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Rudy Jocqué

Biology
Biological collection and data management

Taxonomical revision of certain spider families

Related publications

Spiders of the family Linyphiidae (Araneae) from Tanzania: The Usambara Mts., the Uluguru Mts., and Mt Rungwe.
A revision of the Afrotropical genus Diores (Araneae, Zodariidae).
A generic revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Araneae).
Hortipes, a huge genus of tiny African spiders (Araneae, Liocranidae).
Minicosa neptuna n. gen., n. sp. (Araneae, Lycosidae), the smallest wolf spider from Africa.
On the new genus Foveosa accomodating the Afrotropical wolf spiders related to Pardosa foveolata (Araneae: Lycosidae).
A new species of the nebulosa-group of Pardosa (Lycosidae, araneae) from Côte d’Ivoire – a victim of the exotic weed Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae)?
A new candidate for a Gondwanaland distribution in the Zodariidae (Araneae): Australutica in Africa.
Venia kakamega gen. n., sp. n., a new, canopy-dwelling Afrotropical erigonine spider (Araneae, Linyphiidae).
Some keep it short: on the radiation in the Afrotropical spider genera Capheris and Systenoplacis (Araneae, Zodaridae) without male pedipalp complexity increase.
An update of Zelotibia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), a spider genus with a species swarm in the Albertine rift.
A revision of the African wolf spider genus Amblyothele (Araneae, Lycosidae, Piratinae).
On the identity of Capheris approximata (Karsch, 1878) (Araneae, Zodariidae).
A redescription of Pseudoctenus meneghettii Caporiacco, 1949 (Araneae, Zoropsidae), a poorly known Afrotropical spider taxon, with description of a new enigmatic species.

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Dates:

1981 2011

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Rudy Jocqué