Robert Bosmans

Robert Bosmans, Belgian arachnologist.

• Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
• E-mail: rop_bosmans@telenet.be

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 175 taxon names authored by Robert Bosmans

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1977

• Bosmans, R. 1977. Spiders of the subfamily Erigoninae from Mount Kenya. Scientific report of the Belgian Mt. Kenya Bio-Expedition, n° 3. Revue Zoologique Africaine 91: 449-472. Reference page. 

1979

• Bosmans, R. 1979. Spiders of the subfamily Linyphiinae from Mount Kenya (Araneae - Linyphidae). Scientific report of the Belgian Mt. Kenya Bio-Expedition 1975, n° 17. Revue Zoologique Africaine 93: 53-100. Reference page. 

1983

• Bosmans, R. & Jocqué, R. 1983. Scientific report of the Belgian Mount Cameroon Expedition 1981. No. 9. Family Linyphiidae (Araneae). Revue Zoologique Africaine 97: 581-617. Reference page. .
• Jocqué, R. & Bosmans, R. 1983. Linyphiidae (Araneae) from Ivory Coast, with the description of three new genera. Zoologische Mededelingen 57(1): 1-18. Reference page. 

1984

• van Hove, M. & Bosmans, R. 1984. Description of five new Suffucioides species (Araneae, Zodariidae): Scientific report of the Belgian Mount Cameroon Expedition 1981 no. 10. Biologisch Jaarboek Dodonaea 52: 76-94. Reference page. 

1986

• Bosmans, R. & van Hove, M. 1986. A revision of the afrotropical representatives of the genus Langbiana Hogg (Araneae: Zodariidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 7: 17-28. Reference page. 

1988

• Bosmans, R. 1988. Scientific report of the Belgian Cameroon expeditions 1981 and 1983. No. 18. Further Erigoninae and Mynogleninae (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from Cameroonian highlands. Revue Zoologique Africaine 102: 5-32. Reference page. 

1990

• Bosmans, R. & Abrous, O. 1990. The genus Typhochrestus Simon 1884 in North Africa (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Studies on North African Linyphiidae V. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 60: 19-37. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R. & Hillyard, P. 1990. Spiders of the family Zodariidae from Sulawesi, Indonesia (Arachnida: Araneae: Zodariidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 8: 147-160. Reference page. 

1991

• Bosmans, R. 1991a. Le genre Sintula Simon en Afrique du Nord (Araneae, Linyphiidae): Etudes sur les Linyphiidae nord-africaines, VI. Revue Arachnologique 9: 103-117. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R. 1991b. Two new Lepthyphantes species from the Saharian Atlas (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Biologisch Jaarboek Dodonaea 58: 63-70. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R. & Beladjal, L. 1991: Une douzaine de nouvelles espèces d'Harpactea Bristowe d'Algérie, avec la description de trois femelles inconnues (Araneae: Dysderidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 98: 645-680. Reference page. 

1994

• Bosmans, R. 1994: Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833 in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands (Araneae, Zodariidae). Eos 69: 115-142. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R. & Bosselaers, J. 1994. Spiders of the genera Pachygnatha, Dyschiriognatha and Glenognatha (Araneae, Tetragnathidae), with a revision of the Afrotropical species. Zoologica Scripta 23(4): 325-352. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1994.tb00392.x. . Reference page. 

1995

• Bosmans, R. 1995. Description de Bordea, nouveau genre endémique d'araignées des Pyrénées (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (4)17: 87-94. Reference page. 

1997

• Bosmans, R. 1997: Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833, part II. Western and Central Europe, including Italy (Araneae: Zodariidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 10(8): 265-294. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Beladjal, L. & Bosmans, R. 1997: Nouvelles données sur le genre Harpactea Bristowe en Algérie (Araneae, Dysderidae). Revue Arachnologique 12: 9-29. Reference page. 
• Snazell, R.G. & Bosmans, R. 1997. A little known Zodarion (Araneae: Zodariidae) new to Britain. Journal of Zoology, London 241: 285-289. Reference page. 

1999

• Bosmans, R. 1999. The genera Agroeca, Agraecina, Apostenus and Scotina in the Maghreb countries (Araneae: Liocranidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie 69: 25-34. PDF. Reference page. 

2000

• Bosmans, R. & Blick, T. 2000: Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Micaria in the West-Palaearctic region, with description of the new genus Arboricaria and three new species (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Memorie della Società entomologica italiana, 78(2): 443–476. Reference page. 

2006

• Bosmans, R. 2006: Contribution to the knowledge of the Linyphiidae of the Maghreb. Part XI. Miscellaneous linyphiid genera and additions (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Linyphiinae). Bulletin & Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 141: 125-161. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R. 2006a. Contribution to the knowledge of the Linyphiidae of the Maghreb. Part X. New data on Lepthyphantes Menge (sensu lato) species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Belgian Journal of Zoology 136: 173-191. Reference page. 

2007

• Bosmans, R. 2007. Contribution to the knowledge of the Linyphiidae of the Maghreb. Part XII. Miscellaneous erigonine genera and additional records (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Bulletin & Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 143: 117-163. Reference page. 

2009

• Bosmans, R. 2009. Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833, part III. South East Europe and Turkey (Araneae: Zodariidae). Contributions to Natural History 12: 211-295. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2010

• Bosmans, R., Cardoso, P. & Crespo, L.C. 2010. A review of the linyphiid spiders of Portugal, with the description of six new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Zootaxa 2473: 1–67. Preview. . Reference page. 

2011

• Bosmans, R. 2011: On some new or rare spider species from Lesbos, Greece (Araneae: Agelenidae, Amaurobiidae, Corinnidae, Gnaphosidae, Liocranidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 40: 15–22. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2012

• Bosmans, R. & Van Keer, J. 2012. On the spider species described by L. Koch in 1882 from the Balearic Islands (Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 43: 5–16. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2013

• Crespo, L.C., Bosmans, R., Cardoso, P. & Borges, P.A.V. 2013. On the endemic spider species of the genus Savigniorrhipis Wunderlich, 1992 (Araneae: Linyphiidae) in the Azores (Portugal), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3745(3): 330–342. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3745.3.2 Reference page. 
• Haddad, C.R. & Bosmans, R. 2013: Synonymy of the North African spider genus Castanilla Caporiacco, 1936 with Micaria Westring, 1851 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 3734(3): 397–399. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.3.10 Reference page. 

2014

• Bosmans, R. 2014: On the identity of the genera Anagraphis Simon, 1893 and Macedoniella Drensky, 1935 with two new synonyms (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 48: 38–41. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R. & Gasparo, F. 2014. A new cave-dwelling Centromerus from Sardinia (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Fragmenta entomologica 46 (1-2): 113-116. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R., Özkütük, R.S., Varli, S.V. & Kunt, K.B. 2014. Description of a new Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 from Turkey (Zodariidae; Araneae). Turkish journal of zoology 38(1): 99–101. DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1303-11 Reference page. 
• Crespo, L.C., Bosmans, R., Cardoso, P. & Borges, P.A.V. 2014. On three endemic species of the linyphiid spider genus Canariphantes Wunderlich, 1992 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from the Azores archipelago. Zootaxa 3841(3): 403–417. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3841.3.5 Reference page. 
• Van Keer, J.V. & Bosmans, R. 2014. A new species of Scytodes from Algeria (Araneae: Scytodidae), with a review of the species from the Maghreb. Zootaxa 3894(1): 131–140. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3894.1.10 Reference page. 

2015

• Bosmans, R. & Van Keer, J. 2015. Description of Cithaeron dippenaarae sp. n. from Morocco (Araneae: Cithaeronidae). African Invertebrates 56(2): 319–323. Reference page. 

2017

• Bosmans, R., Henrard, A., Benhalima, S. & Kherbouche-Abrous, O. 2017. The genus Clubiona Latreille, 1904 (Araneae: Clubionidae) in the Maghreb, with notes on the genevensis group and new records from the Mediterranean Region. Zootaxa 4353(1): 1–28. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.1.1. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R., Lissner, J. & Hernández-Corral, J. 2017. The spider family Dysderidae in the Balearic Islands. Zootaxa 4329(4): 375–391. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.4.4. Reference page. 

2018

• Bosmans, R. & Draney, M.L. 2018: Description of a new, probably introduced Zodarion species from the Everglades National Park, USA (Araneae: Zodariidae). Arachnology 17(7): 328-330. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2017.17.7.328. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R., Kherbouche-Abrous, O., Benhalima, S. & Hervé, C. 2018. The genus Haplodrassus Chamberlin, 1922 in the Mediterranean and the Maghreb in particular (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 4451(1): 1–67. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4451.1.1 Reference page. 

2019

• Bosmans, R., Hernández-Corral, J. & Lissner, J. 2019. Description of a new Canariphantes species from the Balearic Islands (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Arachnology 18(2): 97-100. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2018.18.2.97. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R., Pantini, P., Loverre, P. & Addante, R. 2019. New species and new records of ant-eating spiders from Mediterranean Europe (Araneae: Zodariidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 8-20. DOI: 10.30963/aramit5703. . Reference page. 

2020

• Benhalima, S. & Bosmans, R. 2020. Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833 (part IV). The species of Morocco (Araneae: Zodariidae). Zootaxa 4899(1): 093–114. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.5. . Reference page. 
• Boubakri , A., Bosmans, R., Pétillon, J. & Achouri, M.S. 2020. Description of a new Agraecina species from Tunisia (Araneae: Liocranidae), with a review of all species of the genus. Zootaxa 4772(1): 195–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.1.9. . Reference page. 
• Déjean, S., Danflous, S. & Bosmans, R. 2020. Redescription de Silometopus nitidithorax Simon, 1915 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) et description de Silometopus graecus sp. nov. de Grèce. Revue arachnologique série 2, n° 7: 8-16. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2021

• Bosmans, A. 2021.Notes on Amaurobiidae (Araneae) of the Western Mediterranean region, with the description of a new species. Arachnology 18(8): 873-882. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R. & Trotta, A. 2021. On two rare Italian Palliduphantes, including the description of a new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Fragmenta entomologica 53 (1): 9–12. Reference page. 
• Bouseksou, S., Kherbouche-Abrous, O., Bosmans, R. & Beladjal, L. 2021. Description of a new species of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from Algeria. Zootaxa 4915(4): 594–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.4.10. . Reference page. 

2022

• Aliou, Y., Khadidja, Y., Belthout, B., Meriem, H., Abderrahmane, H.M. & Bosmans, R. 2022. Menemerus soldani (Audouin, 1826) (Araneae: Salticidae) newly recorded in Algeria with the proposition of a new synonym. Arachnology 19(1): 28-30. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2022.19.1.28. . Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R., Lecigne, S., Benhalima, S. & Kherbouche-Abrous, O. 2022. The genus Lycosoides Lucas, 1846 in the Maghreb region, with the description of five new species (Araneae: Agelenidae). Arachnology 19(Special Issue): 316-340. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2022.19.sp1.316. . Reference page. 

2023

• Bosmans, A. 2023. New or rare spiders from Crete (Araneae: Agelenidae, Dysderidae, Liocranidae, Salticidae), with the description of a new genus in the Agelenidae. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 38(1): 17-38. Reference page.