SURESH BENJAMIN

In press

  • A taxonomic revision and a phylogenetic hypothesis for the jumping spider subfamily Ballinae (Araneae, Salticidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
  • Nesticella marapu sp. n, a blind Nesticidae (Araneae) from Sumba, Indonesia. Revue suisse de Zoologie.

2004

  • Homology, behaviour and spider webs: Web construction behaviour of Linyphia hortensis and L. triangularis (Araneae Linyphiidae) and its evolutionary significance. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 17: 120-130. (First author with S. Zschokke).
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2003

  • Webs of theridiid spiders: construction, structure and evolution. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 78: 293-305. (First author with S. Zschokke).
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  • Tidarren sisyphoides females do not cannibalize their mates. Journal of Arachnology, 31: 445-448. (Second author with Barbara Knoflach).
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2002

  • Fine structure of sheet-webs of Linyphia triangularis (Clerck) and Microlinyphia pusilla (Sundevall), with remarks on the presence of viscid silk. Acta Zoologica, 83: 49-59. (First author with M. Düggelin & S. Zschokke).
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  • Smodicinodes schwendingeri sp. n. from Thailand and the first male of Smodicinodes Ono, 1993, with notes on the phylogenetic relationships in the tribe Smodicini (Araneae: Thomisidae). Revue suisse de Zoologie, 109: 3-8.
  • A computerised method to observe spider web building behaviour in a semi-natural light environment. In European Arachnology 2000, (S. Toft & N. Scharff eds.). Aarhus University Press, Aarhus. 117-122. (First author with S. Zschokke).
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  • Untangling the tangle-web: web building behaviour of the comb-footed spider Steatoda triangulosa and comments on phylogenetic implications (Araneae: Theridiidae). Journal of Insect Behavior, 15: 791-809. (First author with S. Zschokke).
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2001

  • The genus Oxytate L. Koch 1878 from Sri Lanka, with description of Oxytate taprobane sp. n. (Araneae: Thomisidae). Journal of South Asian Natural History, 5(2): 153-158.
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2000


  • Epidius parvati sp. n., a new species of the genus Epidius from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Thomisidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological society, 11(7): 284-288.
  • Two new species of the genus Suffasia from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Zodariidae). Revue suisse de Zoologie, 107(1): 97-106. (First author with R. Jocqué).
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