Talk:Anelosimus

Too many references

i moved the huge list of refs over here, maybe somebody wants to pick the two or three most important ones. --Sarefo (talk) 10:52, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

• Levi, H. W. (1956). The spider genera Neottiura and Anelosimus in America (Araneae: Theridiidae). Trans. Amer. Micros. Soc., 74(4), 407-422.
• Levi, H. W. (1956). The spider genera Neottiura and Anelosimus in America (Araneae: Theridiidae). Trans. Amer. Micros. Soc., 91, 533-538.
• Levi, H. W. (1963). The American spiders of the genus Anelosimus (Aranea: Theridiidae). Amer. Micro. Soc. Trans., 82, 30-48.
• Brach, V. (1975). The biology of the social spider Anelosimus eximius (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bull. Southern Calif. Acad. Sci., 74, 37-41.
• Fowler, H. G., & Levi, H. W. (1979). A new quasisocial Anelosimus spider (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Paraguay. Psyche, 86(1), 11-18.
• Overal, W. L., & Silva, R. F. (1982). Population dynamics of the quasisocial spider Anelosimus eximius (Aranea: Theridiidae). In M. D. Breed, C. D. Michener & H. E. Evans (Eds.), The biology of social insects. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press.
• Levi, H. W., & Smith, D. R. R. (1983). A new colonial Anelosimus spider from Surinam (Araneae: Theridiidae). Psyche, 89, 275-278.
• Aviles, L. (1986). Sex-ratio bias and possible group selection in the social spider Anelosimus eximius. Am. Nat., 128(1), 1-12.
• Smith, D. R. R. (1986). Population genetics of Anelosimus eximius (Araneae, Theridiidae). J. Arachnol., 14(2), 201-217.
• Vollrath, F. (1986). Environment, reproduction and the sex ratio of the social spider Anelosimus eximius (Araneae, Theridiidae). J. Arach., 14(2), 267-281.
• Vollrath, F. (1986). Eusociality and extraordinary sex ratios in the spider Anelosimus eximius (Araneae: Theridiidae). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 18(4), 283-287.
• Pasquet, A., & Krafft, B. (1989). Colony distribution of the social spider Anelosimus eximius (Araneae, Theridiidae) in French Guiana. Insectes Sociaux, 36(3), 173-182.
• Rypstra, A. L., & Tirey, R. S. (1989). Observations on the social spider, Anelosimus domingo (Araneae, Theridiidae), in Southwestern Peru. J. Arachnol., 17(3), 368-371.
• Cangialosi, K. R. (1990). Kleptoparasitism in colonies of the social spider Anelosimus eximius (Araneae, Theridiidae). In S. Koponen, P. T. Lehtinen & V. Rinne (Eds.), Proceedings of the XI International Congress of Arachnology, Turku, Finland, 7-12 August 1989 (Vol. 190, pp. 51-54).
• Cangialosi, K. R. (1990). The behavioral and ecological interactions of the kleptoparasitic spider, Argyrodes ululans, and its social spider host, Anelosimus eximius. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Miami University, Oxford, OH.
• Aviles, L., & Maddison, W. (1991). When is the sex ratio biased in social spiders?: Chromosome studies of embryos and male meiosis in Anelosimus species (Araneae, Theridiidae). J. Arachnol., 19(2), 126-135.
• Krafft, B., & Pasquet, A. (1991). Synchronized and rhythmical activity during the prey capture in the social spider Anelosimus eximius (Araneae, Theridiidae). Insectes Sociaux, 38(1), 83-90.
• Marques, E. S. A. (1991). História natural e comportamento social de Anelosimus jabaquara e Anelosimus dubiosus (Araneae: Theridiidae). Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, Universidade de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo.
• Fernandes, V. (1992). Contribuição ao conhecimento da biologia da aranha social Anelosimus lorenzo Levi, 1979 (Araneae, Theridiidae). Unpublished M.Sc., Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo.
• Pasquet, A., & Krafft, B. (1992). Cooperation and prey capture efficiency in a social spider, Anelosimus eximius (Araneae, Theridiidae). Ethology, 90(2), 121-133.
• Venticinque, E. M., Fowler, H. G., & Silva, C. A. (1993). Modes and frequencies of colonization and its relation to extinctions, habitat and seasonality in the social spider Anelosimus eximius in the Amazon (Araneidae: Theridiidae). Psyche, 100(1-2), 35-42.
• Leborgne, R., Krafft, B., & Pasquet, A. (1994). Experimental study of foundation and development of Anelosimus eximius colonies in the tropical forest of French Guiana. Insectes Sociaux, 41(2), 179-189.
• Souza, A. L. T. (1995). Estratégias de captura de presas e análise da estrutura social de colônias de Anelosimus eximius (Theridiidae). Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo.
• Venticinque, E. M. (1995). Dinâmica populacional da aranha social, Anelosimus eximius, em matas fragmentadas da Amazonia Central. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, UNESP, Rio Claro, São Paulo.
• Fowler, H. G., & Venticinque, E. M. (1996). Interference competition and scavenging by Crematogaster ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) associated with the webs of the social spider Anelosimus eximius (Araneae: Theridiidae) in the central Amazon. J. Kans. Entomol. Soc., 69(3), 267-269.
• Smith, D. R., & Hagen, R. H. (1996). Population structure and interdemic selection in the cooperative spider Anelosimus eximius. J. Evol. Biol., 9(5), 589-608.
• Marques, E. S. A., Vasconcelos Netto, J., & Mello, M. B. (1998). Life history and social behavior of Anelosimus jabaquara and Anelosimus dubiousus (Araneae, Theridiidae). Journal of Arachnology, 26(2), 227-237.
• Venticinque, E. M., & Fowler, H. G. (1998). Sheet-web regularity: Fixed isometric relationships in the social spider Anelosimus eximius (Araneae: Theriididae). Ciência e Cultura 50(5), 371-373.
• Henry, T. J. (1999). The spider-commensal plant bug genus Ranzovius (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae) revisited: Three new species and a revised key, with the description of a new sister genus and phylogenetic analysis. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 63(1-2), 93-115. (Associated with Anelosimus spiders.)

Several of the listed species names smell very much like bogus entries.

Character "The Dude" from movie "The Big Lebowski". Anelosimus biglebowski Agnarsson, 2006 — Tanzania Anelosimus dude Agnarsson, 2006 — Tanzania

Chicken? Anelosimus chickeringi Levi, 1956 — Mexico to Peru

Dubious? Anelosimus dubiosus Keyserling, 1891 — Brazil Anelosimus dubius Tullgren, 1910 — Tanzania

Guacamole? Guaca-mayonaise? Anelosimus guacamayos Agnarsson, 2006 — Ecuador