Mayara Drumond Faustino Magalhães

• Master of Zoology
• PhD Student at Federal University of Minas Gerais

Wandering spiders (genus Phoneutria) hold a prominent position as some of the world's most medically significant venomous arachnids, especially in Brazil. In this study, we record and illustrate for the first time, the Darwin wasp Camera thoracica (Szépligeti, 1916) as a natural enemy of the ctenid Phoneutria nigriventer (Keyserling, 1891). Further...

The Caatinga is a nucleus of seasonally dry tropical forest (SDTF) known as a hotspot of diversification and endemism. Despite its importance, this biome is still insufficiently sampled, resulting in extensive knowledge gaps regarding its species richness and composition. In this study we report two species of Xenoctenidae that are endemic to, and...

Aranhas são animais que fascinam e podem causar pânico em muitas pessoas. Há uma grande diversidade de espécies, com cores e formatos distintos, e as variadas estratégias que utilizam para capturar suas presas são, também, fascinantes. No mundo, há mais de 51 mil espécies de aranhas, sendo encontradas em quase todo o planeta, com exceção da Antárti...

Four new species of Oecobiidae Blackwall, 1862 are described based on specimens collected in the Madagascan provinces of Toliara, Mahajanga and Antsiranana. Oecobius kowalskii sp. nov. and Paroecobius skipper sp. nov. are described based on male and female specimens. Paroecobius rico sp. nov. and Paroecobius private sp. nov. are described based onl...