Suresh Prins Benjamin

Suresh Prins Benjamin, entomologist.

• National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana Road, Kandy, Sri Lanka
• Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
• E-mail: suresh.benjamin@gmail.com

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 109 taxon names authored by Suresh Prins Benjamin

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2000

• Benjamin, S.P. 2000. Epidius parvati sp. n., a new species of the genus Epidius from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Thomisidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 284-288. Reference page. 
• Benjamin, S.P. & Jocqué, R. 2000. Two new species of the genus Suffasia from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Zodariidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 107(1): 97-106. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.80120. . Reference page. 

2004

• Benjamin, S.P. 2004. Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic hypothesis for the jumping spider subfamily Ballinae (Araneae, Salticidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 142: 1–82. Reference page. 
• Benjamin, S.P. 2004a. Nesticella marapu sp. n., a blind nesticid (Araneae: Nesticidae) from Sumba, Indonesia. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 111(2): 303-307. Reference page. 

2005

• Huber, B.A. & Benjamin, S.P. 2005. The pholcid spiders from Sri Lanka: redescription of Pholcus ceylonicus and description of a new genus (Araneae: Pholcidae). Journal of Natural History 39: 3305-3319. Reference page. 

2007

• Hormiga, Alvarez-Padilla, F. & Benjamin, S.P. 2007. First records of extant Hispaniolan spiders of the families Mysmenidae, Symphytognathidae, and Ochyroceratidae (Araneae), including a new species of Ochyrocera. American Museum Novitates 3577: 1-21. Reference page. 

2009

• Edwards, G.B. & Benjamin, S.P. 2009. A first look at the phylogeny of the Myrmarachninae, with rediscovery and redescription of the type species of Myrmarachne (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 2309: 1–29. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

2011

• Benjamin, S.P. 2011. Phylogenetics and comparative morphology of crab spiders (Araneae: Dionycha, Thomisidae). Zootaxa 3080: 001–108. Preview. Reference page. 

2013

• Marusik, Yu.M., Omelko, M.M. & Benjamin, S.P. 2013. The first description of adult female of Borboropactus asper (O. P.-Cambridge, 1884) from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 3737(2): 197–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.2.8. Reference page. 

2014

• Batuwita, S. & Benjamin, S.P. 2014. An annotated checklist and a family key to the pseudoscorpion fauna (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 3814(1): 37–67. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3814.1.2 Reference page. 
• Benjamin, S.P. 2014: Two new species of Pharta Thorell, 1891 with the description of Ibana senagang gen. et sp. nov. (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 3894(1): 177–182. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3894.1.15 Reference page. 
• Huber, B.A., Carvalho, L.S. & Benjamin, S.P. 2014. On the New World spiders previously misplaced in Leptopholcus: molecular and morphological analyses and descriptions of four new species (Araneae : Pholcidae). Invertebrate Systematics 28: 432-450. DOI: 10.1071/IS13050. Reference page. 

2015

• Benjamin, S.P. 2015. On the African Crab Spider Genus Geraesta Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Thomisidae). African Invertebrates 56(2): 309–318. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Benjamin, S.P. 2015a. Model mimics: antlike jumping spiders of the genus Myrmarachne from Sri Lanka. Journal of Natural History 49(43-44): 2609-2666. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1034209. . Reference page. 

2016

• Benjamin, S.P. 2016. Revision of Cebrenninus Simon, 1887 with description of one new genus and six new species (Araneae: Thomisidae). Revue suisse de zoologie 123(1): 179–200.DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.46304. Reference page. 
• Benjamin, S.P. & Clayton, C.I. 2016. Phylogenetic placement and revision of the tropical Asian crab spider genus Pagida (Araneae : Thomisidae). Invertebrate Systematics 30(4): 353-369. DOI: 10.1071/IS15054. . Reference page. 
• Benjamin, S.P. & Kanesharatnam, N. 2016. Description of three new species of the tropical Asian jumping spider genus Onomastus Simon, 1900 from high altitude cloud forests of Sri Lanka (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4205(5): 431–453. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.5.2. Reference page. 
• Kanesharatnam, N. & Benjamin, S.P. 2016. Three new generic records and descriptions of four new species of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Sri Lanka. European journal of Taxonomy 228: 1-23. full aticle (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ranasinghe, U.G.S.L. & Benjamin, S.P. 2016. A review of Sri Lankan Brignolia including the description of four new species (Araneae: Oonopidae). Zootaxa 4144(4): 451–476. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.4.1. Reference page. 
• Ranasinghe, U.G.S.L. & Benjamin, S.P. 2016. The Goblin spider genus Xestaspis in Sri Lanka (Araneae: Oonopidae). Zootaxa 4189(1): 60–80. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4189.1.2. Reference page. 

2017

• Benjamin, S.P. 2017. A new species of Angaeus from Malaysia with possible affinity to related genera within Stephanopinae (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 4337(2): 297–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.10. Reference page. 
• Benjamin, S.P. 2017a. Distributional and taxonomic notes on the crab spider genus Epidius with descriptions of five new species (Araneae: Thomisidae). Journal of Natural History 51(9-10): 469-485. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1302016. . Reference page. 
• Wheeler, W.C., Coddington, J.A., Crowley, L.M., Dimitrov, D.S., Goloboff, P.A., Griswold, C.E., Hormiga, Prendini, L., Ramírez, M.J., Sierwald, P., Almeida-Silva, L.M., Álvarez-Padilla, Arnedo, M.A., Benavides Silva, L.R., Benjamin, S.P., Bond, J.S., Grismado, C.J., Hasan, E., Hedin, M., Izquierdo, M.A., Labarque, F.M., Ledford, J., Lopardo, L., Maddison, W.P., Miller, J.A., Piacentini, L.N., Platnick, N.I., Polotow, D., Silva-Dávila, D., Scharff, N., Szűts, T., Ubick, D., Vink, C.J., Wood, H.M. & Zhang, J.X. 2017. The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling. Cladistics 33: 574–616. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12182 . Reference page. 

2018

• Ghate, H.V., Kulkarni, S. & Benjamin, S.P. 2018. Giant assassin in the cave: a new species of the genus Myiophanes from Sri Lanka (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae). Zootaxa 4524(2): 237–244. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4524.2.7 Reference page. 
• Kanesharatnam, N. & Benjamin, S.P. 2018. A new genus and three new species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Sri Lanka. European journal of Taxonomy 444: 1-24. full aticle (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ranasinghe, U.G.S.L. & Benjamin, S.P. 2018. Taxonomic descriptions of nine new species of the goblin spider genera Cavisternum, Grymeus, Ischnothyreus, Opopaea, Pelicinus and Silhouettella (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Sri Lanka. Evolutionary Systematics 2: 65–80. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.2.25200 Reference page. 
• Ranasinghe, U.G.S.L. & Benjamin, S.P. 2018a. Three new species of Aprusia (Araneae: Oonopidae) from Sri Lanka with a phylogenetic analysis of the genus. Journal of Natural History 52(11-12): 713-738. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1444803. . Reference page. 

2019

• Benjamin, S.P. & Ranasinghe, U.G.S.L. 2019. Redescription of Boliscus decipiens, with a new synonym in Boliscus tuberculatus (Araneae: Thomisidae). Arachnology 18(2): 129-132. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2018.18.2.129. Reference page. 
• Ileperuma Arachchi, I.S. & Benjamin, S.P. 2019. The crab spider genus Tarrocanus Simon, 1895 with notes on the genera Alcimochthes Simon, 1895 and Domatha Simon, 1895 (Araneae:Thomisidae). Zootaxa 4613(3): 587–593. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.3.10. Reference page. 
• Kanesharatnam, N. & Benjamin, S.P. 2019. Multilocus genetic and morphological phylogenetic analysis reveals a radiation of shiny South Asian jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) ZooKeys 839: 1-81. Reference page. 
• Sudhin, P.P., Nafin, K.S., Benjamin, S.P. & Sudhikumar, A.V. 2019 Two new species of the genus Marengo Peckham et Peckham, 1892 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Western Ghats of India. Arthropoda Selecta 28(3): 435–444. full article (PDF).Reference page. 

2020

• Benjamin, S.P. 2020. Distributional and taxonomic notes on the crab spider genus Talaus Simon, 1886 with description of a new species (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 4858(3): 405–416. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4858.3.6. . Reference page. 
• Kanesharatnam, N. & Benjamin, S.P. 2020. On three new species of jumping spiders of the genera Habrocestum Simon, 1876, Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 and Tamigalesus Żabka, 1988 (Araneae, Salticidae) from Sri Lanka. Evolutionary Systematics 4: 5-19. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.4.47578 Reference page. 
• Kanesharatnam, N. & Benjamin, S.P. 2020a. First record of Synagelides Strand, 1906 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Sri Lanka: description of four endemic species from tropical wet forest of the island. Zootaxa 4790(1): 043–056. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4790.1.2. . Reference page. 
• Maddison, W.P., Beattie, I., Marathe, K., Ng, P.Y.C., Kaneshaatnam, N., Benjamin, S.P. & Kunte, K. 2020. A phylogenetic and taxonomic review of baviine jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Baviini). ZooKeys, 1004: 27–97. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1004.57526 Reference page. 

2021

• Bopearachchi, D.P. & Benjamin, S.P. 2021. Phylogenetic placement of Flacillula Strand, 1932 with seven new species from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Salticidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59(6): 1255-1272. Reference page. 
• Kanesharatnam, N. & Benjamin, S.P. 2021. Phylogenetic relationships and systematics of the jumping spider genus Colopsus with the description of eight new species from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Salticidae). Journal of Natural History 54(43-44): 2763-2814. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1869335. . Reference page. 

2024

• Satkunanathan, A. & Benjamin, S.P. 2024. Multilocus genetic and morphological phylogenetic analysis: unveiling a new genus and species in the tribe Nannenini of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae). Zoologica Scripta 53(5): 688-711 & Suppl. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12660. . Reference page. 
• Satkunanathan, A. & Benjamin, S.P. 2024a. Phylogenetic placement of Carrhotus Thorell, 1891 with three new species from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Salticidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 817: 78–110. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1765. . Reference page. 

2025

• Dayananda, N. & Benjamin, S.P. 2025. Five new species of the genus Mallinella Strand, 1906 (Araneae: Zodariidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 5570(1): 100–118. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5570.1.4. . Reference page.