Peter Jäger

Peter Jäger, German arachnologist.

• Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt, Germany

Taxon names authored

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• 451 taxon names authored by Peter Jäger

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1999

• Jäger, P. 1999a. Sparassidae - the valid scientific name for the huntsman spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 17: 1-10. Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. 1999b. Sinopoda, a new genus of Heteropodinae (Araneae, Sparassidae) from Asia. Journal of Arachnology 27: 19-24. Reference page. 

2000

• Jäger, P. 2000. Two new heteropodine genera from southern continental Asia (Araneae: Sparassidae). Acta Arachnologica 49(1): 61-71. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. 2000a. The huntsman spider genus Cebrennus: four new species and a preliminary key to known species. Revue Arachnologique 13(12): 163–186. Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. & Ono, H. 2000. Sparassidae of Japan. I. New species of Olios, Heteropoda, and Sinopoda, with notes on some known species (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparassinae and Heteropodinae). Acta Arachnologica 49(1): 41-60. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2001

• Jäger, P. 2001. Diversität der Riesenkrabbenspinnen im Himalaya -- die Radiation zweier Gattungen in den Schneetropen (Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae). ISBN-13: 978-3510613236 Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 232: 1-136. Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. & Barrion, A.T. 2001. First description of the male of Heteropoda cyperusiria Barrion & Litsinger 1995 from the Philippines (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Philippine Entomologist 15: 37-43. Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. & Ono, H. 2001. First records of the genera Pseudopoda, Sinopoda, and Olios from Taiwan with descriptions of four new species (Araneae: Sparassidae). Acta Arachnologica 50(1): 21-29. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. & Yin, C.M. 2001. Sparassidae in China. 1. Revised list of known species with new transfers, new synonymies and type designations (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Arachnologica 50(2): 123–134. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2002

• Jäger, P. 2002. Heteropodinae: transfers and synonymies (Arachnida: Araneae: Sparassidae). Acta Arachnologica 51(1): 33-61. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Jäger, P., Gao & Fei, R. 2002. Sparassidae in China 2. Species from the Collection in Changchun (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Arachnologica 51(1): 23-31. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. & Ono, H. 2002. Sparassidae from Japan. II. First Pseudopoda species and new Sinopoda species (Araneae: Sparassidae). Acta Arachnologica 51: 109-124. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2003

• Jäger, P. 2003: Rhitymna Simon 1897: an Asian, not an African spider genus. Generic limits and descriptions of new species (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae). Senckenbergiana biologica 82(1-2): 99–125. full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2005

• Jäger, P. 2005. New large-sized cave-dwelling Heteropoda species from Asia, with notes on their relationships (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 112(1): 87-114. Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. & Vedel, V. 2005. Pseudopoda fissa sp. nov.--first record of the genus from Vietnam (Araneae: Sparassidae). Zootaxa 837: 1–5. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 
• Dorow, W.H.O. & Jäger, P. (2005): Zum Nahrungsspektrum der Grabwespe Sceliphron (Hensenia) curvatum (Smith, 1870) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) – Bembix 19: 37–40.
• Jäger, P., 2005: Two strangers in Europe – Sparassidae recently discovered in England and Belgium (Araneae: Sparassidae). – Newsl. Br. Arachnol. Soc. 102: 13–14.
• Grasshoff, M. & Jäger, P. (2005): Prof. Dr. Otto Kraus. – Natur und Museum 135 (5/6): 144–145.
• Jäger, P., 2005: Seramba Thorell, 1887 is a synonym of Thelcticopis Karsch 1884 (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae, Sparianthinae). Senckenbergiana biologica, 85 (1): 57–59.
• Jäger, P., 2005: Zimiris doriai Simon, 1882 (Araneae: Prodidomidae) – erstmals eingeschleppt nach Deutschland. – Arachnol. Mitt. 29: 17–19.
• Jäger, P. & S. Koponen (2005): Toivo Henrik Järvi (1877–1960) – a poorly-known arachnologist. – Newsl. Br. Arachnol. Soc. 103: 4–6.
• Jäger, P. & V. Vedel 2005: Heteropoda dagmarae sp. nov. from Laos – a close relative of Heteropoda javana (Simon, 1880) from Indonesia (Arachnida: Araneae: Sparassidae). Zootaxa, 1044: 17–26.
• Vedel, V. & Jäger, P. 2005. Sparassidae of China 3. First record of the genus Bhutaniella in China (Araneae: Sparassidae) with descriptions of two new species. Acta Arachnologica 54: 41-43. Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. & Kunz, D. 2005: An illustrated key to genera of African huntsman spiders (Araneae: Sparassidae). Senckenbergiana biologica, 85 (2): 163–213.
• Jäger, P., 2005: A ‘swimming’ Heteropoda species from Borneo (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Journal of arachnology, 33 (3): 715–718.

2006

• Jäger, P. 2006. A new Spariolenus species from caves in Oman -- the first representative of the Heteropodinae in the Arabian peninsula (Araneae: Sparassidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 13: 309-313. Reference page. 
• Jäger, P., Pathoumthong, B. & Vedel, V. 2006. First record of the genus Pseudopoda Jäger 2000 in Laos with description of new species (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 86(2): 219-228. full article (PDF).Reference page. 

2007

• Jäger, P. 2007. Spiders from Laos with descriptions of new species (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Arachnologica 56(1): 29-58. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. & Vedel, V. 2007. Sparassidae of China 4. The genus Pseudopoda (Araneae: Sparassidae) in Yunnan Province. Zootaxa 1623: 1–38. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 

2008

• Jäger, P. 2008. Three new Pseudopoda species from northern India (Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 115: 515-526. Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. 2008a. Sparassidae from China 5. Pseudopoda songi sp. n. from Yunnan Province (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 88: 45-48. Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. 2008. Revision of the huntsman spider genus Heteropoda Latreille 1804: species with exceptional male palpal conformations from Southeast Asia and Australia (Arachnida, Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 88(2): 239–310. Reference page. 
• Liu, J., Li, S.Q. & Jäger, P. 2008. New cave-dwelling huntsman spider species of the genus Sinopoda (Araneae: Sparassidae) from southern China. Zootaxa 1857: 1–20. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 
• Rheims, C.A. & Jäger, P. 2008. Revision of the Neotropical huntsman spider genus Vindullus Simon (Araneae, Sparassidae). Journal of Arachnology 36: 221-231. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2009

• Jäger, P. & Praxaysombath, B. 2009. Spiders from Laos: new species and new records (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Arachnologica 58: 27-51. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.58.27. Reference page. 
• Jäger, P., Rheims, C.A. & Labarque, F.M. 2009: On the huntsman spider genera Sparianthina Banks, 1929 and Anaptomecus Simon, 1903 from South and Central America (Araneae, Sparassidae). ZooKeys 16: 115-147. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.16.236 . Reference page 
• Platnick, N.I. & Jäger, P. 2009. A new species of the basal araneomorph spider genus Ectatosticta (Araneae, Hypochilidae) from China. Zookeys 16: 209–215. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.16.231. Reference page. 

2010

• Bayer, S. & Jäger, P. 2010. Expected species richness in the genus Psechrus in Laos (Araneae: Psechridae). Revue suisse de Zoologie 117(1): 57–75. Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. & Dankittipakul, P, 2010. Clubionidae from Laos and Thailand (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 2730: 23–43. Preview Reference page. 
• Wang, X.P. & Jäger, P. 2010. A review of Coelotinae epigynal teeth morphology, with descriptions of two species from China (Araneae: Amaurobiidae). Journal of Natural History 44(19-20): 1165-1187. DOI: 10.1080/00222931003632708. Reference page. .
• Wang, X.P., Jäger, P. & Zhang, Z.S. 2010. The genus Taira, with notes on tibial apophyses and descriptions of three new species (Araneae: Amaurobiidae). The Journal of Arachnology 38:57–72. full aticle (PDF). Reference page. 

2011

• Jäger, P. 2011: Revision of the spider genera Nilus O. Pickard-Cambridge 1876, Sphedanus Thorell 1877 and Dendrolycosa Doleschall 1859 (Araneae: Pisauridae). Zootaxa 3046: 1–38. Preview . . Reference page. 
• Moradmand, M. & Jäger, P. 2011. A review on the huntsman spider genus Spariolenus Simon, 1880 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae) in Iran with description of four new species. Zootaxa 2910: 46–62. Preview. Reference page. 

2012

• Jäger, P. 2012: Revision of the genus Sinopoda Jäger, 1999 in Laos with discovery of the first eyeless huntsman spider species (Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Zootaxa 3415: 37–57. Preview Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. 2012a. Asian species of the genera Anahita Karsch 1879, Ctenus Walckenaer 1805 and Amauropelma Raven, Stumkat & Gray 2001 (Arachnida: Araneae: Ctenidae). Zootaxa 3429: 1–63. Preview Reference page. 
• Jäger, P., Nophaseud, L. & Praxaysombath, B. 2012. Spiders from Laos with description of a new species and new records (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Arachnologica 61: 77-92. Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. & Wunderlich, J. 2012. Seven new species of the spider genus Otacilia Thorell 1897 (Araneae: Corinnidae) from China, Laos and Thailand. Beiträge zur Araneologie 7: 251–271. Reference page. 
• Lin, Y.C., Li, S.Q & Jäger, P. 2012: Two new species of the family Tetrablemmidae (Araneae) from Laos and Malaysia. Zootaxa 3475: 55–64. Preview reference page 

2013

• Jäger, P. 2013. Ctenus monaghani spec. nov., a nocturnal hunter from the forest floor in Laos (Araneae: Ctenidae). Zootaxa 3670(1): 91–93. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3670.1.9. Reference page. 
• Lin, Y.C., Li, S.-Q. & Jäger, P. 2013. Anapidae (Arachnida: Araneae), a spider family newly recorded from Laos. Zootaxa 3608(6): 511–520. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3608.6.4 Reference page. 

2014

• Jäger, P. 2014: Heteropoda Latreille, 1804: new species, synonymies, transfers and records (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Arthropoda Selecta 23(2): 145–-188. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Li, F.Y., Li, S.-Q. & Jäger, P. 2014: Six new species of the spider family Ochyroceratidae Fage 1912 (Arachnida: Araneae) from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa 3768(2): 119–138. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2 full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Yao, Z.Y, Li, S.-Q.; & Jäger, P. 2014: Four new species of pholcine spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa 3793(3): 331–349. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.3.2 Reference page. 

2015

• Bolzern, A. & Jäger, P. 2015. Unexpected occurrence of the genus Eratigena in Laos with description of a new species (Araneae: Agelenidae). Zootaxa 3920(3): 431–442. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.3.2 Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. 2015. Conductor-less and vertically niched: new species of the genus Pseudopoda (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae) from Myanmar. Arachnology 16(9): 333–350. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2015.16.9.333. . Reference page. 
• Jäger, P., Li, S-Q. & Krehenwinkel, H. 2015. Morphological and molecular taxonomic analysis of Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae) in Sichuan Province, China. Zootaxa 3999(3): 363–392. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.3.3 Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. & Minn, M.Z. 2015. New species in the family Ctenidae Keyserling, 1877 from high altitude habitats in Myanmar, with the first case of penetration of the female’s cuticle by a male in the RTA-clade (Arachnida: Araneae: Ctenidae). Zootaxa 3994(2): 235–252. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.2.4. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Logunov, D.V. & Jäger, P. 2015. Spiders from Vietnam (Arachnida: Aranei): new species and records. Russian Entomological Journal 24(4): 343-363. Full article (PDF). Reference page. .

2016

• Grall, E. & Jäger, P. 2016. Four new species of the spider genus Nesticella Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980 from Laos, Thailand and Myanmar and the first description of the male of Nesticella yui Wunderlich & Song, 1995 with a proposed new diagnostic character for the family Nesticidae Simon, 1894 (Arachnida, Araneae). Zootaxa 4085(2): 248–264. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.2.5.Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. & Kulkarni, S.S. 2016. An unexpected new species of the genus Pseudopoda (Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae) from the Western Ghats in India. ZooKeys 577: 55–62. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.577.7848.Reference page. 
• Moradmand, M., Zamani, A. & Jäger, P. 2016. On the genus Cebrennus Simon, 1880 in Iran with description of a new species from Iranian Central Desert (Araneae: Sparassidae). Zootaxa 4121(2): 187–193. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.2.9. Reference page. 

2017

• Zhang, H., Jäger, P. & Liu, J. 2017. One new Pseudopoda species group (Araneae: Sparassidae) from Yunnan Province, China, with description of three new species. Zootaxa 4318(2): 271–294. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.2.3. Reference page. 

2018

• Jäger, P. 2018. On the genus Systaria (Araneae: Clubionidae) in Southeast Asia: new species from caves and forests. Zootaxa 4504(4): 524–544. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4504.4.5 Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. 2018a: The second true troglobiont Heteropoda species from a limestone cave system in Palawan, Philippines (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Arachnology 17(8): 427-431. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2017.17.8.427. Reference page. 
• Lin, Y-C., Li, S-Q. & Jäger, P. 2018. Tetrablemmidae, a spider family newly recorded from Cambodia (Arachnida, Araneae). ZooKeys 777: 43–55. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.777.24917 Reference page. 
• Zhong, Y., Jäger, P., Chen, J. & Liu, J. 2018. Taxonomic review of the Sinopoda okinawana-group (Araneae: Sparassidae) in China. Zootaxa 4388(3): 328–346. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.3.2 Reference page. 

2019

• Al-Khazali, A.M. & Jäger, P. 2019. Cebrennus sumer sp. nov. (Araneae: Sparassidae): first record of the genus in Iraq. Arachnology 18(1): 37-39. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2018.18.1.37. Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. 2019. Review of the huntsman spider genus Rhitymna Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Sparassidae). Zootaxa 4560(3): 441–462. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4560.3.2. Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. & Dimitrov, D.K. 2019. Otacilia fansipan spec. nov., the second congener recorded from Vietnam (Arachnida: Araneae: Phrurolithidae). Zootaxa 4664(2): 233–240. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4664.2.5. Reference page. 
• Kioko, G.M., Jäger, P., Kioko, E.N., Ji, L-Q. & Li, S-Q. 2019. On the species of the genus Mistaria Lehtinen, 1967 studied by Roewer (1955) from Africa (Araneae, Agelenidae). African Invertebrates, 60: 109–132. DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.60.34359 Reference page. 
• Kropf, C., Blick, T., Brescovit, A.D., Chatzaki, M., Dupérré, N., Gloor, D., Haddad, C.R., Harvey, M.S., Jäger, P., Marusik, Y.M., Ono, H., Rheims, C.A. & Nentwig, W. 2019. How not to delimit taxa: a critique on a recently proposed “pragmatic classification” of jumping spiders (Arthropoda: Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4545(3): 444–446. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.3.10. . Reference page. 
• Moradmand, M., Zamani, A. & Jäger, P. 2019. An Afrotropic element at the north-western periphery of the Oriental Region: Pseudomicrommata mokranica sp. nov. (Araneae: Sparassidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 126(2): 249-256. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3463459 . Reference page. 
• Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Gloor, D., Jäger, P. & Kropf, Ch. 2019. Tackling taxonomic redundancy in spiders: the infraspecific spider taxa described by Embrik Strand (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen / Arachnology Letters 58: 29-51. Reference page. 
• Zhang, H., Jäger, P. & Liu, J. 2019. Establishing a new species group of Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 with the description of two new species (Araneae, Sparassidae). ZooKeys 879: 91-115. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.879.35110 . Reference page. .
• Zhong, Y., Jäger, P., Chen, J. & Liu, J. 2019. Taxonomic study of Sinopoda spiders from China (Araneae: Sparassidae). Zootaxa 4607(1): 001–081. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4607.1.1 Reference page. 

2020

• Grall, E. & Jäger, P. 2020. Forty-seven new species of Sinopoda from Asia with a considerable extension of the distribution range to the South and description of a new species group (Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Zootaxa 4797(1): 001–101. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4797.1.1. . Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. 2020. Thunberga gen. nov., a new genus of huntsman spiders from Madagascar (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Zootaxa 4790(2): 245–260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4790.2.3. . Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. 2020a. The spider genus Olios Walckenaer, 1837 (Araneae: Sparassidae)—Part 1: species groups, diagnoses, identification keys, distribution maps and revision of the argelasius-, coenobitus- and auricomis-groups. Zootaxa 4866(1): 001–119. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4866.1.1. . Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. 2020b. Platnickopoda gen. nov., a new genus of huntsman spiders from Tanzania (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Arachnology 18(5): 499-506. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2020.18.5.499. . Reference page. 
• Lin Y.J., Shao, L., Hänggi, A., Caleb, J.T., Koh, J.K.H., Jäger, P. & Li, S.Q. 2020. Asianopis gen. nov., a new genus of the spider family Deinopidae from Asia. ZooKeys 911: 67-99. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.911.38761. . Reference page. 
• Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Gloor, D., Jäger, P. & Kropf, Ch. 2020. How to deal with destroyed type material? The case of Embrik Strand (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 22-29. DOI: 10.30963/aramit5904. . Reference page. 

2021

• Jäger, P 2021. Two new enigmatic genera of huntsman spiders from Madagascar (Araneae: Sparassidae). Zootaxa 4984(1): 335–346. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4984.1.24. . Reference page. 
• Jäger, P. 2021a. Enigmatic “love bites” and an indirect mating plug: revision of Thunberga Jäger, 2020 with description of new species (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Arachnology 18(7): 718–765. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2020.18.7.718. . Reference page. 
• Lan, T.Q., Jäger, P., Zhu, W.H. & Li, S.Q. 2021. Pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Southeast Asia, with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4963(3): 545–562. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4963.3.8. . Reference page. 

2022

• Grall, E. & Jäger, P. 2022. Four new genera of Heteropodinae Thorell, 1873 from Malaysia, Brunei and Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Sparassidae). Zootaxa 5169(1): 001–025. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.1. . Reference page. 
• Jäger, P 2022. Bowie gen. nov., a diverse lineage of ground-dwelling spiders occurring from the Himalayas to Papua New Guinea and northern Australia (Araneae: Ctenidae: Cteninae). Zootaxa 5170(1): 001–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5170.1.1. . Reference page. 
• Jäger, P 2022a. Otacilia tham spec. nov. and O. saszykaska spec. nov. from Laos, the first two cave-dwelling guardstone spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Phrurolithidae). Acta Arachnologica 71(2): 147-155. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.71.147. . Reference page. 
• Rheims, C.A. & Jäger, P. 2022. Revalidation of the genus Sadala Simon, 1880 with the description of a new genus of Neotropical huntsman spiders (Araneae, Sparassidae). Zootaxa 5135(1): 001–080. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5135.1.1. . Reference page. 

2023

• Jäger, P 2023. Revision of the huntsman spider genus Micrommata Latreille, 1804 (Sparassidae: Sparassinae). Zootaxa 5352(1): 001–045. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5352.1.1. . Reference page. 
• Sudhin, P.P., Sen, S. & Jäger, P. 2023. Taxonomic notes on the nursery-web spider genus Dendrolycosa Doleschall, 1859 (Araneae: Pisauridae) from India, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5353(1): 67–74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.1.4. Reference page. 
• Zhang, H., Zhu, Y., Zhong, Y., Jäger, P. & Liu, J. 2023b. A taxonomic revision of the spider genus Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 (Araneae: Sparassidae) from East, South and Southeast Asia. Megataxa 009(1): 001–304. Reference page.