Italian Spiders

A hard season of fieldwork prevented us to post the official start of the #CRYPTERS project! Sampling is on the way to reveal cryptic diversity in Vesubia jugorum, one of our favourite spiders! @TETTRIsEU #NameItToSaveIt

@KnowableMag mentions a work from our group in an article about aquatic spiders nicely written by @amberldance Thank you Amber for involving us! knowablemagazine.org/content/articl…

Now out #OA in @GEB_macro, the central paper of the @MSCActions CAWEB: doi.org/10.1111/geb.13… We demonstrate the role of traits in driving community assembly and model continental-wide functional diversity patterns of European cave #spiders. Co-led with @GracoRoza /w ...

Our global review on the impact of tourism in showcaves is available OA on Cell Reports Sustainability! authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S29…

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Our recent discovery of a new species of subterranean species in the Prealps of Bergamo featuring in @Scintilena scintilena.com/una-nuova-spec…

A new subterranean species discovered in the Natural Park of Alpi Marittime @Parco_Europeo featuring in the Newsletter of the Park areeprotettealpimarittime.it/news/3038/scop…

Two new new species for the Italian spiders! Just published OA on Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny arthropod-systematics.arphahub.com/article/106948/

Project funded! Our beloved spider Vesubia jugorum is the main focus of CRYPTERS, funded in the frame of @tetRRIS_project in collaboration with @mercantour @Parco_Europeo @AMarittime areeprotettealpimarittime.it/news/3113/al-v…

New #OA study in @npjbiodiversity by @biodiv_DarCo's consortium (@BiodiversaPlus): rdcu.be/dv7hw We discuss perspectives and pitfalls in preserving subterranean biodiversity through protected areas! A great team effort including @davidsannnn @batgirlhof ...

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New #OA paper in @GlobalChangeBio involving multiple members of @BiodiversaPlus DarCo: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gc… We show that >50% of the land surface ecosystems have a high interaction with groundwater, and discuss broad conservation implications! Led by @MattiSacco /w ...

A call for more nature emojis! Ecologists show that emoji biodiversity is lacking, and petition for better representation of the natural world.🦜 🐜 🍄 Read more in @iScience_CP: cell.com/iscience/fullt… @stefanomammola1 @f_ficetola & @LaStatale Mattia Falaschi

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Check it out! The website of the 26th International Conference of Subterranean Biology (joint with the 6th International Symposium on Anchialine Ecosystems) is online: abcdarkworld.com/icsb-conferenc… BONUS: It includes a workshop by Project DarCo on subterranean conservation! 🕷️🦠🐜🦇🪱

Find out about spider sensitivity to lambda-cyhalothrin in our last featured paper with Tomàs Duque and Martin Entling from Kaiserslautern-Landau University onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Two new species of cave dwelling spiders join the Italian fauna, today! Download the article OA here: arthropod-systematics.arphahub.com/article/106948…