Danilo Harms

Danilo Harms, German arachnologist

Center of Natural History, Zoological Museum, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.
Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia.
Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Harms, D. & Dunlop, J.A. 2009. A revision of the fossil pirate spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Mimetidae). Palaeontology 52: 779-802. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00890.x. . Reference page.
Harms, D., Dunlop, J.A. & Schütt, K. 2009. Neue Nachweise der Gerandeten Wasserspinne Dolomedes plantarius in Brandenburg (Araneae: Pisauridae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 37: 1-8. DOI: 10.5431/aramit3701. . Reference page.
Harms, D. & Harvey, M.S. 2009a. A review of the pirate spiders of Tasmania (Arachnida, Mimetidae, Australomimetus) with description of a new species. Journal of Arachnology 37: 188-205. DOI: 10.1636/a08-35.1. Reference page.
Harms, D. & Harvey, M.S. 2009b. Australian pirates: systematics and phylogeny of the Australasian pirate spiders (Araneae: Mimetidae), with a description of the Western Australian fauna. Invertebrate Systematics 23(3): 231-280. DOI: 10.1071/is08015. . Reference page.

Harms, D. & Framenau, V.W. 2013. New species of mouse spiders (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Actinopodidae: Missulena) from the Pilbara region, Western Australia. Zootaxa 3637(5): 521–540. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3637.5.2 Reference page.
Harms, D. & Harvey, M.S. 2013. Review of the cave-dwelling species of Pseudotyrannochthonius Beier (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudotyrannochthoniidae) from mainland Australia, with description of two troglobitic species. Australian journal of entomology 52(2): 129–143. DOI: 10.1111/aen.12009 Reference page.

Miglio, L.T., Harms, D., Framenau, V.W. & Harvey, M.S. 2014. Four new mouse spider species (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Actinopodidae, Missulena) from Western Australia. ZooKeys 410: 121–148. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.410.7156 . Reference page.

Baehr, B.C., Harms, D., Dupérré, N. & Raven, R.J. 2017. The Australian Lynx Spiders (Araneae, Oxyopidae, Oxyopes) of the Godeffroy Collection, including the description of a new species. Evolutionary Systematics 1: 11–37. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.1.14652 Reference page.
Baehr, B.C., Raven, R.J. & Harms, D. 2017. “High Tide or Low Tide”: Desis bobmarleyi sp. n., a new spider from coral reefs in Australia’s Sunshine State and its relative from Sāmoa (Araneae, Desidae, Desis). Evolutionary Systematics 1: 111–120. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.1.15735 Reference page.
Franenau, V.W. & Harms, D. 2017. A new species of Mouse Spider (Actinopodidae, Missulena) from the Goldfields region of Western Australia. Evolutionary Systematics 1: 39–46. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.1.14665 Reference page.

Dunlop, J.A., Kotthoff, U., Hammel, J.U., Ahrens, J. & Harms, D. 2018. Arachnids in Bitterfeld amber: A unique fauna of fossils from the heart of Europe or simply old friends? Evolutionary Systematics 2: 31–44. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.2.22581 Reference page.
Dupérré, N. & Harms, D. 2018. Raising the Dead: Rediscovery and redescription of some lost spider types (Araneae) described by Eugène Simon. Evolutionary Systematics 2: 1–20. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.2.24122 Reference page.
Fardiansah, R., Dupérré, N., Widyastuti, R., Potapov, A., Scheu, S. & Harms, D. 2018: Description of three new species of Aposphragisma Thoma, 2014 (Araneae: Oonopidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia. ZooKeys 797: 71-85. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.797.29364. Reference page.
Harms, D. 2018. A new species of Charinus (Amblypygi: Charinidae) from Ghana, with notes on West African whip spiders. Evolutionary Systematics 2: 45–53. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.2.24505 Reference page.
Harms, D. & Dupérré, N. 2018. An annotated type catalogue of the camel spiders (Arachnida: Solifugae) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg. Zootaxa 4375(1): 1–58. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4375.1.1 Reference page.

Baehr, B.C., Schubert, J. & Harms, D. 2019. The Brushed Jumping Spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Jotus L. Koch, 1881) from Eastern Australia. Evolutionary Systematics, 3: 53–73. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.3.34496 Reference page.
Fardiansah, R., Dupérré, N., Widyastuti, R., Potapov, A., Scheu, S. & Harms, D. 2019: Description of four new species of armoured spiders (Araneae, Tetrablemmidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia. ZooKeys 820: 95-118. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.820.29363. Reference page.

Novák, J., Lorenz, M., Harms, D. 2020. Feaella (Tetrafeaella) obscura sp. nov. – a new pseudoscorpion species from the Maldives (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones), and an updated identification key to the subgenus Feaella (Tetrafeaella). Zoosystematics and Evolution. 96(2): 769-779. DOI: 10.3897/zse.96.56885 Reference page.

Dupérré, N., Tapia, E., Quandt, D., Crespo-Pérez, V. & Harms, D. 2021. From the lowlands to the highlands of Ecuador, a study of the genus Masteria (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Dipluridae) with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 5005(4): 538–568. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.4.4. . Reference page.
Greenberg, M.R., Huey, J.A., Framenau, V.W. & Harms, D. 2021. Three new species of mouse spider (Araneae: Actinopodidae: Missulena Walckenaer, 1805) from Western Australia, including an assessment of intra specific variability in a widespread species from the arid biome. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 79: 509–533. DOI: 10.3897/asp.79.e62332. . Reference page.

Harvey, M.S. & Harms, D. 2022. The pseudoscorpion genus Centrochthonius (Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudotyrannochthoniidae) from central Asia and description of a new species from Nepal. Journal of Arachnology 50: 158–174. Reference page.
Schwarze, D., Harms, D., Hammel, J.U. & Kotthoff, U. 2022. The first fossils of the most basal pseudoscorpion family (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudotyrannochthoniidae): Evidence for major biogeographical shifts in the European paleofauna. PalZ 96: 11–27. Reference page.
You, J.Y., Yoo, J.S., Harvey, M.S. & Harms, D. 2022. Some cryptic Korean karst creatures: revalidation of the pseudoscorpion genus Spelaeochthonius (Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudotyrannochthoniidae) and description of two new species from Korea. Journal of Arachnology 50: 135–157. Reference page.

Dupérré, N., Harms, D., Crespo-Pérez, V. & Tapia, E.E. 2024. Two new species of the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae, Sicariidae) from the Ecuadorian Andes. Evolutionary Systematics 8: 1–14 DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.8.107213. . Reference page.
Jeong, K.H., Harms, D. & Yoo, J.S. 2024. New species of the pseudoscorpion genus Pararoncus (Pseudoscorpiones, Syarinidae) from Korea. Evolutionary Systematics 8: 91–100 DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.8.123108. . Reference page.

Loria, S.F., Frank, S.C., Dupérré, N., Smith, Helen M., Jones, B., Buzatto, B.A. & Harms, D. 2025. The world’s most venomous spider is a species complex: systematics of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atracidae: Atrax robustus). BMC Ecology and Evolution: 25: 7. DOI: doi.org/10.1186/s12862-024-02332-0. .Reference page.