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Wanda Wesołowska
Wanda Wesołowska (born 11 August 1950) is a Polish zoologist known for her work with jumping spiders. She has described more species of jumping spider than any contemporary writer, and is second only to Eugène Simon in the history of arachnology. Originally a student of ornithology, she developed an interest in jumping spiders while still a student at the Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities in the 1970s. She subsequently undertook study into the genus ''Heliophanus'' at the University of Wroclaw. Her subsequent doctoral thesis described 44 new species, and joined the staff at the university. She stayed until retiring in 2020. Her research included the taxonomy and zoogeography of jumping spiders, and has included extensive work on African genera like ''Menemerus'' and ''Pachyballus''. She has identified over 500 species, including half of all those from South Africa, as well as having more than 20 named after her. Early life Wanda Wesołowska (née Nowysz) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Włocławek
Włocławek (Polish pronunciation: ; german: Leslau) is a city located in central Poland along the Vistula (Wisła) River and is bordered by the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park. As of December 2021, the population of the city is 106,928. Located in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, it was the capital of Włocławek Voivodeship until 1999. The city is located in the historical region of Kuyavia and is the region's third largest city after Bydgoszcz and Toruń. History Włocławek's history dates back to the late Bronze Age – early Iron Age (1300 BCE – 500 BCE). Archaeological excavations conducted on the current city site uncovered the remains of a settlement belonging to the Lusatian culture, as well as evidence of a settlement of early Pomeranian culture which had been established. Traces of additional settlements dating to the Roman period and the early Middle Ages have also been excavated in the area. Middle Ages Precise dating of the city's founding has proven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phintella Pygmaea
''Phintella pygmaea'' is an endemic species of jumping spider in the genus '' Phintella'' that lives in China. It was first described in 1981 by Wanda Wesołowska from a holotype discovered in Guangdong. Only the female has been identified. The spider is small, with a brown cephalothorax and yellow abdomen. It has distinctive half-crescent markings on the cephalothorax and a ridge marked by two depressions on the small epigyne. Taxonomy ''Euophrys pygmaea'' is a species of jumping spider that was first described in 1981 by Wanda Wesołowska. It was one of over 500 species identified by the Polish arahcnologist during her career. The species name is derived from the Latin word for dwarf. The genus, '' Euophrys'' was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1834. The name derives from two Greek words, meaning good and eyelids. In 2000, the species was moved to the genus ''Phintella'' by Dmitri V. Logunov and Yu M. Marusik based the appearance of the female holotype. This genus had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atomosphyrus Wandae
''Atomosphyrus wandae'' is a species of jumping spider in the genus '' Atomosphyrus'' that lives in Brazil. The spider was first described in 2020 by Abel Bustamante and Gustavo Ruiz. Only the male has been identified. It is a small spider with an orange carapace iong and a cream-colored abdomen long. The carapace has a pattern of stripes and the abdomen has a pattern of spots. It can be distinguished from other spiders in the genus, particularly the similar '' Atomosphyrus breyeri'', by the length of the embolus and its triangular retrolateral tibial apophysis. Taxonomy ''Atomosphyrus wandae'' was first described by Abel Bustamante and Gustavo Ruiz in 2020. The species was named after the Polish arachnologist Wanda Wesołowska. It was placed in the genus '' Atomosphyrus'', first described by Eugène Simon in 1902. It was placed in the tribe Thiodinini in the clade Amycoida by Wayne Maddison in 2015 on the basis of its ant-like body. In 2017, the genus was grouped with 30 othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wesolowskana
''Wesolowskana'' is a spider genus of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Both described species are endemic to the Cape Verde Islands. The genus should possibly be included in the genus ''Pseudicius''. It was originally named ''Luxuria'' when it was first described by Wanda Wesołowska in 1989. It was renamed in 2008 because ''Luxuria'' was already in use for a genus of molluscs Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil sp .... This genus was named in honour of Wanda Wesołowska. References External links Diagnostic drawings of ''W. lymphatica'' Salticidae Endemic fauna of Cape Verde Salticidae genera Spiders of Africa {{Salticidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wandawe
''Wandawe'' is a genus of sub-Saharan African jumping spiders first described by G. N. Azarkina and C. R. Haddad in 2020, including one species moved from '' Colaxes'' and two newly described species. The name pays tribute to Polish zoologist Wanda Wesołowska, a major contributor jumping spider research. it contains only three species: '' W. australis'', '' W. benjamini'', and '' W. tigrina''. See also * '' Colaxes'' * List of Salticidae genera The genera of the family Salticidae listed here are those that are extant and accepted by the World Spider Catalog . Assignment to subfamilies and clades is based on Maddison (2015), except where otherwise shown. Unless sources indicate otherwise, ... References Further reading * Salticidae genera Spiders of Africa {{Salticidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Society Of Arachnology
The International Society of Arachnology (ISA) promotes the study of arachnids and the exchange of information among researchers in this field. It acts as an umbrella organisation for regional societies and individuals interested in spiders, and related animals, and organises an ''International Congress'' every three years. History Conception The idea of arachnologists coming together for scientific meetings stems from the German zoologist Hermann Wiehle in 1959 . He encouraged Wolfgang Crome (Berlin) and Ernst Kullmann (Bonn) in this matter and a subsequent meeting of the German Zoological Society in Bonn in 1960 was used as a platform for the first arachnological meeting; with about 20 (mostly German) scientists in attendance. A second meeting, again associated with the German Zoological Society, followed in Saarbrücken in 1961 organised by Otto Kraus, and attracted additional international participation. The third meeting, again organised by Otto Kraus, was held in Frankfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ant Mimicry
Ant mimicry or myrmecomorphy is mimicry of ants by other organisms. Ants are abundant all over the world, and potential predators that rely on vision to identify their prey, such as birds and wasps, normally avoid them, because they are either unpalatable or aggressive. Spiders are the most common ant mimics. Additionally, some arthropods mimic ants to escape predation (protective mimicry), while others mimic ants anatomically and behaviourally to hunt ants in aggressive mimicry. Ant mimicry has existed almost as long as ants themselves; the earliest ant mimics in the fossil record appear in the mid Cretaceous alongside the earliest ants. Indeed one of the earliest, ''Burmomyrma'', was initially classified as an ant. In Wasmannian mimicry, mimic and model live commensally together; in the case of ants, the model is an inquiline in the ants' nest. Wasmannian mimics may also be Batesian or aggressive mimics. To simulate ants' powerful defences, mimics may imitate ants chemically w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peplometus
''Peplometus'' is a genus of African jumping spiders Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spi ... that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900. it contains only two species, found only in Africa: '' P. biscutellatus'' and '' P. chlorophthalmus''. References Salticidae genera Salticidae Spiders of Africa {{Jumping-spider-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pochytoides
''Pochytoides'' is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by Wanda Wesołowska in 2020. Taxonomy The group was first described by Berland and Millot in 1941 as a subgenus of the genus '' Pochyta''. It was elevated to a full genus by Wanda Wesołowska in 2018. However, neither name was valid as no type species had been given. Wesołowska corrected this in 2020, designating '' Pochyta poissoni''. Like ''Pochyta'', ''Pochytoides'' is placed in the tribe Aelurillini in the Salticoida clade of the subfamily Salticinae Salticinae is a subfamily of jumping spiders (family Salticidae). It includes over 90% of the known species of jumping spiders. The subfamily is divided into two unranked clades: Amycoida and Salticoida. Description Members of the subfamily Sa .... Species the genus contained eleven species. All species are known from Guinea and/or Ivory Coast: *'' Pochytoides lamottei'' (Wesołowska, 2018) *'' Pochytoides mirabilis'' Wesołowska & Russell-Sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexcala
''Mexcala'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1902. The name is probably derived from the Nahuatl ''mezcal''. Species it contains twenty-one species, found only in Africa, Yemen, and Iran: *'' Mexcala agilis'' Lawrence, 1928 – Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Namibia *'' Mexcala angolensis'' Wesolowska, 2009 – Angola *'' Mexcala caerulea'' (Simon, 1901) – West Africa *'' Mexcala elegans'' Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – Ivory Coast, Malawi, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa *'' Mexcala farsensis'' Logunov, 2001 – Iran *'' Mexcala fizi'' Wesolowska, 2009 – Congo, Tanzania *'' Mexcala formosa'' Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia *'' Mexcala kabondo'' Wesolowska, 2009 – Congo, Malawi, Tanzania *'' Mexcala macilenta'' Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Ethiopia, Tanzania *'' Mexcala meridiana'' Wesolowska, 2009 – South Africa *'' Mexcala monstrata'' Wesolowska & van Harten, 1994 – Egypt, Yemen *'' M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Habilitation
Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a dissertation. The degree, abbreviated "Dr. habil." (Doctor habilitatus) or "PD" (for "Privatdozent"), is a qualification for professorship in those countries. The conferral is usually accompanied by a lecture to a colloquium as well as a public inaugural lecture. History and etymology The term ''habilitation'' is derived from the Medieval Latin , meaning "to make suitable, to fit", from Classical Latin "fit, proper, skillful". The degree developed in Germany in the seventeenth century (). Initially, habilitation was synonymous with "doctoral qualification". The term became synonymous with "post-doctoral qualification" in Germany in the 19th century "when holding a doctorate seemed no longer sufficient to guarantee a proficient transfer o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
