review of primitively segmented spiders (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae) ⬇️

scientific article published in 2015

A glimpse into the sexual biology of the “zygiellid” spider genusLeviellus

scientific article published in 2013

A molecular phylogeny of bark spiders reveals new species from Africa and Madagascar (Araneae: Araneidae:Caerostris)

article

A molecular phylogeny of nephilid spiders: evolutionary history of a model lineage

scientific article

A multi-clade test supports the intermediate dispersal model of biogeography

scientific article published on 21 January 2014

A new species of Stenasellus Dollfus, 1897 from Iran, with a key to the western Asian species (Crustacea, Isopoda, Stenasellidae).

scientific article published on 13 June 2018

A revision of Herennia (Araneae:Nephilidae:Nephilinae), the Australasian 'coin spiders'

Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist

scientific article

Biogeography and Speciation Patterns of the Golden Orb Spider GenusNephila(Araneae: Nephilidae) in Asia ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Biogeography and diversification of hermit spiders on Indian Ocean islands (Nephilidae: Nephilengys) ⬇️

scientific article published on February 21, 2011

Biogeography of Long-Jawed Spiders Reveals Multiple Colonization of the Caribbean

scientific article published in 2021

Biogeography of the Caribbean Cyrtognatha spiders

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Biomaterial evolution parallels behavioral innovation in the origin of orb-like spider webs ⬇️

scientific article published on November 12, 2012

Caribbean golden orbweaving spiders maintain gene flow with North America

scientific article published on 20 January 2020

Coevolution of female and male genital components to avoid genital size mismatches in sexually dimorphic spiders

scientific article

Corrigendum: Targeting a portion of central European spider diversity for permanent preservation

scientific article published on 21 January 2015

Cross-sex genetic correlation does not extend to sexual size dimorphism in spiders

scientific article published on 5 December 2017

DNA barcode data accurately assign higher spider taxa

scientific article

DNA barcoding gap: reliable species identification over morphological and geographical scales

scientific article published on 6 August 2014

Darwin's bark spider: giant prey in giant orb webs (Caerostris darwini, Araneae: Araneidae)?

scholarly article by Matjaž Gregorič et al published August 2011 in Journal of Arachnology

Development and growth in synanthropic species: plasticity and constraints

scientific article published on 5 June 2014

Discovery of the largest orbweaving spider species: the evolution of gigantism in Nephila

scientific article

Ecology and web allometry of Clitaetra irenae, an arboricolous African orb-weaving spider (Araneae, Araneoidea, Nephilidae)

scientific article published in 2008

Environmental DNA in subterranean biology: range extension and taxonomic implications for Proteus

scientific article published on 27 March 2017

Eunuchs as better fighters? ⬇️

scientific article published on December 14, 2011

Extant primitively segmented spiders have recently diversified from an ancient lineage

scientific article

First insights into the origin of Iranian cave beetle diversity with description of two new species of the genus Duvalius (Carabidae) ⬇️

scientific article published in October 2021

Four new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Qiongthela from Hainan island, China (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae)

scientific article published on 6 November 2017

From Gondwana to GAARlandia: Evolutionary history and biogeography of ogre-faced spiders (Deinopis )

scholarly article by Lisa Chamberland et al published 25 September 2018 in Journal of Biogeography

Golden Orbweavers Ignore Biological Rules: Phylogenomic and Comparative Analyses Unravel a Complex Evolution of Sexual Size Dimorphism.

scientific article published in July 2019

How Did the Spider Cross the River? Behavioral Adaptations for River-Bridging Webs in Caerostris darwini (Araneae: Araneidae) ⬇️

scientific article published on October 26, 2011

Huntsmen of the Caribbean: Multiple tests of the GAARlandia hypothesis ⬇️

article

Improving Taxonomic Practices and Enhancing Its Extensibility—An Example from Araneology

scientific article published on 23 December 2021

Increasing Information Content and Diagnosability in Family-Level Classifications

scientific article published in 2023

Madagascar: an unexpected hotspot of social Anelosimus spider diversity (Araneae: Theridiidae)

scholarly article by Ingi Agnarsson & Matjaž Kuntner published 1 April 2005 in Systematic Entomology

Mating Plugs in Polyandrous Giants: Which Sex Produces Them, When, How and Why? ⬇️

scientific article published on July 19, 2012

NEPHILA HIRTA, A NEW SYNONYM OF EUSTALA FUSCOVITTATA (ARANEAE, ARANEIDAE)

scholarly article by Matjaž Kuntner & Herbert W. Levi published August 2006 in Journal of Arachnology

Nephila female gigantism attained through post-maturity molting

article by Matjaž Kuntner et al published November 2012 in Journal of Arachnology

Niche partitioning in orbweaving spiders Meta menardi and Metellina merianae (Tetragnathidae)

article published in 2010

Orb web features as taxonomic characters in Zygiella s.l. (Araneae: Araneidae)

article

Phylogeny predicts future habitat shifts due to climate change

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Phylogeny suggests nondirectional and isometric evolution of sexual size dimorphism in argiopine spiders

scientific article published on 17 September 2014

Phylogeography of a good Caribbean disperser: Argiope argentata (Araneae, Araneidae) and a new 'cryptic' species from Cuba

scientific article (publication date: 19 October 2016)

Phylogeography of a successful aerial disperser: the golden orb spider Nephila on Indian Ocean islands ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 9 May 2011)

Rapid dissemination of taxonomic discoveries based on DNA barcoding and morphology

scientific article (publication date: 19 December 2016)

Rapid genetic and ecological differentiation during the northern range expansion of the venomous yellow sac spider Cheiracanthium punctorium in Europe

scientific article published on 17 August 2016

SYSTEMATICS OF THE AFRO-MACARONESIAN SPIDER GENUS SANCUS (ARANEAE, TETRAGNATHIDAE)

scholarly article by Matjaž Kuntner & Fernando Alvarez-Padilla published August 2006 in Journal of Arachnology

Small size does not confer male agility advantages in a sexually-size dimorphic spider.

scientific article published on 15 May 2019

Spider webs as eDNA samplers: Biodiversity assessment across the tree of life

scientific article published in 2022

Streamlining DNA barcoding protocols: automated DNA extraction and a new cox1 primer in arachnid systematics

scientific article

Systematics of the Madagascar Anelosimus spiders: remarkable local richness and endemism, and dual colonization from the Americas

scientific article

THE PLACEMENT OF PERILLA (ARANEAE, ARANEIDAE) WITH COMMENTS ON ARANEID PHYLOGENY

scholarly article by Matjaž Kuntner published August 2002 in Journal of Arachnology

Targeting a portion of central European spider diversity for permanent preservation

scientific article

The Form and Function of Spider Orb Webs

The Nephila clavipes genome highlights the diversity of spider silk genes and their complex expression

scientific article

The eunuch phenomenon: adaptive evolution of genital emasculation in sexually dimorphic spiders

scientific article

The evolution of genital complexity and mating rates in sexually size dimorphic spiders

scientific article

The first record of a stygobiotic form of Garra rufa (Heckel, 1843), sympatric with Garra tashanensis Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Fatemi &amp; Eagderi, 2016 (Teleostei, Cyprinidae), in Iranian subterranean waters

scientific article published on 17 October 2023

The transcriptome of Darwin's bark spider silk glands predicts proteins contributing to dragline silk toughness

scientific article published on 25 July 2019

Web gigantism in Darwin's bark spider, a new species from Madagascar (Araneidae: Caerostris)

scientific article published in August 2010

List of works by Matjaž Kuntner

A GIS model predicting potential distributions of a lineage: a test case on hermit spiders (Nephilidae: Nephilengys).

A genus-level taxonomic review of primitively segmented spiders (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae) ⬇️

A glimpse into the sexual biology of the “zygiellid” spider genusLeviellus

A molecular phylogeny of bark spiders reveals new species from Africa and Madagascar (Araneae: Araneidae:Caerostris)

A molecular phylogeny of nephilid spiders: evolutionary history of a model lineage

A multi-clade test supports the intermediate dispersal model of biogeography

A new species of Stenasellus Dollfus, 1897 from Iran, with a key to the western Asian species (Crustacea, Isopoda, Stenasellidae).

A revision of Herennia (Araneae:Nephilidae:Nephilinae), the Australasian 'coin spiders'

Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist

Biogeography and Speciation Patterns of the Golden Orb Spider GenusNephila(Araneae: Nephilidae) in Asia ⬇️

Biogeography and diversification of hermit spiders on Indian Ocean islands (Nephilidae: Nephilengys) ⬇️

Biogeography of Long-Jawed Spiders Reveals Multiple Colonization of the Caribbean

Biogeography of the Caribbean Cyrtognatha spiders

Biomaterial evolution parallels behavioral innovation in the origin of orb-like spider webs ⬇️

Caribbean golden orbweaving spiders maintain gene flow with North America

Coevolution of female and male genital components to avoid genital size mismatches in sexually dimorphic spiders

Corrigendum: Targeting a portion of central European spider diversity for permanent preservation

Cross-sex genetic correlation does not extend to sexual size dimorphism in spiders

DNA barcode data accurately assign higher spider taxa

DNA barcoding gap: reliable species identification over morphological and geographical scales

Darwin's bark spider: giant prey in giant orb webs (Caerostris darwini, Araneae: Araneidae)?

Development and growth in synanthropic species: plasticity and constraints

Discovery of the largest orbweaving spider species: the evolution of gigantism in Nephila

Ecology and web allometry of Clitaetra irenae, an arboricolous African orb-weaving spider (Araneae, Araneoidea, Nephilidae)

Environmental DNA in subterranean biology: range extension and taxonomic implications for Proteus

Eunuchs as better fighters? ⬇️

Extant primitively segmented spiders have recently diversified from an ancient lineage

First insights into the origin of Iranian cave beetle diversity with description of two new species of the genus Duvalius (Carabidae) ⬇️

Four new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Qiongthela from Hainan island, China (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae)

From Gondwana to GAARlandia: Evolutionary history and biogeography of ogre-faced spiders (Deinopis )

Golden Orbweavers Ignore Biological Rules: Phylogenomic and Comparative Analyses Unravel a Complex Evolution of Sexual Size Dimorphism.

How Did the Spider Cross the River? Behavioral Adaptations for River-Bridging Webs in Caerostris darwini (Araneae: Araneidae) ⬇️

Huntsmen of the Caribbean: Multiple tests of the GAARlandia hypothesis ⬇️

Improving Taxonomic Practices and Enhancing Its Extensibility—An Example from Araneology

Increasing Information Content and Diagnosability in Family-Level Classifications

Madagascar: an unexpected hotspot of social Anelosimus spider diversity (Araneae: Theridiidae)

Mating Plugs in Polyandrous Giants: Which Sex Produces Them, When, How and Why? ⬇️

NEPHILA HIRTA, A NEW SYNONYM OF EUSTALA FUSCOVITTATA (ARANEAE, ARANEIDAE)

Nephila female gigantism attained through post-maturity molting

Niche partitioning in orbweaving spiders Meta menardi and Metellina merianae (Tetragnathidae)

Orb web features as taxonomic characters in Zygiella s.l. (Araneae: Araneidae)

Phylogeny predicts future habitat shifts due to climate change

Phylogeny suggests nondirectional and isometric evolution of sexual size dimorphism in argiopine spiders

Phylogeography of a good Caribbean disperser: Argiope argentata (Araneae, Araneidae) and a new 'cryptic' species from Cuba

Phylogeography of a successful aerial disperser: the golden orb spider Nephila on Indian Ocean islands ⬇️

Rapid dissemination of taxonomic discoveries based on DNA barcoding and morphology

Rapid genetic and ecological differentiation during the northern range expansion of the venomous yellow sac spider Cheiracanthium punctorium in Europe

SYSTEMATICS OF THE AFRO-MACARONESIAN SPIDER GENUS SANCUS (ARANEAE, TETRAGNATHIDAE)

Small size does not confer male agility advantages in a sexually-size dimorphic spider.

Spider webs as eDNA samplers: Biodiversity assessment across the tree of life

Streamlining DNA barcoding protocols: automated DNA extraction and a new cox1 primer in arachnid systematics

Systematics of the Madagascar Anelosimus spiders: remarkable local richness and endemism, and dual colonization from the Americas

THE PLACEMENT OF PERILLA (ARANEAE, ARANEIDAE) WITH COMMENTS ON ARANEID PHYLOGENY

Targeting a portion of central European spider diversity for permanent preservation

The Form and Function of Spider Orb Webs

The Nephila clavipes genome highlights the diversity of spider silk genes and their complex expression

The eunuch phenomenon: adaptive evolution of genital emasculation in sexually dimorphic spiders

The evolution of genital complexity and mating rates in sexually size dimorphic spiders

The first record of a stygobiotic form of Garra rufa (Heckel, 1843), sympatric with Garra tashanensis Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Fatemi &amp;amp; Eagderi, 2016 (Teleostei, Cyprinidae), in Iranian subterranean waters

The transcriptome of Darwin's bark spider silk glands predicts proteins contributing to dragline silk toughness

Web gigantism in Darwin's bark spider, a new species from Madagascar (Araneidae: Caerostris)

﻿A new obligate groundwater species of Asellus (Isopoda, Asellidae) from Iran ⬇️

The first record of a stygobiotic form of Garra rufa (Heckel, 1843), sympatric with Garra tashanensis Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Fatemi & Eagderi, 2016 (Teleostei, Cyprinidae), in Iranian subterranean waters

A new obligate groundwater species of Asellus (Isopoda, Asellidae) from Iran ⬇️