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List of works by Christina J. Painting

A molecular phylogeny of the circum-Antarctic Opiliones family Neopilionidae

scholarly article published in 2021

Aggressive behaviour in the skyhoppers of the Australian Alps

scientific article published on 25 May 2022

An expert-curated global database of online newspaper articles on spiders and spider bites

scientific article published on 28 March 2022

Commentary: The ecological and evolutionary implications of allometry

scientific article published on 28 July 2022

Condition dependence of female-specific UV-induced fluorescence in a jumping spider

scientific article

Contests between male New Zealand sheet-web spiders, Cambridgea plagiata (Araneae: Desidae)

scientific article

Defining an intrasexual male weapon polymorphism in a New Zealand harvestman (Opiliones: Neopilionidae) using traditional and geometric morphometrics

scientific article

Diet, predators, and defensive behaviors of New Zealand harvestmen (Opiliones: Neopilionidae)

journal article from 'The Journal of Arachnology' published in 2021

Directional selection on body size but no apparent survival cost to being large in wild New Zealand giraffe weevils

scientific article published on 06 March 2019

Equivalent effect of UV coloration and vibratory signal on mating success in a jumping spider

scientific article

Exaggerated rostra as weapons and the competitive assessment strategy of male giraffe weevils

scientific article published in 2014

Exaggerated sexually selected weapons maintained with disproportionately low metabolic costs in a single species with extreme size variation

scientific article

Exaggerated trait allometry, compensation and trade-offs in the New Zealand giraffe weevil (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis)

scientific article

International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Ladies First: Coerced Mating in a Fiddler Crab

scientific article

Lichen moths do not benefit from ‘element imitation’ masquerade in the absence of a matching background

scientific article

Male density influences mate searching speed and copulation duration in millipedes (Polydesmida: Gigantowales chisholmi)

scientific article published in 2016

Male-biased sexual size dimorphism and sex ratio in the New Zealand Giraffe Weevil,Lasiorhynchus barbicornis(Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Brentidae)

article

Masquerading predators deceive prey by aggressively mimicking bird droppings in a crab spider

scholarly article by Long Yu et al published 24 July 2021 in Current Zoology

Multiple exaggerated weapon morphs: a novel form of male polymorphism in harvestmen

scientific article

Muscle mass drives cost in sexually selected arthropod weapons

scientific article published on 26 June 2019

Nectary feeding and guarding behavior by a tropical jumping spider

scientific article

No risk to scrambling? Mating tactic does not affect the frequency of leg autotomy in a New Zealand harvestman

scientific article

Observations on the ecology and behaviour of the New Zealand giraffe weevil (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis)

article

Phylogeography of the New Zealand giraffe weevil Lasiorhynchus barbicornis (Coleoptera: Brentidae): A comparison of biogeographic boundaries

article

Scramble Competition Polygyny in Terrestrial Arthropods

article

Sex and conflict in the New Zealand giraffe weevil (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis)

2014 doctoral thesis by Christina Painting at University of Auckland

Size and shape variation in the male dimorphic head weapons of an anthribid weevil (Hoherius meinertzhageni)

Social selection is density dependent but makes little contribution to total selection in New Zealand giraffe weevils

article published in 2021

Temporal variation in body size and weapon allometry in the New Zealand giraffe weevil

article

The World Spider Trait database: a centralized global open repository for curated data on spider traits

scientific article

The global spread of misinformation on spiders

scientific article published in August 2022

Weak evidence for personality and behavioural syndrome in <i>Teleogryllus commodus</i> crickets

scientific article published on 2 November 2022

Weapon allometry and phenotypic correlation in the New Zealand sheetweb spider Cambridgea plagiata

article

Weapon allometry varies with latitude in the New Zealand giraffe weevil

scientific article (publication date: 9 October 2014)