Pedro de Souza Castanheira

Pedro Castanheira, Brazilian arachnologist

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Baptista, R.L.C., Castanheira, P. de S. & do Prado, A.W.D. 2018. Notes on the orb-weaving spider genus Alpaida (Araneae, Araneidae) with description of four new species from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Zootaxa 4407(3): 321–345. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.3.2 Reference page.
Castanheira, P. de S., Pérez-González, A. & Baptista, R.L.C. 2016. Spider diversity (Arachnida: Araneae) in Atlantic Forest areas at Pedra Branca State Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7055. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7055. Reference page.
Pedroso, D.R., de Souza Castanheira, P. & Cerqueira Baptista, R.L. 2016. Redescription and synonymies of Diplura macrura (C.L. Koch, 1841) and D. lineata (Lucas, 1857), with notes on the genus (Araneae, Dipluridae). European Journal of Taxonomy 210: 1-21. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2016.210. . Reference page.

Castanheira, P. de S., Baptista, R.L.C., Pizzetti, D. dos P. & Teixeira, R.A. 2019. Contributions to the taxonomy of the long-jawed orb-weaving spider genus Tetragnatha (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) in the Neotropical region, with comments on the morphology of the chelicerae. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 95(2): 465–505. DOI: 10.3897/zse.95.36762 Reference page.
Castanheira, P. de S., Didham, R.K., Vink, C.J. & Framemau, V.N. 2019. The scorpion-tailed orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae, Arachnura) in Australia and New Zealand. Zootaxa 4706(1): 147–170. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4706.1.6 Reference page.
Castanheira, P. de S., Pérez-González, A., do Prado, A.W. & Baptista, R.L.C. 2019. Three new species of Ochyrocera (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) from Southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 4657(3): 523–544. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4657.3.6. Reference page.

Baptista, R.L.C., Castanheira, P. de S., Oliveira, G.A. & do Prado, A.W. 2020. Descriptions of three new species of jumping-spiders, genus Arnoliseus (Araneae, Salticidae), from Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, with comments on their genital morphology and a key to species. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 96(1): 73–90. DOI: 10.3897/zse.96.46509 Reference page.
Castanheira, P. de S. & Baptista, R.L.C. 2020. Notes on slender species of the long-jawed spider genus Tetragnatha (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) with description of three new species. Zootaxa 4768(1): 043–075. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.1.4. . Reference page.

Framenau, V.W., Baptista, R.L.C., Oliveira, F.S.M. & Castanheira, P. de S. 2021a. Taxonomic revision of the new spider genus Hortophora, the Australasian Garden Orb-weavers (Araneae, Araneidae). Evolutionary Systematics 5: 275–334. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.5.72474. . Reference page.
Framenau, V.W., Vink, C.J. Scharff, N., Baptista, R.L.C. & Castanheira, P. de S. 2021. Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 97(2): 393–405. DOI: 10.3897/zse.97.67788 Reference page.

Castanheira, P. de S., Cerqueira Baptista, R.L. & Martins Oliveira, F.S. 2022. Five new species of the long-jawed orb-weaving spider genus Tetragnatha (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) in South America, with a key to the species from Argentina and Brazil. Evolutionary Systematics 6: 175–210. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.6.91418. . Reference page.
Castanheira & Framenau. 2022. Quokkaraneus, a new monotypic genus of Australian orb-weaving spider (Araneae, Araneidae). Australian Journal of Taxonomy 10: 1-9. DOI: 10.54102/ajt.a7oq2. . Reference page.
Framenau, V.W. & Castanheira, P. de S. 2022. Two new species in the orb-weaving spider genus Larinia Simon, 1874 (Araneae, Araneidae) from Western Australia. Zootaxa 5092(3): 350–360. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5092.3.6. . Reference page.
Framenau, V.W. & Castanheira, P. de S. 2022. Revision of the new Australasian orb-weaving spider genus Salsa (Araneae, Araneidae). ZooKeys 1102: 107-148. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388. . Reference page.
Framenau, V.W. & Castanheira, P. de S. 2022. A new genus of Australian orb-weaving spider with extreme sexual size dimorphism (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution. 98(1): 137-149. DOI: 10.3897/zse.98.82649. . Reference page.

Castanheira, P. de S. & Baptista, R.L.C. 2023. One less monotypic genus: a new species of the enigmatic Magnopholcomma (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Tasmania (Australia) with comments on its genital morphology and the generic placement in Pholcommatinae. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 32: 1-7. DOI: 10.54102/ajt.v3zyt. . Reference page.
de Souza Castanheira, P. & Framenau, V.W. 2023. Abba, a new monotypic genus of orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae) from Australia. Evolutionary Systematics 7(1): 73-81. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.7.98015. . Reference page.
de Souza Castanheira, P. & Framenau, V.W. 2023a. Kangaraneus, a new genus of orb-weaving spider from Australia (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 99(2): 307-323. DOI: 10.3897/zse.99.101417. . Reference page.
Castanheira, P. de S., Rossi, G.F. & Baptista, R.L.C. 2023. Two new species in the spider genus Nanometa (Araneae: Tetragnathidae: Nanometinae) from Tasmania. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 38: 1-8. DOI: 10.54102/ajt.gcxtp. . Reference page.
Framenau, V.W., Castanheira, P. de S. & Yoo, J.S. 2023. The artoriine wolf spiders of Australia: the new genus Kochosa and a key to genera (Araneae: Lycosidae). Zootaxa 5239(3): 301–357. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5239.3.1. . Reference page.