Journal of Arachnology

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Arachnology is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Light attraction hypothesis in Arachnids: a new test in neotropical forests21
Discovery of a new intertidal trapdoor spider of the genus Idioctis (Araneae: Barychelidae), with a generic range extension to Taiwan17
Postembryonic development in pseudoscorpions: allometry in Geogarypus italicus (Pseudoscorpiones: Geogarypidae)8
Ecology and behavior of the troglobitic harvestman Jimeneziella decui Avram, 1970 (Arachnida: Opiliones)8
A revision of the open-holed trapdoor spiders of the Teyl damsonoides-group (Mygalomorphae: Anamidae: Teylinae) from south-western Australia7
Together but not intertwined: differences in sexual behavior between two sympatric and synchronic spider species, including one new synonymy (Araneae: Tetragnathidae: Tetragnatha)7
New records of the not-so-rare males of the parthenogenetic scorpion Tityus stigmurus (Thorell, 1876) (Scorpiones: Buthidae)6
Aliens in the society: foreign arthropods and small vertebrates associated with the social spider Stegodyphus sarasinorum Karsch, 1892 (Araneae: Eresidae)6
An assessment of the mechanosensory responses of peg sensilla on scorpion pectines6
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS6
Aversive conditioning and memory in the harvester Mischonyx squalidus (Arachnida: Opiliones)6
Big, bad, and red: Giant velvet mite defenses and life strategies (Trombidiformes: Trombidiidae: Dinothrombium)6
Trophic specialization of a newly described spider ant symbiont, Myrmecicultor chihuahuensis (Araneae: Myrmecicultoridae)5
Metabolism in Micrathena gracilis, a stridulating orb-weaver (Araneae: Araneidae)5
Population fluctuations in Costa Rican golden silk orbweavers (Trichonephila clavipes)4
Mating and cannibalism dynamics of the fishing spider Dolomedes scriptus Hentz, 1845 (Araneae: Pisauridae)4
Spinneret spinning field ontogeny and life history observations in the spider Palpimanus uncatus Kulczyński, 1909 (Araneae: Palpimanidae)4
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS(revised March 2023)4
Sex-based defensive behavior influenced by threat level in the scorpion Tityus pusillus (Scorpiones: Buthidae)3
Erratum3
Pattern and frequency of web decorating by Argiope protensa L. Koch, 1872 (Araneae: Araneidae)3
Instructions to authors3
Some cryptic Korean karst creatures: revalidation of the pseudoscorpion genus Spelaeochthonius (Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudotyrannochthoniidae) and description of two new species from Korea3
Diversity of spider families parasitized by fungal pathogens: a global review3
Rainforest pelican spiders (Archaeidae: Austrarchaea) of south-eastern Queensland, Australia: two new species and a distributional reassessment of regional endemic clades3
Riding on ants: A new report of this interesting behavior in Attacobius spiders (Araneae: Corinnidae)2
A dimorphic species or underestimated diversity? Pseudocellus pelaezi (Coronado Gutiérrez) (Arachnida: Ricinulei: Ricinoididae) from northeastern Mexico assessed with morphological and barcoding data2
Natural history, phenology, population density, and injuries/regeneration of the vinegaroon (Uropygi: Thelyphonidae: Mastigoproctus tohono)2
Thermal tolerances of different life stages, sexes, and species of widow spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae)2
A road map of jumping spider behavior2
A pectinal tooth with peg sensilla from an Early Devonian scorpion2
The effect of microhabitat use on the foraging and diet of the striped bark scorpion, Centruroides vittatus (Buthidae: Scorpiones) in blackbrush habitat of south Texas2
Erratum: Morphology of the male reproductive tract of the harvestman Mischonyx cuspidatus (Roewer, 1913)2
Vinegaroons (Uropygi: Mastigoproctus tohono) in a multi-predator/multi-prey system: Prey, predators, and cannibalism2
Diet study of geckos reveals the first records of pseudoscorpions on Desertas Islands (Cabo Verde)2
Future climate may limit the spread of the Australian house spider Badumna longinqua (Araneae: Desidae) in South Africa2
Lustrochernes grossus (Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae) associated with decaying wood in riparian cloud forests2
A new species of Endangered giant trapdoor spider (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae: Euoplos) from the Brigalow Belt of inland Queensland, Australia2
Facultative iteroparity in a semelparous social spider, Stegodyphus dumicola (Araneae: Eresidae)2
Developmental asynchrony: A potential cost of extreme sexual size dimorphism in seasonal environments2
Aggression in a western Amazonian colonial spider, Philoponella republicana (Araneae: Uloboridae)2
Use of geometric morphometrics to distinguish trapdoor spider morphotypes (Mygalomorphae: Anamidae: Proshermacha): a useful tool for mygalomorph taxonomy2
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS(revised March 2023)2
Disentangling the roles of electric fields and wind in spider dispersal experiments1
Molecular and morphological species delimitation suggest a single species of the beetle-spider genus Ballus in Sri Lanka (Araneae: Salticidae)1
Report of the arboreal tarantula Iridopelma vanini (Araneae: Theraphosidae) feeding on the Southern house wren Troglodytes musculus (Aves: Troglodytidae) in Brazil1
The pseudoscorpion genus Centrochthonius (Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudotyrannochthoniidae) from central Asia and description of a new species from Nepal1
The effects of conspecific male density on the reproductive behavior of male Schizocosa retrorsa (Banks, 1911) wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae)1
Diverging cooperative prey capture strategies in convergently evolved social spiders1
An updated list of Opiliones introduced to USA and Canada: a community science project1
Silk gland morphology of the net casting spider Deinopis spinosa (Araneae: Deinopidae)1
Comparison of desiccation resistance in the litter-dwelling scorpion Tityus pusillus Pocock, 1893 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from dry and wet tropical forests1
Ctenus igatu sp. nov. (Araneae: Ctenidae): a new subterranean spider from Brazil with an analysis of troglomorphic traits1
Three new species of the giant vinegaroon genus Mastigoproctus (Thelyphonida: Thelyphonidae) from Mexico1
Foraging strategies, prey selection and size- and microhabitat-related diet variation in Buthus montanus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in an arid area of SE Spain1
What's for dinner? Prey consumption by Neotropical scorpions across contrasting environments1
Two new Nesticus Thorell, 1869 (Araneae: Nesticidae) from caves in northwest Georgia, USA1
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS(revised March 2023) All manuscripts are submitted online at http://www.editorialmanager.com/arachno1
Predation behavior as an indicator of jumping spider vision1
Females become adults about ten days earlier than males in a phalangiid harvestman Odiellus aspersus (Opiliones: Eupnoi: Phalangiidae)1
Observations of dispersal in the brown recluse spider, Loxosceles reclusa (Araneae: Sicariidae)1
Unveiled chromosomal diversity in the Araneidae (Araneomorphae): the highest diploid number among entelegynes and the first record of the X1X2X3X4 Sex Chromosome System in the family1
Erratum: Spiders feeding on vertebrates1
Vertebrate-eating jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) revisited: consumption of geckos and bird hatchlings1
Introducing the World Arachnida Catalog: the new research environment for (almost all) arachnid orders1
Spiders feeding on vertebrates is more common and widespread than previously thought, geographically and taxonomically1
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