Books/Chapters in Books

2020

Codron D. 2020. Evolution of large mammal herbivores in savannas. In: Scogings PF,Sankaran M (eds.) Savanna woody plants and large herbivores. 213-243. John Wiley & Sons, West Sussex, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781119081111.ch8.

Publications

2020

Ackermans, N,L., Martin, L.F, Codron, D., Hummel, J., Kircher, P.R., Richter, H., Kaiser, T.M., Clauss, M., Hatt, J-M. 2020. Mesowear represents a lifetime signal in sheep (Ovis aries) within a long-term feeding experiment. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 553: 109793.

Akinnuoye-Adelabu, D., Clark, R. & Bredenhand E. 2020.  Potential for sustainable mountain farming: Challenges and prospects for sustainable smallholder farming in the Maloti-Drakensberg mountains.   Mountain Research & Development 40: A1-A11.

Arvidsson, F., Addison, P., Addison, M., Haddad, C.R. & Birkhofer, K. 2020. Weed species, not mulching, affect web-building spider communities and their prey in organic temperate fruit orchards in South Africa. Ecosphere 11 (#e03059): 1–14.

Azarkina, G.A. & Haddad, C.R. 2020. Partial revision of the Afrotropical Ballini, with the description of seven new genera (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4899: 15–92.

Bates, M.F. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. A tribute to William Roy Branch (1946‒2018): Doyen of African Herpetology. African Journal of Herpetology 69 (1): 1‒11.

Bates, M.F. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. William Roy Branch (1946‒2018): Doyen of African Herpetology: Bibliography, taxonomic discoveries and patronyms. African Journal of Herpetology 69 (1): 119‒150.

Bates, M.F. & Josling, N. 2020. First record of a pholcid spider (Arachnida: Araneae) feeding on a reptile in South Africa. African Journal of Ecology. DOI: 101111/aje.12835.

Bates, M.F. & Stanley, E.L. 2020. A taxonomic revision of the south-eastern dragon lizards of the Smaug warreni (Boulenger) species complex in southern Africa, with the description of a new species (Squamata: Cordylidae) PeerJ 8:e8526 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8526.

Bates, M.F. & Wilson, B. 2020. First record of a Cape cobra Naja nivea (Reptilia: Squamata) preying on an aardwolf Proteles cristatus (Mammalia: Carnivora). African Journal of Ecology. DOI: 101111/aje.12792.

Botha, J. & Smith, R.M.H. 2020. Biostratigraphy of the Lystrosaurus declivis Assemblage Zone in R. M. H. Smith (ed.), Karoo biostratigraphy. Special Issue. South African Journal of Geology 123(2): 207-216.
Botha, J. 2020. The paleobiology and paleoecology of South African Lystrosaurus. PeerJ 8:e10408. DOI: doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10408.

Botha, J., Huttenlocker, A.K., Smith, R.M.H., Prevec, R., Viglietti, .P & Modesto. S.P. 2020. New geochemical and palaeontological data from the Permian-Triassic boundary in the South African Karoo Basin test the synchronicity of terrestrial and marine extinctions. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 540: 109467. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109467.

Botham, J.L., Haddad, C.R., Gryzenhout, M., Swart, V.R. & Bredenhand, E. 2020. State of gene flow shows high genetic diversity of spider species in a montane grassland landscape. PLoS ONE 15 (e0234437): 1–26.

Botham, J.L., Swart, V.R., Bredenhand, E., Gryzenhout, M. & Haddad, C.R. 2020.  Gene flow and genetic diversity of five ubiquitous spider species from shrublands in a mountainous grassland landscape.  PlosOne 15(6): e0234437.

Chidawanyika, F., Chikowore, G. & Mutamiswa, R. 2020. Thermal tolerance of the biological control agent Neolema abbreviata and its potential geographic distribution together with its host Tradescantia fluminensis in South Africa. Biological Control 149: 104315.

Clauss, M., Zerbe, P., Bingaman, L.L, Codron, D., & Müller, D.W.H. 2020. Basic considerations on seasonal breeding in mammals including their testing by comparing natural habitats and zoos. Mammalian Biology doi:10.1007/s42991-020-00078-y.

De Cuyper, A., Meloro, C., Abraham, A.J., Müller, D.W.H., Codron, D., Janssens, G.P.J. & Clauss, M. 2020. The uneven weight distribution between predators and prey: comparing gut fill between terrestrial herbivores and carnivores. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A. 243:110683.

De Jager, G.P. & Basson, L. 2019. Taxonomic assessment of three North American trichodinids by re-evaluating the taxon validity of Trichodina heterodentata Duncan, 1977 (Peritrichia). Acta Protozoologica, 58(3): 125-139, doi: 10.4467/16890027AP.19.013.11914.

De Jager, G.P., Basson, L. & van Marwijk, J. 2019.  A new Trichodina species (Peritrichia: Mobilida) from anuran tadpole hosts, Sclerophrys spp. In the Okavango Panhandle, Botswana, with comments on this taxon. Acta Protozoologica, 58 (3): 141-153,  doi:10.4467/16890027AP.19.014.11915.

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S., Wiese, L., Foord, S.H. & Haddad, C.R. 2020. A list of spider species found in the Addo Elephant National Park (Eastern Cape Province, South Africa). Koedoe 62 (a1578): 1–13.

Eiseb, S. J., Nicolas, V., Zeller, U. Denys, C. & Taylor, P. J. 2020. Peripatric speciation linked with drainage evolution in a rare African rodent, Mastomys shortridgei (Rodentia: Muridae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 2020:1–21, DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12441.

Ermilov, S.G., Hugo-Coetzee, E.A., Khaustov A.A. & Khaustov V.A. 2020. Ontogenetic instars of Phyllhermannia goldengatensis sp.nov. (Acari, Oribatida, Hermanniidae) from South Africa. Systematic and Applied Acarology 25(11): 2115-2130.

Ermilov, S.G. & Hugo-Coetzee, E.A. 2020. A new species of oribatid mites of the gemus Galumna from South Africa. Acarina 28(1), 17-22.

Fomichev, A.A. & Marusik Y. M. 2020. Notes on the spider genus Segestria Latreille, 1804 (Araneae: Segestriidae) in the East Palaearctic with description of three new species. Zootaxa 4758 (2): 330–346.

Fomichev, A.A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2020. Redescription and new data on the distribution of Scyloxes asiatica Dunin, 1992 (Aranei: Scytodidae) from Tajikistan. Acta Arachnologica 69. (1): 43–48. 

Fomichev, A.A., & Marusik, Y.M. 2020. The first record of the spider subfamily Urocteinae Thorell, 1869 (Aranei: Oecobiidae) in Tajikistan. Arthropoda Selecta 29 (2): 235–238. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.29.2.08.

Foord, S.H., Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S., Haddad, C.R., Lyle, R., Lotz, L.N., Sethusa, T. & Raimondo, D. 2020. The South African National Red List of spiders: patterns, threats, and conservation. Journal of Arachnology 48: 110–118.

Haddad, C.R. 2020. The spider genus Creugas Thorell, 1878 in the Afrotropical Region (Araneae: Corinnidae). Arthropoda Selecta 29: 82–86.

Hatt, J-M., Codron, D., Ackermans, N.L., Martin, L.F., Richter, H., Gerspach, C., Hummel, J. & Clauss, M. 2020. Differences in the rumen washing mechanism in sheep fed diets with abrasives of various concentrations and sizes. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 550:109728. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109728.

Hohl, C.J.M., Codron, D., Kaiser, T.M., Martin, L.F., Müller, D.W.H. Hatt, J-M., Clauss, M. 2020. Chewing, dental morphology and wear in tapirs (Tapirus spp.) and a comparison of freeranging and captive specimens. PLOS ONE 15:e0234826.

Islas-Ortega, A.G., Basson, L, Marcotegui, P., Ruiz-Campos, G., De Jager, G.P., Rivas, G. & Aguilar-Aguilar, R. 2020. Trichodinids (CIliophora: Trichodinidae) on rocky-tidal fishes from the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. Journal of Parasitology, 106 (5): 689-698, https://sci-doi.org/10.1645/20-80.

Islas-Ortega, A.G., Marcotegui, P.S., Basson, L. & Aguilar-Aguilar, R. 2020. A checklist of trichodinid species (Ciliophora: Trichodinidae) on tilapia (Cichlidae), with new records from Mexico and the first data from Argentina. Zootaxa, 4896 (4):451-484, https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4896.4.1.

Jansen van Rensburg, C. 2020. Assessing the ecological status of the Seekoeivlei Wetland, South Africa: A Nematode community case study.  Wetlands 40: 1269-1281.

Joharchi, O., Hugo-Coetzee, E.A., Ermilov, S.G., Khaustov, A.A. 2020. A new unusual species of Gaeolaelaps Evans and Till (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) from South Africa. Annales Zoologici 70(3): 439-447
Joharchi, O., Hugo-Coetzee, E.A., Ermilov, S.G., Khaustov, A.A. Redescription of Hypoaspisella spiculifer (Berlese, 1918) comb. nov. (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) from South Africa. Acarina 28(1); 55-64.

Khaustov, A.A., Hugo-Coetzee, E.A. & Ermilov S.G. 2020. Two new myrmecophilous Scutacarus (Acari: Scutacaridae) from South Africa. Annales Zoologici 70(3): 397-407.

Khaustov, A.A., Hugo-Coetzee, E.A., Ermilov, S.G. A new species of Lorryia (Acari: Tydeidae) from termite nest in South Africa. Acarina 28(1): 47-53.

Lee, C., Day, J., Goodman, S. M., Pedrono, P., Besnard, G., Frantz, L. Taylor, P.J., Herrera, M.J. & Gongora, J. 2020. Genetic origins and diversity of Malagasy Bushpigs (Potamochoerus larvatus). Scientific Reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77279-5.

Liu, K., Xu, X., Haddad, C.R., Yin, H.Q. & Ma, Z. 2020. Two new species of Utivarachna Kishida, 1940 from southern China, with an updated key to the Chinese species (Araneae: Trachelidae). Zootaxa 4803: 87–102.

Lowe, W., Wolff, J.O., Cardoso, P., Birkhofer, K., Aceves-Aparicio, A., Wong, B.H., Fukushima, C.S., Scott, C., Haddad, C.R., Mclean, D.J., Urbano-Tenorio, F., Chichorro, F., Uhl, G., Krehenwinkel, H., Malumbres-Olarte, J., Pétillon, J., Privet, K., Isaia, M., Macías-Hernández, N., Michalko, R., Mammola, S., Gonçalves-Souza, T., Audisio, T.L., Nentwig, W., Pekár, S. & Herberstein, M.E. 2020. Towards a centralized spider traits database. Journal of Arachnology 48: 103–109.

Luo, Y., Goh, S.P., Li, D., Gonzaga, M.O., Santos, A.J., Tanikawa, A., Yoshida, H., Haddad, C.R., May-Collado, L.J., Gregorič, M., Turk, E., Kuntner, M. & Agnarsson, I. 2020. Global diversification of Anelosimus spiders driven by long distance overwater dispersal and Neogene climate oscillations. Systematic Biology 69: 1122–1136.

Luwes, C. & Haddad, C.R. 2020. Spider assemblages in grass tussocks in central South Africa (Arachnida: Araneae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 75: 105–110.

Machekano, H., Mutamiswa, R., Singano, C. Joseph, V., Chidawanyika, F. & Nyamukondiwa, C. 2020.Thermal resilience of Prostephanus truncatus (Horn): Can we derive optimum temperature-time combinations for commodity treatment?  Journal of Stored Products Research 86: 101568.

Malindie, S., Buschke, F. & Codron, D. 2020 Carbon isotope differences between grassland and savanna herbivores reveal environmentally driven rather than phylogenetically conserved niches. Journal of  Zoololgy 311: 116-125.

Marston, C.G., Wilkinson, D.M., Sponheimer, M., Codron, D., Codron, J. & O'Regan, H.J. 2020. ‘Remote’ behavioural ecology: Do megaherbivores consume vegetation in proportion to its presence in the landscape? PeerJ. 8:e8622.

Martin, L.F., Krause, L., Ulbricht, A., Winkler, D.E., Codron, D., Kaiser, T.M., Müller, J., Hummel, J., Clauss, M., Hatt, J-M & Schulz-Kornas, E. 2020. Dental wear at macro- and microscopic scale in rabbits fed diets of different abrasiveness: A pilot investigation. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 556:109886.

Marusik, Y.M. & Azarkina, G.N. 2020. Who is Eresus tristis Kroneberg, 1875 (Aranei: Eresidae)? Arthropoda Selecta (29): 470–474.

Marusik, Y.M. & Fomichev, A.A. 2020. A new species of Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 (Araneae: Trachelidae) from Tajikistan. ZooKeys. 993: 27–34. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.993.59932.

Marusik, Y.M. & Nadolny, A.A. 2020. On the identity of Trochosa hispanica (Araneae, Lycosidae), with notes on the synonymy of West Palaearctic “Trochosa” species. Zootaxa 4859 (1): 56–80 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4859.1.2.

Marusik, Y.M. & Nekhaeva, A.A. 2020. Redescription of two poorly known Arctic Hilaira species (Aranei: Linyphiidae) with notes on species grouping. Arthropoda Selecta 29 (1): 133–140.
 
Marusik, Y.M., Nadolny, A.A. & Koponen, S. 2020. A redescription of Trochosa urbana (Araneae, Lycosidae) with notes on its distribution. Arachnology 18 (5): 482–489.

Marusik, Y.M., Omelko, M.M. & Koponen, S. 2020. On two enigmatic spiders (Araneae: Cybaeidae & Phrurolithidae) from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa 4899 (1): 247–258. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.13.

Marusik, Y.M., Omelko, M.M. & Simmons, Z. 2020. Redescription of two West Himalayan Cheiracanthium (Aranei: Cheiracanthiidae). Arthropoda Selecta. 29 (3): 339–347. doi:10.15298/arthsel. 29.3.07.

Marusik, Y.M., Omelko, M.M. & Simonov, P.S. 2020. A redescription of Aculepeira matsudae (Aranei: Araneidae), a species recently found in Far East Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 29 (1): 121–126.

Marusik, Y.M., Omelko, M.M., Simonov, P.S. & Mi, X.Q. 2020. A survey of Alenatea Song et Zhu, 1999 (Aranei: Araneidae). Arthropoda Selecta 29 (4): 487–494.

Marusik, Y.M., Otto, S. & Japoshvili, G. 2020. Taxonomic notes on Amaurobius (Araneae: Amaurobiidae), including the description of a new species. Zootaxa. 4718 (1). 47–56. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4718.1.3.

Mbande, A., Tedder, M., & Chidawanyika, F. 2020. Offspring diet supersedes the transgenerational effects of parental diet in a specialist herbivore Neolema abbreviata under manipulated foliar nitrogen variability. Insect Science 27: 361-374.

Mbo, Z. & Haddad, C.R. 2020. Remarks on two poorly known Dionycha spiders from the Afrotropical Region (Araneae: Cheiracanthiidae, Liocranidae). Arachnology 18: 325–328.

Moloi, M., Ogbeide, O. & Voua Otomo P. 2020 Probabilistic health risk assessment of heavy metals at wastewater discharge points within the Vaal River Basin, South Africa. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 224:113421. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2019.113421.

Mutamiswa, R., Machekano, H., Nyamukondiwa, C. & Chidawanyika, F. 2020. Host plant-related responses on the thermal fitness of Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Arthropod-Plant Interactions 14: 463-471.

Mutamiswa, R., Nyamukondiwa, C., Chikowore, G. & Chidawanyika, F. (2021). Overview of oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in African invasion storm: From invasion bio-ecology to sustainable magement. Crop Protection 141: 105492.

Mutamiswa, R., Tarusikirwa, V., Nyamukondiwa, C. & Chidawanyika, F., 2020. Fluctuating environments impact physiological fitness in an invasive insect species Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae). Journal of Applied Entomology 144: 885-896.

Mzilikazi, K., Le Roux, A. & Van Vuuren, B. 2020. Bad science cannot be used as a basis of constructive dialogue: Response to Prof Nicoli Nattrass commentary. South African Journal of Science 116 (Special issue). DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2020/8583.

Nengovhela, A., Denys, C. & Taylor, P.J. 2020. Life history and habitat do not mediate temporal changes in body size due to climate warming in rodents. PeerJ 8:e9792 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9792.

Nengovhela, A., Denys, C. & Taylor, P.J. 2020. Life history and habitat do not mediate temporal changes in body size due to climate warming in rodents. PeerJ 8:e9792 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9792.

Norton, L.A., Abdala, F. Rubidge, B.S. & Botha, J. 2020. Tooth replacement patterns in the Early Triassic epicynodont Galesaurus planiceps (Therapsida, Cynodontia). PLOS One 15(12) e0243985. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243985.

Omelko M.M. & Marusik Y.M. 2020. A new species and new records of wolf spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae) from Laos. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68: 479–487. doi:10.26107/RBZ-2020-0066.

Omelko, M.M., Marusik, Y.M. & Lyle, R. 2020. A survey of Diphya Nicolet, 1849 (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 4899 (1): 259–279. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.14.

Osthoff, G., Madende, M., Hugo, A. & Butler, H.J.B. 2020. Milk evolution with emphasis on the Atlantogenata. African Zoology. DOI:10.1080/15627020.2020.1798281.

Pekár, S., Petráková Dušátková, L. & Haddad, C.R. 2020. No ontogenetic shift in the realised trophic niche but in Batesian mimicry in an ant-eating spider. Scientific Reports 10 (1250): 1–9. 

Pekár, S., Petráková Dušátková, L., Michálek, O. & Haddad, C.R. 2020. Coexistence of two termite-eating specialists (Araneae). Ecological Entomology 45: 1307–1317.

Ramoejane, M., Gouws, G., Swartz, E.R., Sidlauskas, B.L. & Weyl O.L.F. 2020. Molecular and morphological evidence reveals hybridisation between two endemic cyprinid fishes. Journal of Fish Biology 96: 1234–1250. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14153.

Ramoejane, M., Weyl, O.L.F., Swartz, E.R. & Gouws G. 2020. Identifying multiple geographically restricted phylogeographic lineages of Moggel (Cyprinidae: Labeo umbratus) in South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science. DOI:10.2989/16085914.2020.1818546.

Smith, R.M.H., Rubidge, B.S., Day, M.O. & Botha, J. 2020.Introduction to the tetrapod biozonation of the Karoo Supergroup in R. M. H. Smith (ed.), Karoo biostratigraphy. Special Issue. South African Journal of Geology 123(2): 131-140.

Šťáhlavský, F., Forman, M., Just, P., Denič, F., Haddad, C.R. & Opatova, V. 2020. Cytogenetics of entelegyne spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from southern Africa. Comparative Cytogenetics 14: 107–138.

Šťáhlavský, F., Nguyen, P., Sadílek, D., Štundlová, J., Just, P., Haddad, C.R., Koç, H., Ranawana, K.B., Stockmann, M., Yağmur, E.A. & Kovařík, F. 2020. Evolutionary dynamics of rDNA clusters on chromosomes of buthid scorpions (Chelicerata: Arachnida). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 131: 547–565.

Tang, J., Xu, X., Yin, H.Q., Marusik, Y.M. & Huang, Z. 2020. Redescription of the holotypes of four Alopecosa species (Araneae: Lycosidae) from China. ZooKeys 945: 85–97. 

Tarusikirwa, V., Machekano, H., Mutamiswa, R., Chidawanyika, F. & Nyamukondiwa, C. (2020). Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) on the “Offensive” in Africa: Prospects for Integrated Management Initiatives. Insects 11: 764.

Tarusikirwa, V., Mutamiswa, R., English, S., Chidawanyika, F. & Nyamukondiwa, C. 2020. Thermal plasticity in the invasive south American tomato pinworm Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Journal of Thermal Biology 90: 10259.

Taylor, P.J., Nelufule, M., Parker, D.M., Cory Toussaint, D. & Weier, S.M. 2020. The Limpopo River exerts a powerful but spatially limited effect on bat communities in a semi-arid region of South Africa. Acta Chiropterologica 22(1): 75–86, doi: 10.3161/15081109ACC2020.22.1.007.

Van Aardt, A.C., Codron, D., Theron, E.J. & Du Preez, P.J. 2020. Plant community structure and possible vegetation changes after drought on a granite catena in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Koedoe 62:a1585. doi:10.4102/ Koedoe.v62i2.1585.

Van As, M., Netherlands, E.C. & Smit, N.J. 2020. Molecular characterisation and morphological description of two new species of Hepatozoon Miller, 1908 (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae) infecting leukocytes of African leopards Panthera pardus pardus (L.). Parasites Vectors 13: 222.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-3933-6.

Van Der Merwe, S.S., Swart, V.R., Bredenhand, E. & Haddad, C.R. 2020. Soil-dwelling arthropods as indicators of erosion in a South African grassland habitat. Pedobiologia 80 (150647): 1–8.

Verdu-Ricoy, J., Matla, T., Gregory, M., Lambiris, A., Jordaan, A., Zhao, Z. and N. Heideman. 2019. The taxonomic utility of spermatozoan morphology in fossorial and surface living skinks in South Africa. Acta Zoologica 100 (1): 96-107.

Weyl, O.L.F., Barkhuizen, L.M., Christison, K., Dalu, T., Hlungwani H.A., Impson, D., Sankar, K., Mandrak, N.E., Marr, S.M., Sara, J.R., Smit, N.J., Tweddle, D., Vine, N.G., Wepener, V., Zvavahera, M. & Cowx, I.G. 2020. Ten research questions to support South Africa’s Inland Fisheries Policy.  African Journal of Aquatic Sciences DOI: 10.2989/16085914.2020.1822774.

Winkler, D.E., Schulz-Kornas, E., Kaiser, T.M., Codron, D,. Leichliter, J., Hummel, J,. Martin, L.F., Clauss, M. & Tütken, T. 2020 The turnover of dental microwear texture: Testing the ”last supper” effect in small mammals in a controlled feeding experiment. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 557:109930.

Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2020. A review of Agelenini (Araneae: Agelenidae: Ageleninae) from Iran and Tajikistan, with description of four new genera. Arachnology 18 (4): 368–386.

Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2020. A survey of Phrurolithidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in southern Caucasus, Iran and Central Asia. Zootaxa 4758 (2): 311–329.

Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2020. New species of Filistatidae, Palpimanidae and Scytodidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from southern Iran. Acta Arachnologica.  69 (2): 121–126. 

Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2020. Two species of Araniella (Aranei: Araneidae) from Western Himalaya, with notes on species reported from India. Arthropoda Selecta 29 (3): 361–366. doi: 10.15298/arthsel. 29.3.09.

Zamani, A., Dimitrov, D., Weiss, I., Alimohammadi, S., Rafiei-Jahed, R., Esyunin, S.L., Moradmand, M., Chatzaki, M. & Marusik, Y.M. 2020. New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part VII. Arachnology 18 (6): 569–591.

Zamani, A., Marusik, Y.M. & Šestáková, A. 2020. On Araniella and Neoscona (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Caucasus, Middle East and Central Asia. ZooKeys. 906: 13–40. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.906.47978.

Zhao, Z, Heideman, N.J.L., Jordaan, A., Bester, P. & Hofmeyr, M. 2020. Climatic and topographic changes since the Miocene influenced the diversification and biogeography of the tent tortoise (Psammobates tentorius) species complex in Southern Africa. BMC Evolutionary Biology 20:1-51.

Zhao, Z., Goedhals, J., Verdú-Ricoy, J., Jordaan, A. & Heideman, N.J.L. 2020. Comparative analysis of the eye anatomy in fossorial and surface living skink species (Reptilia: Scincidae), with special reference to the structure of the retina. Acta Zoologica 101(3): 311-323.

Zhao, Z., Heideman, N.J.L., Grobler, J.P., Jordaan, A., Bester, P. & Hofmeyr, M. 2020. Unravelling the diversification and systematic puzzle of the highly polymorphic Psammobates tentorius complex (Reptilia: Testudinidae) through multiple phylogenetic analyses and species delimitation approaches. Journal of Systematic Zoology & Evolutionary Research 58 (1): 308-326.

Zonstein, S. & Marusik Y.M. 2020. Two new species of Diaphorocellus Simon, 1893 from Madagascar (Araneae: Palpimanidae). African Invertebrates 61 (1): 1 15. 

Тanasevitch, A.V. & Marusik, Y.M. 2020. A new species of the genus Carniella Thaler & Steinberger from the Nepal Himalayas (Araneae, Theridiidae). Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 52 (6): 2275-2280. DOI:https://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.pjz/20180402170422

Zhao, Z., Heideman N.J. L. & Hofmeyr, M. 2020. Codon-based analysis of selection pressure and genetic structure in the Psammobates tentorius (Bell, 1828) species complex= (tent tortoises), and phylogeny inferred from both codons and amino acid sequences. African Journal of Ecology, in press.

Chapters in Books

2019

Codron, D., Hofmann, R.R. & Clauss, M. 2019. Morphological and physiological adaptations for browsing and grazing. In: The ecology of browsing and grazing II. I.J. Gordon & H.H.T. Prins (Eds). Berlin: Springer. pp. 81-125. 

Van As, J.G. & Van As, L.L. 2019. Adaptations and types of crustacean symbiotic associations. In: Parasitic Crustacea – State of knowledge and future trends. N.J. Smit, N. Bruce & K. Hadfield (Eds). Switzerland: Springer. pp 135-178. 

Van As, L.L. 2019. Hypersymbionts and hyperparasites. 2019. In: Parasitic Crustacea – State of knowledge and future trends. N.J. Smit, N. Bruce & K. Hadfield (Eds). Switzerland: Springer. pp 343-386.

Conference Contributions Conference Papers/Posters

Badenhorst, H., Haddad, C.R. & Janion-Scheepers, C. 2019. Diversity of springtails and spiders in three biomes in central South Africa. Paper delivered at the 21st International Congress of Arachnology, Christchurch, New Zealand. 10-15 February 2019.

Badenhorst, H., Haddad, C.R, Janion-Scheepers C. & Louw, SvdM. 2019. Die invloed van landboupraktyke op grondlewende mesofauna van geselekteerde agro-ekosisteme in die Vrystaat Provinsie, Suid-Afrika. Paper delivered at the 19th Studentesimposium in Natuurwetenskappe, Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, Bloemfontein, South Africa. 1 November 2019. 

Barkhuizen L.M. 2019. Conservation status of the common rock catfish Austroglanis sclateri (Boulenger, 1901) in the Free State Province: least concern or threatened? Poster presented at the 56th Southern African Society of Aquatic Scientists Conference, Bela Bela, South Africa. 30 June-4 July 2019.

Barkhuizen L.M. 2019. Red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii: Second record of a wild population in South Africa. Paper delivered at the 56th Southern African Society of Aquatic Scientists Conference, Bela Bela, South Africa. 30 June-4 July 2019.

Basson, L. 2019. Diversity of sessiline ciliates (Peritricha: Sessilina) from fish in Tasmania, Australia. Paper delivered at the 56th Microscopy Society of Southern Africa Conference, Langebaan, South Africa. 2-6 December 2019. 

Basson, L. & De Jager, G.P. 2019. Cilia in mobiline ciliates from chitons: anomalies or merely odd deviations? Poster prsented delivered at the 56th Microscopy Society of Southern Africa Conference, Langebaan, South Africa. 2-6 December 2019.

Booysen, R., Haddad, C.R. & Pekár, S. 2019. Revision, molecular phylogeny and biology of the spider genus Micaria Westring, 1851 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) in the Afrotropical Region. Paper delivered at 21st International Congress of Arachnology, Christchurch, New Zealand. 10-15 February 2019.
 
Bopheka, L., Van As, J., Cook, C. & Van As L.L. 2019. Possible life cycle of Trypanosoma mukasai in Free State River Systems. Paper delivered at the 56th Southern African Society of Aquatic Scientists Conference, Bela Bela, South Africa. 30 June-4 July 2019.

Botham, J.L., Swart, V.R., Bredenhand, E. & Haddad, C.R. 2019. Influence of altitude and stratification on arthropod biodiversity within interspersed arboreal biotopes in Afromontane grasslands. Paper delivered at the 21st Entomological Society of Southern Africa Conference, Umhlanga, South Africa. 8-11 July 2019.
Chidawanyika, F., Mudavanhu, P. & Nyamukondiwa, C. 2019. Global climate change as a driver of bottom-up and top-down factors in agricultural landscapes and the fate of host-parasitoid interactions. Paper delivered at the 21st Entomological Society of Southern Africa Conference Umhlanga, South Africa. 8-11 July 2019.

Codron, D., Buschke, F., Malindie, S. & Clauss, M. 2019. Intraversus interspecific niche variations in mammal communities: is niche partitioning a valuable assembly rule? Paper delivered at Ecological Society of America, USSEE Joint Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. 11-15 August 2019.

De Jager, G.P. & Basson, L. 2019. First records of the genus Polycycla (Mobilida: Urceolariidae) from holothurian hosts in Africa. Paper delivered at the 56th Microscopy Society of Southern Africa Conference, Langebaan, South Africa. 2-6 December 2019.

De Jager, G.P. & Basson, L. 2019. ‘n Vindingryke silwernitraatimpregneringstegniek vir varswater trigodinataksonomie. Paper presented at the 19th Studentesimposium in Natuurwetenskappe, Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, Bloemfontein, South Africa. 1 November 2019.

De Jager, G.P. & Basson, L. 2019. Three new species from the genus Leiotrocha (Peritrichia: Ciliophora) from south coast intertidal chitons. Poster presented at the 56th Microscopy Society of Southern Africa Conference, Langebaan, South Africa. 2-6 December 2019. [Best Poster Presentation in the Life Sciences].

De Smidt, A. & Jansen van Rensburg, C. 2019. Nematodes of the Willem Pretorius Nature Reserve in the Free State province, South Africa. Paper delivered at the 22nd Bi-annual Symposium of the Nematological Society of Southern Africa, Mpumulanga, South Africa. 12-15 May 2019.

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S., Haddad, C.R., Foord, S.H., Lyle, R., Lotz, L.N., Sethusa, T. & Raimundo, D. 2019. Red List of South African spiders: an end-product of the South African National Survey of Arachnida. Poster presented at the 21st International Congress of Arachnology, Christchurch, New Zealand. 10-15 February 2019.

Dlamini, N.P. & Voua Otomo, P. 2019. Determining the effects of biochar soil amendment on the toxicity of sewage sludge on the earthworm Eisenia fetida (Oligochaeta). Poster presented at the 5th World Congress on Risk Development and Resilience and 9th African Biennial Conference of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Contamination, Cape Town, South Africa. 6-8 May 2019.

Haddad, C.R., Foord, S.H. & Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S. 2019. Spider assemblages in South African grasslands and the factors that shape them: a review of two decades of recent work. Paper delivered at the 21st International Congress of Arachnology, Christchurch, New Zealand. 10-15 February 2019. 

Jansen van Rensburg, C. 2019. Nematodes as bio-indicators of the Seekoeivlei Wetland, South Africa. Paper delivered at the 56th Southern African Society of Aquatic Scientists Conference, Bela Bela, South Africa. 30 June-4 July 2019.

Jansen van Rensburg, C., De Jager, G.P. & Basson, L. 2019. Nematodes collected from leaf litter in Jonkershoek Nature Reserve, Stellenbosch. Paper delivered at the 56th Microscopy Society of southern Africa Conference, Langebaan, South Africa. 2-6 December 2019.

Jansen van Rensburg, C. & De Smidt, A. 2019. Nematofauna of the Soetdoring Nature Reserve in the Free State province, South Africa. Paper delivered at the 22nd Bi-annual Symposium of the Nematological Society of Southern Africa, Mpumulanga, South Africa. 12-15 May 2019.

Jumbam, K.R., Le Roux, A. & Petelle, M.M. 2019. Exploratory behaviours and diet breadth of a wild canid reveal low repeatability. Paper delivered at the 39th Zoological Society of South Africa (ZSSA) Congress, Skukuza, South Africa. 7-10 July 2019. [Prize for Best PhD Presenter].

Kruger, A.X. & Jansen van Rensburg, C. 2019. Invertebraatdiversiteit van twee soutpanne in die Soetdoring Natuurreservaat. Paper delivered at the 19th Studentesimposium in Natuurwetenskappe, Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, Bloemfontein, South Africa. 1 November 2019.

Madiope, W., Keeping, M. & Fourie, DeV. 2019. Estimation of yield loss to yellow sugarcane aphid Sipha flava Forbes in South African sugarcane varieties. Paper delivered at the 21st Entomological Society of Southern Africa Conference. Umhlanga, South Africa. 8-11 July 2019.

Madzivanzira, T.C., Barkhuizen, L.M., South, J. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2019. Controlling red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Crustacea, Decapoda) populations in the Free State Province using various eradication methods. Poster presented at Annual Conference of the Zoological Society of South Africa. Kruger National Park, South Africa. 7-10 July 2019.

Moloi, M.S., Ogbeide, O., & Voua Otomo, P. 2019. Determination of Heavy Metal Concentration in Treated and Untreated Wastewater from Two Treatment Plants in Maluti-aPhofung Municipality. Paper delivered at the 5th World Congress on Risk Development and Resilience and 9th African Biennial Conference of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Contamination, Cape Town, South Africa. 6-8 May 2019.

Moloi, M.S., Ogbeide, O. & Voua Otomo, P. 2019. The assessment of heavy metal contribution to the Vaal River basin by wastewater treatment works in the Afromontane region, Free State province (South Africa). Paper delivered at the International Mountain Conference 2019, Innsbruck, Austria. 8-12 September 2019.
Mukwevho, L., Ndlovu, M. & Chidawanyika, F. 2019. Effects of fire and mammal herbivory management regimes on insect functional diversity in the Kruger National Park. Paper delivered at 21st Entomological Society of Southern Africa Conference, Umhlanga, South Africa. 8-11 July 2019. 

Ogbeide, O., Chukwuka, A.V. & Voua Otomo, P. 2019. Contaminants in African’s Mountain Tops: An Understudied Scenario. Paper delivered at the 5th World Congress on Risk Development and Resilience and 9th African Biennial Conference of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Contamination, Cape Town, South Africa. 6-8 May 2019.

Pegg, J., Mabin, C.A., Khosa, D., Barkhuizen, L.M. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2019. Common carp in South Africa – exploring invasion using formal and informal records. Paper delivered at the Annual Conference of the Zoological Society of South Africa, Kruger National Park, South Africa. 7-10 July 2019.

Semase, M.P., Ogbeide, O. & Voua Otomo, P. 2019. Ecotoxicological effects of treated and untreated wastewater on lifecycle of Helix pomatia exposed in artificial soil. Poster presented at the 5th World Congress on Risk Development and Resilience and 9th African Biennial Conference of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Contamination, Cape Town, South Africa. 6-8 May 2019.

Stander, A.H., Le Roux., A. & Voua Otomo, P. 2019. Can local enhancement in earthworms affect the outcome of the standard earthworm avoidance test? Poster presented at the 40th North American Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Contamination, Toronto, Canada. 3-7 November 2019.

Van As, L.L. & Christison, K.W. 2019. A non-alien, fish louse of the genus Argulus Müller, 1785 found on a fish farm. Paper delivered at the 56th Southern African Society of Aquatic Scientists Annual Conference, Bela Bela, South Africa. 30 June4 July 2019.

Van As, M., Van As, J. & Smit N.J. 2019. Possible life cycle stages of a species of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae) in an Ixodes tick (Arthropoda: Ixodida: Ixodidae) and an African leopard, Panthera pardus pardus (Linnaeus, 1758), from South Africa. Paper delivered at the 27th Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP 2019), Madison, Wisconsin, USA. 7-11 July 2019.

Van As, M., Wolmarans N., Wepener V. & Smit N.J. 2019. Organochlorine pesticides in blood of wild and captive African leopards, Panthera pardus pardus (Linnaeus, 1758). Paper delivered at the 5th World Congress on Risk Development and Resilience and 9th African Biennial Conference of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Contamination, Cape Town, South Africa. 6-8 May 2019.

Van der Merwe, R. & Codron, D. 2019. Is digtheidsafhanklike habitatseleksie ‘n aanduiding van individuele fiksheid? Paper presented at the 19th Studentesimposium in Natuurwetenskappe, Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, Bloemfontein, South Africa. 1 November 2019.

Van der Merwe, S.S., Swart, V.R., Bredenhand, E. & Haddad, C.R. 2019. Soil Biota as bioindicators of fire disturbances in montane grassland areas within the Golden Gate Highlands National Park. Paper delivered at the 21st Entomological Society of Southern Africa Conference, Umhlanga, South Africa. 8-11 July 2019.
Voua Otomo, P., Nyoka, N. & Dlamini, N.P. 2019. Biochar soil amendment and chemical toxicity in portworms and earthworms. Poster presented at the 40th North American Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Contamination, Toronto, Canada. 3-7 November 2019. 

Zhao, Z., Heideman, N., Grobler, P., Jordaan, A., Bester, P. & Hofmeyr. M. 2019. Unravelling the diversification and systematic puzzle of the highly polymorphic Psammobates tentorius complex. Paper delivered at the 14th Conference of the Herpetological Association of Africa, Cape St Francis, South Africa. 9 -13 September 2019.

Zhao, Z., Verdu-Ricoy, J., Mohlakoana, T.S.G., Jordaan, A., Conradie, V. & Heideman, N. 2019. Unexpected phylogenetic relationships within the world’s largest limbless skink species (Acontias plumbeus) highlight the need for a review of the taxonomic status of Acontias poecilus. Paper delivered at the 14th Conference of the Herpetological Association of Africa, Cape St Francis, South Africa. 9 -13 September 2019.

RESEARCH ARTICLES

 

2019

Akinnuoye-Adelabu, D., Hatting J., De Villiers, C., Terefe, T. & Bredenhand E. 2019. Effect of redworm extracts against Fusarium root rot during wheat seedling emergence. Agronomy Journal 111(5): 2610-2618.

 Akinnuoye-Adelabu, D., Steenhuisen, S.L. & Bredenhand, E. 2019. Improving pea quality with vermicompost tea and aqueous biochar: prospects for sustainable farming in Southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 123: 278-285. 

Barrett, P.M., Chapelle, K.E.J., Staunton, C.K., Botha, J. & Choiniere, J.N. 2019. Postcranial osteology of the neotype specimen of Massospondylus carinatus Owen, 1854 (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the upper Elliot formation of South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 53: 114-178.

Bates, M.F. 2019. Catalogue of reptiles from Mozambique in the collection of the National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa. Indago 34(2): 135-147. 

Birkhofer, K., Addison, P., Addison, M.F., Arvidsson, F., Bazelet, C., Bengtsson, J., Haddad, C., Booysen, R., Conlong, D., Janion-Scheepers, C., Kapp, C., Lindborg, R., Louw, S., Malan, A.P., Storey, S.G. & Swart, W.J. 2019. Effects of ground cover management on biotic communities, ecosystem services and disservices in organic deciduous fruit orchards in South Africa. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 3(107): 1-13.

Buiswalello, B., Eiseb, S., Goedhals, J, Verdu-Ricoy, J. & Heideman, N. 2019. Reproduction, predation, sexual dimorphism and diet in Agama anchietae (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Namibia. African Journal of Ecology, advance online publication. DOI:10.1111/aje.12693.

Chapelle E.E.J., Barrett, P.M., Botha J. & Choiniere, J.N. 2019. Ngwevu intloko: A new early sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Elliot Formation of South Africa and comments on cranial ontogeny in Massospondylus carinatus. PeerJ 7:e7240. DOI:10.7717/peerj.7240. 

Chidawanyika, F., Mudavanhu, P. & Nyamukondiwa, C. 2019. Global climate change as a driver of bottom-up and top-down factors in agricultural landscapes and the fate of host-parasitoid interactions. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7(80). DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00080. 

Chukwuka, A., Ogbeide, O. & Uhunamure G. 2019. Gonad Pathology and Intersex severity in pelagic (Tilapia zilli) and benthic (Neochanna diversus and Clarias gariepinus) species from a pesticide-impacted agrarian catchment, southsouth Nigeria. Chemosphere 225: 535-547. DOI: 10.1016/j. chemosphere.2019.03.073.

De Jager, G.P. & Basson, L. 2019. Taxonomic assessment of three North American trichodinids by re-evaluating the taxon of Trichodina heterodentata Duncan, 1977 (Peritrichia). Acta Protozoologica 58(3): 125-139.

De Jager, G.P., Van Marwijk, J. & Basson, L. 2019. A new Trichodina species (Peritrichia: Mobilida) from anuran tadpole hosts, Sclerophrys spp. in the Okavango Panhandle, Botswana, with comments on this taxon. Acta Protozoologica 58(3): 141- 153.

De Swardt, D.H., Lee, A., Butler, H.J. B. & Oschadleus, H.D. 2019. Biometrics and diet of two closely related birds: Karoo Prinia (Prinia maculosa) and Drakensberg Prinia (Prinia hypoxantha). Indago 34(2): 125-133.

Ermilov, S.G. & Hugo-Coetzee, E.A. 2019. New data on oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) of South Africa, with description of two new species of the family Oppiidae. Systematic and Applied Acarology 24(2): 287-302.

Ermilov, S.G. & Hugo-Coetzee, E.A. 2019. Redescriptions and species status of the South African mites Galumna lawrencei Jacot, 1940 and Galumna natalensis Jacot, 1940 (Acari, Oribatida, Galumnidae) with lectotype designation. Zootaxa 4568(3): 581- 586.

Ermilov, S.G., Hugo-Coetzee, E.A., Khaustov, A.A. & Kontschan, J. 2019. Hypozetes andreii (Acari, Oribatida, Tegoribatidae), a new species of oribatid mites from South Africa. Acarina 27(2): 183-192.
 
Ermilov, S.G., Hugo-Coetzee, E.A., Khaustov, A.A. & Theron, P.D. 2019. Oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) inhabiting termite nests in the Faan Meintjes Nature reserve (South Africa). Systematic and Applied Acarology 24(9): 1783-1798.

Foord, S.H., Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S., Haddad, C.R., Schoeman, C., Hahn, N. & Lyle, R. 2019. Spider checklist for the Blouberg, in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, South Africa. Bothalia 49: a2455. 

Haddad, C.R. 2019. Transfer of the Namibian Argistes africanus Simon, 1910 (Araneae: Liocranidae) to Afroceto Lyle & Haddad, 2010 (Trachelidae), with a new synonym. Zootaxa 4571: 446- 450. 

Haddad, C.R., De Jager, L. & Foord, S.H. 2019. Habitats and cardinal directions are key variables structuring spider leaf litter assemblages under Searsia lancea. Pedobiologia 73: 10-19.

Haddad, C.R., Henrard, A. & Jocqué, R. 2019. Revision of the ant-eating spider genus Mallinus Simon, 1893 (Araneae, Zodariidae). ZooKeys 822: 141-158.

Haddad, C.R. & Marusik, Y.M. 2019. Clarifying the taxonomic status and distributions of the spider species collected during the Leonhard Schultze expeditions in western and central southern Africa. Zootaxa 4608: 451-483.

Hatt, J.-M., Codron, D., Müller, D.W.H., Ackermans, N.L., Martin, L.F., Kircher, P.R., Hummel, J. & Clauss, M. 2019. The rumen washes off abrasives before heavy-duty chewing in ruminants. Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 97:104-111.

Holt, S., Horwitz, L.K., Hoffman, J. & Codron, D. 2019. Structural density of the leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) shell and its implications for taphonomic research. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports 26:101819.

Jumbam, K.R., Périquet, S., Dalerum, F. & Le Roux, A. 2019. Spatial and temporal variation in the use of supplementary food in an obligate termite specialist, the bat-eared fox. African Zoology 54: 63-71. 

Kay, B.J., Swart V.R. & Van Der Watt, E. 2019. Evaluation and comparison of various plant extracts as repellents against Lucilia spp. African Entomology 27(1): 167-177.

Khaustov, A.A., Hugo-Coetzee, E.A. & Ermilov, S.G. 2019. A new species of Tanytydaeus (Acari: Paratydeidae) from termite nests in South Africa. Systematic and Applied Acarology 24(9): 1604-1619.

Khaustov, A.A., Hugo-Coetzee, E.A., Ermilov S.G. & Theron, P.D. 2019. A new genus and species of the family Microdispidae (Acari: Heterostigmata) associated with Trinervitermes trinervoides (Sjostedt) (Isoptera: Termitidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 4647(1): 104-115.

Král, J., Forman, M., Kořínková, T., Reyes Lerm, A.C., Haddad, C.R., Musilová, J., Řezáč, M., Ávila Herrera, I.M., Thakur, S., Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S., Marec, F. & Bureš, P. 2019. Insights into the karyotype and genome evolution of haplogyne spiders indicate a polyploid origin of lineages with holokinetic chromosomes. Scientific Reports 9(3001): 1-14.

Kropf, C., Blick, T., Brescovit, A.D., Chatzaki, M., Duperré, 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: 444-446.

Le Roux, A., Mathibane, A.N. & Nowak, K. 2019. Wild Samango monkeys, Cercopithecus mitis, balance risk and opportunity to interact with novel objects in village gardens. International Journal of Primatology 40: 661-670. 

Marusik, Y. M. 2019. A new species of Euophrys (Aranei: Salticidae) from Israel. Arthropoda Selecta 28(4): 562-566. Marusik, Y. M. & Blick, T. 2019. Further new synonyms of jumping spider genera (Araneae: Salticidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 89-91. DOI: 10.30963/aramit5717.

Marusik, Y. M. & Zonstein, S. 2019. Redescription of the Central Asian spider Pholcoides seclusa comb. nov. (Araneae: Filistatidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 43-47. DOI: 10.30963/aramit5708.

Marusik, Y. M., Zonstein, S. & Koponen, S. 2019. Redescription of a poorly known insular spider Labahitha gibsonhilli (Araneae: Filistatidae). Arachnology 18(3): 258-259. DOI: 10.13156/ arac.2019.18.3.258.

Mbande, A., Tedder, M. & Chidawanyika, F. 2019. Differential life-history responses in Neolema abbreviata, a biological control agent for Tradescantia fluminensis, under water and nitrogen gradients. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 13: 57-70. 

Mbo, Z. & Haddad, C.R. 2019. Revision of the endemic South African long-jawed ground spider genus Drassodella Hewitt, 1916 (Araneae: Gallieniellidae). Zootaxa 4582: 1-62.

McGrosky, A., Codron, D., Müller, D.W.H., Navarrete, A., Isler, K., Hofmann, R.R. & Clauss, M. 2019. Gross intestinal morphometry and allometry in ruminants. Journal of Morphology. Journal of Morphology 280: 1254-1266.

Moloi, M.S., Ogbeide, O. & Voua Otomo, P. 2019. Probabilistic health risk assessment of heavy metals at wastewater discharge points within the Vaal River Basin, South Africa. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 224: 113421. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2019.113421.
 
Mosolloane, P. M., Bredenhand, E. & Voua Otomo P. 2019. Laboratory assessment of the ecotoxic effects of sewage sludge from the Maluti-Drakensberg region on a terrestrial oligochaete species. Ecotoxicology 28: 86-91.

Mutamiswa, R., Machekano, H., Chidawanyika, F. & Nyamukondiwa, C. 2019. Life-stage related responses to combined effects of acclimation temperature and humidity on the thermal tolerance of Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Journal of Thermal Biology 79: 85-94.

Neethling, J.A. & Haddad, C.R. 2019. Influence of some abiotic factors on the activity patterns of trapdoor spiders, scorpions and camel spiders in a central South African grassland. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 74: 107-114.

Niedbala, W., Hugo-Coetzee, E.A. & Ermilov, S.G. 2019. New Notophthiracarus species (Acarina, Oribatida, Phthiracaridae) and overview of the distribution of the genus in South Africa. Zootaxa 4647(1): 231-240.

Ogbeide, O., Uhunamure, G., Okundaye, F. & Ejeomo C. 2019. First report on probabilistic risk assessment of pesticide residues in a riverine ecosystem in South-South Nigeria. Chemosphere 231: 546-561. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.05.105.

Ogbeide, O., Uhunamure, G., Uwagboe, L., Osakpamwan, T., Glory, M. & Chukwuka, A. 2019. Comparative gill and liver pathology of Tilapia zilli, Clarias gariepinus and Neochanna diversus in owan river (Nigeria): Relative ecological risks of species in a pesticide-impacted river. Chemosphere 234: 1-13. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.06.055.

Paine, O., Henry, A., Codron, D., Lambert, J.B., Sponheimer, M., Koppa, A., Leichliter, J. & Codron, J. 2019. Seasonal and habitat effects on the nutritional properties of savanna vegetation: potential implications for early hominin dietary ecology. Journal of Human Evolution 133:99-107.

Petelle, M., Périquet, S. & Le Roux, A. 2019. Tameness does not correlate with the learning of an appetitive association in a wild canid. Current Zoology, 65(1): 61-65. DOI: 10.1093/cz/ zoy021. 

Przybyło, M., Hummel, J., Ortmann, S., Codron, D., Kohlschein, G.-M., Kilga, D., Smithyman, J., Przybyło, U., Świerk, S., Hammer, S., Hatt, J.-M., Górka, P. & Clauss, M. 2019. Digesta passage in nondomestic ruminants: separation mechanisms in ‘moose-type’ and ‘cattle-type’ species, and seemingly atypical browsers. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 235:180-192.

Ramulifho E, Goche, T., Van As, J., Tsilo, T., Stephen Chivasa, S. & Ngara R. 2019. Establishment and characterization of callus and cell suspension cultures of selected Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench varieties: a resource for gene discovery in plant stress biology. Agronomy 9(281): 1-18.

Rebelo, A.D., Bates, M.F., William, M.B., Branch, R. & Conradie, W. 2019. Range expansion of the Common Dwarf Gecko, Lygodactylus capensis: South Africa’s most successful reptile invader. Herpetology Notes 12: 643-650.

Sponheimer, M., Clauss, M. & Codron, D. 2019. Dietary evolution: the panda paradox. Current Biology 29: 417-419.

 Stander, A.H., Le Roux, A. & Voua Otomo, P. 2019. Can local enhancement in earthworms affect the outcome of the standard earthworm avoidance test? Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 103: 776-782.

Tanasevitch, A. V. & Marusik, Y. M. 2019. A new Gongylidioides Oi, 1960 from Taiwan (Aranei: Linyphiidae). Arthropoda Selecta 28(1): 152-156.

Tolley, K.A, Weeber, J., Maritz, B., Verburgt, L., Bates, M.F., Conradie, W., Hofmeyr, M.D., Turner, A.A., da Silva, J.M. & Alexander, G.J. 2019. No safe haven: Protection levels show imperilled South African reptiles not sufficiently safe-guarded despite low average extinction risk. Biology Conservation 233: 61-72.

Veiga, F.H., Botha-Brink J., Ribeiro A. M., Ferigolo J. & Soares M. B. 2019. Osteohistology of the silesaurid Sacisaurus agudoensis from southern Brazil (Late Triassic) and implications for growth in early dinosaurs. Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences 91(2): 1-17.

 Verdu-Ricoy, J., Matla, T., Gregory, M., Lambiris, A., Jordaan, A., Zhao, Z. & N. Heideman. 2019. A comparative analysis of testicular sperm morphology in fossorial and surface‐living skinks in South Africa. Acta Zoologica 100: 96-107.

 Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y. M. 2019. The spider genera Azerithonica and Tegenaria (Aranei: Agelenidae: Tegenariini) in Iran. Arthropoda Selecta 28(2): 291-303.

Zhao, Z., Goedhals, J., Verdú-Ricoy, J., Jordaan, A. & Heideman, N. 2019. Comparative analysis of the eye anatomy in fossorial and surface living skink species (Reptilia: Scincidae), with special reference to the structure of the retina. Acta Zoologica, advance online publication. DOI: 10.1111/azo.12297. 

Zhao, Z., Heideman, N., Grobler, G., Jordaan, A., Bester, P. & Hofmey,r M.2019. Unravelling the diversification and systematic puzzle of the highly polymorphic Psammobates tentorius complex (Reptilia: Testudinidae) through multiple phylogenetic analyses and species delimitation approaches. Journal of Systematic Zoology & Evolutionary Research, advance online publication, DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12338.

Zhao, Z., Verdu-Ricoy, J., Mohlakoana, T.S.G., Jordaan, J., Conradie, V. & Heideman, N. 2019. Unexpected phylogenetic relationships within the world’s largest limbless skink species (Acontias plumbeus) highlight the need for a review of the taxonomic status of Acontias poecilus. Journal of Systematic Zoology & Evolutionary Research 57: 445-460.

Zonstein, S. L. & Marusik, Y. M. 2019. On the revisited types of four poorly known African species of Palpimanus (Araneae, Palpimanidae). African Invertebrates 60(1): 83-95. DOI: 10.3897/ AfrInvertebr.60.34229. 

Zonstein, S. & Marusik, Y. M. 2019. A revision of the spider genus Filistata (Araneae: Filistatidae). Arachnology 18(2): 53- 93. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2018.18.2.53.

2018

Badenhorst, H., Janion-Scheepers, C. & Louw, S.vdM. 2018. The effect of pollutants and agricultural practices on soil mesofaunal assemblages in central South Africa. African Entomology.

Baron, S., Barrero, R.A., Michael Black, M., Matthew I. Bellgard,M.I., Van Dalen, E.M., & Maritz-Olivier, C. 2018.Differentially expressed genes in response to amitraz treatment suggests a proposed model of resistance to amitraz in R. decoloratus ticks. International Journal of Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance 8: 361-371.

Blick T. & Marusik Y.M. 2018. Three junior synonyms of jumping spider genera (Araneae: Salticidae) // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.27. N.3. P.237–238. 

Butler, E., Abdala, F. & Botha-Brink, J. 2018. Postcranial morphology of the early Triassic epicynodont Galesaurus planiceps (Owen) from the Karro Basin, South Africa. Papers in Palaeontology, 1-32. DOI: 10.1002/spp2.1220.

 Dang, M., Basson, L., Bach, L., Sonne, C., Nørregaard, R. & Nowak, B. 2018 . Trichodinid infections in internal organs from shorthorn sculpins (Myoxocephalus Scorpius) collected around an industrial harbour in Nuuk, Greenland. Parasitology .

Dippenaar-schoeman, A.S., Haddad, C.R., Lyle, R., Lotz, L.N., Foord, S.H., Jocqué, R. & Webb, P. 2018. South African National Survey of Arachnida: A checklist of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Koedoe 60(#a1486): 1–11.

Fernández-González, S., Pérez-Rodríguez, A., Proctor, H.C., De la Hera, I. & Pérez-Tris, J. 2018. High diversity and low genetic structure of feather mites associated with a phenotypically variable bird host. Parasitology 145(9): 1243-1250.

Fomichev A.A. & Marusik Y.M. 2018. Five new species of the Acantholycosa-complex (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Mongolia // Zootaxa. Vol.4497. N.2. P.271–284.

Fomichev A.A., Marusik Y.M. & Koponen S. 2018. New data on spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Iraq // Zoology in the Middle East. Vol. 64, No. 4, 329–339. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2018.1484018

Fomichev A.A., Marusik Y.M. & Sidorov V.V. 2018. A survey of East Palaearctic Gnaphosidae (Aranei). 9. New data on the Parasyrisca potanini-group from Central Asia // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.27. N.2. P.155-168.

Joseph, G.S., C.L. Seymour, B.W.T. Coetzee, M. Ndlovu, L. Deng, K. Fowler, J. Hagan, B.J. Brooks, J.A. Seminara and S.H. Foord. 2018. Elephants, termites and mound thermoregulation in a progressively warmer world. Landscape Ecology 33(5): 731-742.Lyle, R. & Haddad, C.R. (in press). Jocquestus gen. nov., a new genus of trachelid sac spiders from the Afrotropical Region (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa.

Marusik Y.M. & Larsen N. 2018. A synopsis of African Metellina (Araneae, Tetragnathidae, Metinae) with a description of new species from South Africa // Vestnik Zoologii. Vol.52. N.3. P.205–216.

Marusik Y.M. & Nadolny A.A. 2018. Redescription of enigmatic spider genus Stoliczka O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 (Aranei: Lycosoidea) based on the type species // Zootaxa. Vol.4497. N.2. P.295–300

Marusik Y.M. & Nadolny A.A. 2018A survey of the Alopecosa cursor species group (Aranei: Lycosidae) from Asia. Arthropoda Selecta, 27 (4): 348‒362.

Marusik Y.M. & Omelko M.M. 2018. A survey of the Porrhoclubiona Lohmander, 1944 (Aranaea: Clubiondae) from Central Asia. ZooKeys, 802: 19‒38. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.802.30236Marusik Y.M. & Zonstein S. 2018. Notes on the spider genus Steriphopus, with redescription of the type species (Araneae, Palpimanidae) // Arachnology. Vol.17. N.9. P.497–502.

Marusik Y.M. 2018. Case 3774 – Diphyini Simon, 1894 (Arachnida, Araneae, Tetragnathidae): proposed emendation of the current spelling to Diphyaini to remove homonymy with Diphyidae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 (Hydrozoa, Siphonophorae) // Bulletin of the Zoological Nomenclature. Vol.75. P.169‒171.

Marusik Y.M. 2018. Redescription of Alopecosa albostriata (Aranei: Lycosidae) based on specimens from Siberia // Zootaxa. Vol.4482. N.2. P.383‒391.

Marusik Y.M. 2018. Redescription of the Siberian species Pardosa jeniseica (Araneae: Lycosidae) // Zootaxa. Vol.4497. N.1. P.141–144.

Marusik Y.M. 2018. Supraspecific names in spider systematics and their nomenclatural problems // Arachnologische Mitteilungen. V.55. P.42‒45.28Marusik Y.M. The first record of Micaria bonneti (Aranei: Gnaphosidae) in Mongolia. Arthropoda Selecta, 27 (4): 335‒338.

Marusik Y.M., Fomichev A.A. & Vahtera V. 2018. A new species of Chalcoscirtus (Araneae: Salticidae) from Altai, South Siberia, Russia // Entomologica Fennica. Vol.29. N.1. P.39‑48.

Marusik Y.M., Omelko M.M. 2018. First description of Eupoa pulchella (Araneae: Salticidae) female // Far Eastern Entomologist. N.354. P.19-22.

Marusik Y.M., Perkovsky E.E. & Eskov K.Y. 2018. First records of spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) from Sakhalinian amber with description of a new species of the genus Orchestina Simon, 1890 // Far Eastern Entomologist. N.367. P.1‒9.

Marusik, Y. M. & Omelko M.M. 2018. New data on Synaphosus (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Southeast Asia // Zootaxa. Vol.4374. N.2. P.235–248.

Marusik, Y. M., Omelko M.M. & Koponen S. 2018. Redescription of Himalayan Trachelas costatus (Araneae: Trachelidae) // Zootaxa. Vol.4433. N.2. P.390–392.

Mbande, A., Tedder, M., Chidawanyika, F. (2018) Differential life-history responses inNeolema abbreviata, a biological control agent for Tradescantia fluminensis, under water and nitrogen gradients. Arthropod-Plant Interactions DOI: 10.1007/s11829-018-9630-0.

Mutamiswa, R., Machekano, H., Chidawanyika, F., & Nyamukondiwa, C. (2018)Thermal resilience may shape population abundance of two sympatric congeneric Cotesia species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). PLoS ONE 13(2):e0191840

Ndlovu, M. & Pérez-Rodriguez, A. 2018. Temperature fluctuations inside savanna termite mounds: do size and plant shade matter? Journal of Thermal Biology 74: 23-28.

Ndlovu, M. 2018. Birdcall lures improve passerine mist-net captures at a sub-tropicalAfrican savanna. PLoS One 13(6): e0199595

Ndlovu, M., Pérez-Rodríguez, A., Devereux, E., Thomas, M., Colina, A. & Molaba, L. 2018. Water for African elephants (Loxodonta africana): faecal microbial loads affect use of artificial waterholes. Biology Letters 14: e20180360

Nyamukondiwa, C., Chidawanyika, F., Machekano, H., Mutamiswa, R., Sands, B.,Mgidiswa, N.J., Wall, R. (2018) Climate variability differentially impacts fitness traits in three coprophagic beetle species. PLoS ONE 13(6): e0198610.

Pérez-Rodriguez, A., Khimoun, A., Ollivier, A., Eraud, C., Faivre, B. and Garnier S.2018. Habitat fragmentation, not habitat loss, drives the prevalence of blood parasites in a Caribbean passerine. Ecography 42: ecog.03189Perkovsky E.E., Eskov K.Y. & Marusik Y.M. 2017. First record of Atypidae (Araneae) in Rovno Amber // Acta Arachnologica. Vol.67. N.1. P.13–17.

 Shafaie S., Mirshamsi O., Aliabadian M., Moradmand M. & Marusik Y.M. 2018. A new Pardosa species from northern Iran (Araneae, Lycosidae) // Zootaxa. Vol.4387. N.2. P.350‑364.

Shafaie S., Mirshamsi O., Aliabadian M., Moradmand M. & Marusik Y.M. 2018. Pardosa colchica Mcheidze, 1946: a first report from West Azerbaijan Province, Iran (Araneae: Lycosidae) // Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics. Vol.13. No.2. P.199-206.

Šťáhlavský, F., Just, P., Opatova, V., Lotz, L.N. & Haddad, C.R. 2018. Molecular technique reveals high variability of 18S rDNA distribution in harvestmen (Opiliones, Phalangiidae) from South Africa. Comparative Cytogenetics 12: 41–59.

Sutherland, K., Ndlovu, M. & Pérez-Rodríguez, A. 2018. Use of artificial waterholes by animals in the southern region of the Kruger National Park, South Africa. African Journal of Wildlife Research 48(2): 1-14.

Verdu-Ricoy, J., Matla, T., Gregory, M., Lambiris, A., Jordaan, A., Zhao, Z. & Heideman. N.2018. The taxonomic utility of spermatozoan morphology in fossorial and surface living skinks in South Africa. Acta Zoologica.

Vermeulen, M., Louw, S. vdM., Marais, G.J., Weeks, W.J., Swart, W.J. & Gryzenhout, M. 2018. Fungi associated with disease and weevil damage of Amaranthus cruentus in South Africa. African Entomology, 26(1):

Wang, C.X., Li, S.Q. & Haddad, C.R. 2018. A new species of the spider genus Cangoderces (Araneae, Telemidae) from South Africa. African Invertebrates 59: 37–45.

Zamani A. & Marusik Y.M. 2018. First investigation on the spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Lut Desert, Iran.Acta Arachnologica, 67(2): 1–9.

Zamani A., Marusik Y.M. 2018. New species and records of Filistatidae (Arachnida: Aranei) from Iran // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.27. N.2. P.121-128.

Zamani A., Marusik Y.M., Malek-Hosseini M.J. 2018. A new species of Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 (Araneae: Agelenidae) from western Iran // Zootaxa. Vol.4444. N.1. P.95–97.

Zamani A., Seiedy M., Saboori A. & Marusik Y.M. 2018. The spider genus Pterotricha Kulczyński, 1903 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) in Iran, with a description of a new genus // Zookeys. N.777. P.17–41.

Zonstein S., Marusik Y.M. & Grabolle A. 2018. A remarkably small new species of Filistata from Portugal (Araneae, Filistatidae) // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.27. N.1. P.49‑52.

Zonstein S., Marusik Y.M. & Omelko M.M. 2018. A redescription of Scelidomachus socotranus Pocock, 1899 (Araneae, Palpimanidae) // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.27. N.1. P.53‑56.

Zonstein S.L., Marusik Y.M. & Koponen S. 2018. A redescription of Ancylotrypa elongata Purcell, 1908, with first description of the male (Aranei: Cyrtaucheniidae) // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.27. N.3. P.227–231.

 
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

2018

Basson, L. and Cook, C. 2018. 5. A systematic survey of parasites of freshwater fish in Africa. 5.2 Protista. IN: Scholz, T., Gelnar, M., Kobíková, Z., Vanhove, M. & Smit, N.J. (Eds.) Guide to the parasites of African freshwater fishes. African freshwater fish parasites: diversity, ecology and study methods, Vol 18.

Basson, L., Van As, L.L. and Van As, J.G. (in press) Ciliates. In: Poynton, S. (Ed). Aquaculture Parasitology: Global Impacts and Management. Part 1. Parasites of Economic Importance. Cab International, Oxfordshire, UK.

Smit, N.J. and Basson, L. 2018. Introduction: Parasites of freshwater fishes in Africa (Chapter 2). IN: Scholz, T., Gelnar, M., Kobíková, Z., Vanhove, M. & Smit, N.J. (Eds.) Guide to the parasites of African freshwater fishes. African freshwater fish parasites: diversity, ecology and study methods, Vol 18.

Woodley, N.E. and Swart, V.R. (In Press). 36. Vermileonidae (Wormlions). In: Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. & Sinclair, B.J., eds, Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Volume 2. Nematocerous Diptera and lower Brachycera. Suricata 5. Pretoria: SANBI Graphics & Editing, pp. 865–875.

 

Research Articles

2017

Adendorff, J., Jankielsohn, A., Louw, S.vdM. & Mohase, L. 2017. Alexin™ treated wheat varieties display different nodes of resistance to South African Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia) biotypes. Bulletin of Entomological Research.

Badenhorst, H., Janion-Scheepers, C. & Louw, S.vdM. 2017. The effect of pollutants and agricultural practices on soil mesofaunal assemblages in central South Africa. African Entomology.  

Barkhuizen, L.M., Weyl, O.L.F & Van As, J.G. 2017.  An assessment of recreational bank angling in the Free State Province, South Africa. Water SA 43: 442-449.

Baron, S., Barrero, R.A., Black, A., Bellgard, M.I., Van Dalen, E.M.S. & Maritz-Olivier, C. 2017.  Differentially expressed genes in response to amitraz treatment suggests a proposed model of resistance to amitraz in R. decoloratus ticks. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance.

Busschau, T., Conradie, W., Jordaan, A. & Daniels, S.R. 2017. Unmasking evolutionary diversity among two closely related South African legless skink species (Acontinae: Acontias) using molecular data. Zoology 121: 72-82.

Cook, C.A., Netherlands, E.C., Van As, J. & Smit, N.J. 2017. Two new species of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Hepatozoidae) parasitizing species of Philothamnus (Ophidia: Colubridae) from South Africa. Folia Parasitologica.

Ermilov, S.G. & Hugo-Coetzee, E.A. 2017. New data on oribatid mites of the family Suctobelbidae (Acari: Oribatida) from South Africa, with description of a species of the genus Suctobelbella. Biologia 72: 536-541.
Ermilov, S.G., Hugo-Coetzee, E.A. & Khaustov, A.A. 2017. Two new species of the genus Ausoribula (Acari, Oribatida, Oribatulidae) associated with termitaries of South Africa. Acarologia 57: 643-650.

Ermilov, S.G., Hugo-Coetzee, E.A. & Khaustov, A.A. 2017. Contribution to the knowledge of oribatid mites of the family Lohmanniidae (Acari, Oribatida). Systematic & Applied Acarology 22: 666-682.

Haddad, C.R. & Mbo, Z. 2017. A new species of the endemic South African spider genus Austrachelas (Araneae: Gallieniellidae) and first description of the male of A. bergi. Zootaxa 4323: 119-124.

Hoving, J.C., Cutler, A.J., Leeto, M., Horsnell, W.G.C., Dewals, B.G., Nieuwenhuizen, N.E. & Brombacher, F. 2017. Interleukin 13-mediated colitis in the absence of IL-4Rα signaling. Gut http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2016-313208.

Janion-Scheepers, C., Louw, S.vdM., et al. 2017. An overview of soil biota ecology in South Africa. African Entomology . 

Khaustov, A.A., Hugo-Coetzee, E.A. & Ermilov, S.G. 2017. A new genus and two new species of Pygmephoridae (Acari: Heterostigmata) associated with Trinervitermes trinervoides (Isoptera: Termitidae) from South Africa. Systematics & Applied Acarology 22: 484-493.

Khaustov, A.A., Hugo-Coetzee, E.A. & Ermilov, S.G. 2017. A new genus of the mite family Scutacaridae (Acvari: Heterostigmata) associated with associated with Trinervitermes trinervoides (Isoptera: Termitidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 4258: 462-476.

Lindsay, K., Chase, M., Landen, K. & Nowak, K. 2017. The shared nature of Africa's elephants. Biological Conservation, 215: 260-267.

Martin, J. G., Pirotta, E., Petelle, M. B. & Blumstein, D. T. 2017. Genetic basis of between‐individual and within‐individual variance of docility. Journal of evolutionary biology, 30: 796-805.

Ndlovu, M., Cumming G. S. & Hockey, P.A.R. 2017. Body mass and pectoral muscle size changes in African waterfowl during moult. African Journal of Wildlife Research 47: 24–31.

Ndlovu, M., Hockey, P. A. R. & Cumming G.S. 2017. Geographic variation in factors that influence timing of moult and breeding in waterfowl. Zoology 121: 100–106.

Nowak, K., Wimberger, K., Hill, R.A., Richards, S.A. & le Roux, A. 2017. Samango monkeys (Cercopithecus albogularis labiatus) manage risk in a seasonal, heterogeneous landscape in Amathole Mountains, South Africa. International Journal of Primatology 38: 194-206.

Périquet, S. & le Roux, A. 2017. Seasonal patterns of habitat selection in the myrmecophagous bat-eared fox. African Journal of Ecology.

Renda, S. & le Roux, A. 2017. Sensory ecology of prey detection in the bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis). Behaviour 154: 227-240.

Řezáč, M., Krejčí, T., Goodacre, S., Haddad, C.R. & Řezáčová, V. 2017. Morphological and functional diversity of minor ampullate glands in spiders from the superfamily Amaurobioidea (Entelegynae: RTA clade). Journal of Arachnology 45: 198–208.

Smit, J., Pozo, R.A., Cusack, J.J., Nowak, K. & Jones, T. 2017. Using camera traps to study the age–sex structure and behaviour of crop-using elephants Loxodonta africana in Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania. Oryx 1-9.

Smith, J.E., Petelle, M.B., Jerome, E.L., Cristofari, H. & Blumstein, D.T. 2017. Oxytocin experiments shed light on mechanisms shaping prosocial and antisocial behaviors in non-human mammals. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 57: 619-630.

Van As, L.L., Basson, L. & Van As, J.G.   2017.  Mobiline Peritrichs (Ciliophora) collected from the gills of African limpets.  Acta Protozoologica 56: 245-254.  

Van As, L.L, Smit, N.J. & Van As, J.G. 2017. Rediscovery of Chonopeltis meridionalis Fryer, 1964 (Crustacea: Branchiura) from Labeo rosae Steindachner, in the River Olifants, Mpumalanga, and the taxonomic status of C. victori Avenant-Oldewage, 1991 and C. koki Van As, 1992.  Systematic Parasitology 94: 797-807. DOI 10.1007/s11230-017-9737-1.

Vermeulen, M., Louw, S. vdM., Marais, G.J., Weeks, W.J., Swart, W.J. & Gryzenhout, M. 2017. Fungi associated with disease and weevil damage of Amaranthus cruentus in South Africa. Entomology .

Welch, R., Périquet, S., Petelle, M. & le Roux, A. 2017. Hunter or hunted? Perceptions of risk and reward in a small mesopredator. Journal of Mammalogy 98: 1531-1537.

Wimberger, K., Nowak, K. & Hill, R.A. 2017. Reliance on exotic plants by two groups of threatened samango monkeys, Cercopithecus albogularis labiatus, at their southern range limit. International Journal of Primatology 38: 151-171.

Conferences:

 

2017

Adendorff, J., Jankielsohn, A., Louw, S. vdM. & Mohase, L. 2017. Antioxidant enzymes in wheat play a role in Alexin™ mediated resistance in Russian wheat aphid. Paper delivered at the at the Joint XIX Entomological Society of southern Africa (ESSA) and the 37th Zoological Society of southern Africa (ZSSA) Congress, July 2017 at Pretoria University, South Africa.Badenhorst, H., Janion-Scheepers, C. & Louw, S.vdM. 2017. The effect of pollutants and agricultural practices on soil mesofaunal practices. Paper delivered at the Joint XIX Entomological Society of southern Africa (ESSA) and the 37th Zoological Society of south Africa (ZSSA) Congress, July 2017 at Pretoria University, South Africa.

Basson, L. & Swanepoel, P.J. 2017.  Diversity of fish parasites from a survey in the Phongola Floodplain. Paper delivered at the 3rd International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife (ICPOW), hosted by the Parasitological Society of southern Africa (PARSA) held at the Kruger National Park Kruger National Park, South Africa.Booysen, R. & Haddad, C.R. 2017. A comparative study of the efficiency of the SANSA sampling protocol in determining non-acarine diversity during winter and summer in Western KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Paper delivered at the 12th Colloquium of the African Arachnological Society, Goudini Spa and Resort, South Africa.Bopheka, L., Van As, J. & Van As, L.L. 2017. First record of a Trypanosoma species Austroglanis sclateri (Boulenger, 1901) from Sterkfontein Dam, South Africa. Paper delivered at the 3rd International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife (ICPOW), hosted by the Parasitological Society of southern Africa (PARSA) held at the Kruger National Park Kruger National Park, South Africa.
Botham, J. L., Swart, V. R., Bredenhand, E. & Haddad, C. R. 2017. Forest patch status and soil health indices along a topographical gradient within Afromontane grasslands. Paper delivered at the Joint XIX Entomological Society of southern Africa (ESSA) and the 37th Zoological Society of south Africa (ZSSA) Congress, July 2017 at Pretoria University, South Africa.

Brink, S. 2017. Forensic Entomology: Are we operating at a silo mentality level? Paper delivered at the African Society of Forensic Medicine Congress, 6-10 March 2017.

Coertzen, J. & Fourie, DeV 2017. The dissemination of fungal pathogens on avocado trees in South Africa with reference to vector potential of insect pests. Paper delivered presented at the South African Avocado Growers Association research symposium, 2017, Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa.

Cook, C.A., Netherlands, E.C., Smit, N.J. & van As, J. 2017. Haemogregarine biodiversity parasitising snakes of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Paper delivered at the 3rd International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife (ICPOW), hosted by the Parasitological Society of southern Africa (PARSA) held at the Kruger National Park Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Cook, C.A., Netherlands, E.C., Smit, N.J. & van As, J. 2017. Reptiles of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, a blood parasite’s paradise. Paper delivered for the Herpetological Association of Africa’s 13th Herpetological Conference, Bonamanzi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

De Jager, G., Basson, L. & Van As, J.G.  2017.  The great American Trichodinid? Paper delivered at the 3rd International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife (ICPOW), hosted by the Parasitological Society of southern Africa (PARSA) held at the Kruger National Park Kruger National Park, South Africa.

De Jager, G., Van Marwijk, J., Opperman, D.J., Basson, L. & Van As, J.G. 2017. Trichodina heterodentata Duncan, 1977 (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) species description inferred from 18S rDNA sequenced and the evaluation of a possible species complex. Poster  presented at the 3rd International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife (ICPOW), hosted by the Parasitological Society of southern Africa (PARSA) held at the Kruger National Park Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S., Haddad, C.R., Foord, S.H., Lyle, R. & Lotz, L.N. 2017. SANSA - The state of our spiders: how far have we come and where are we going? Paper delivered at the 12th Colloquium of the African Arachnological Society, Goudini Spa and Resort, South Africa.

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S., Haddad, C.R., Pryke, J., Uys, C. & Larsen, N. 2017. Spider diversity of the Table Mountain National Park. Poster presented at the 12th Colloquium of the African Arachnological Society, Goudini Spa and Resort, South Africa.

Edwards, G. & Haddad, C.R. 2017. Do specialist termitophagous Ammoxenus amphalodes (Ammoxenidae) show a preference for sand mounds of their prey, Hodotermes mossambicus (Hodotermitidae)? Poster presented at the 12th Colloquium of the African Arachnological Society, Goudini Spa and Resort, South Africa.

Esterhuyze, M.M, Van Dalen, E.M.S.P & Brink, S.L. 2017.  A comparative study of ectoparasite tolerance between purebred Brahman (Bos indicus) Linnaeus, Sussex (Bos Taurus) Linnaeus and Brahman x Sussex crossbred cattle in the Free State, South Africa. Paper delivered at the 3rd International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife (ICPOW), ), hosted by the Parasitological Society of southern Africa (PARSA) held at the Kruger National Park Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Fourie, DeV, Schoeman, S. & Louw, S. vdM. 2017. Investigation of possible pyrethroid resistance development in two-spotted stinkbug, Bathycoelia distincta (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), on macadamia in South Africa. Paper delivered at Entomological Society of Southern Africa (ESSA 2017) National conference in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. 

Haddad, C.R. 2017. How important is understanding microhabitat preferences of spiders to exposing true patterns of biodiversity and distribution? Paper delivered at the 12th Colloquium of the African Arachnological Society, Goudini Spa and Resort, South Africa.

Haddad, C.R., Ceccarelli, F.S., Ramírez, M.J. & Owen, C.A. 2017. The intertidal spider genus Amaurobioides (Araneae: Anyphaenidae) in the Afrotropical Region: revision, biogeography and new data on biology. Paper delivered at the 12th Colloquium of the African Arachnological Society, Goudini Spa and Resort, South Africa.

Haddad, C.R., Foord, S.H., Lyle, R. & Lotz, L.N. 2017. SANSA - The state of our spiders: how far have we come and where are we going? Paper delivered at the 12th Colloquium of the African Arachnological Society, Goudini Spa and Resort, South Africa (Paper).

Hayes, P.M., Cranenburgh, T.S., Cook, R.T., Van As, J, Smit, N.J. & Lawton, S.P.  2017. Morphological and molecular insights into the diversity of filarial nematodes infecting lizards in South Africa. Morphological and molecular insights into the diversity of filarial nematodes infecting lizards in South Africa. Poster presented at the 3rd International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife (ICPOW), hosted by the Parasitological Society of southern Africa (PARSA) held at the Kruger National Park Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Janion-Scheepers, C. & Louw, S.vdM. 2017. A need for soil biota ecological function in southern Africa. Paper delivered at the Joint XIX Entomological Society of southern Africa (ESSA) and the 37th Zoological Society of southern Africa (ZSSA) Congress, July 2017 at Pretoria University, South Africa.
Jansen van Rensburg, C.  2017.  Nematode survey from one of Africa’s last unspoiled wildernesses.  Paper delivered at the 21st Nematode Society of Southern Africa (NSSA) symposium, Ballito, South Africa.

Kay, B.J., Swart, V.R., & van der Watt, E. 2017. Evaluation and comparison of plant extracts in the management of Lucilia spp. Paper delivered at the Joint XIX Entomological Society of southern Africa (ESSA) and the 37th Zoological Society of Southern Africa (ZSSA) Congress, July 2017 at Pretoria University, South Africa.

Le Roux, A. & Hansen, M. 2017. Must science #fall for a real connection to be forged with society? Symposium organiser and paper delivered at Zoological Society of Southern Africa (ZSSA) conference, Pretoria.

Le Roux, A., Welch, R. & Renda, S. 2017. The sensory world of a large-eared canid. Paper delivered at International Mammalogical Conference (IMC) in Perth, Australia.

Lesenyeho, S.K. & van Dalen, E.M.S.P. 2017.  Resistance of the African blue tick (Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus) to Macrocyclic Lactones in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Paper delivered at the 3rd International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife (ICPOW), hosted by the Parasitological Society of southern Africa (PARSA) held at the Kruger National Park Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Louw, S.vdM. 2017. Managing change in cropping system soils requires strategic thinking. Paper delivered at the at the Joint XIX Entomological Society of southern Africa (ESSA) and the 37th Zoological Society of southern Africa (ZSSA) Congress, July 2017 at Pretoria University, South Africa.

Marais, A. & Van Dalen, E.M.S.P. 2017.  Identification of tick-borne diseases, Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina, spread by tick species on a farm in the Eastern Cape.  Poster presented at the 3rd International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife (ICPOW), hosted by the Parasitological Society of southern Africa (PARSA) held at the Kruger National Park Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Mitchell, D., Christison, K.W., Van As, L. L. & Vaughn, D.  2017.  Hexabothriid parasites from Rajidae species of South Africa. Paper delivered at the 3rd International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife (ICPOW), hosted by the Parasitological Society of southern Africa (PARSA) held at the Kruger National Park Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Moeti, A.T., Brink, S.L. & Louw, S.vdM. 2017. Description of the life stages of beetles in the carrion ecosystem of the central Free State. Paper delivered at the at the Joint XIX Entomological Society of southern Africa (ESSA) and the 37th Zoological Society of southern Africa (ZSSA) Congress, July 2017 at Pretoria University, South Africa.

Mofokeng, T.L, Cook, C.A., Van As, M., Netherlands, E.C. & Van As, J. 2017. The biology of a Haemococcidium parasitizing Pedioplanis burchelli (Sauria: Lacertidae), eastern Free State, South Africa. Paper delivered at the 3rd International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife (ICPOW), hosted by the Parasitological Society of southern Africa (PARSA) held at the Kruger National Park Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Ndou, Z.L., Swart, V.R., Henschel, J.R. & Louw, S. vdM. 2017. Brown locust outbreaks in the Karoo: historic records and a plan to understand the origins of outbreaks. Poster presented at the Joint XIX Entomological Society of southern Africa (ESSA) and the 37th Zoological Society of southern ~Africa (ZSSA) Congress, July 2017 at Pretoria University, South Africa.

Nyoka, N.W-K., Voua Otomo, P. & Prinsloo, G.J. 2017. Assessing the effects of biochar on the toxicity of the agrochemical imidacloprid on potworms (Enchytraeus albidus). Paper delivered at the 27th Annual Meeting Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (Europe), Brussels, Belgium.

Pori, T., Ndlovu, M., Markus, M. & Govender, D. 2017. Avian Haemoparasite prevalence in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Paper delivered at the 3rd International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife (ICPOW), hosted by the Parasitological Society of southern Africa (PARSA) held at the Kruger National Park Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Pori, T., Ndlovu, M. Govender D., Markus, M. & Pierce, M. 2017.  Avian haemoparasite prevalence in Kruger national park, South Africa. Paper delivered at the 15th Annual Savanna Science Network Meeting, Skukuza, South Africa.

Pottinger, M. & Van Dalen, E.M.S.P.  2017. The invasion of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) on a farm in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa. Poster presented at the 3rd International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife (ICPOW), hosted by the Parasitological Society of southern Africa (PARSA) held at the Kruger National Park Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Sebata, S., Haddad, C.R., Foord, S.H. & Fitzpatrick, M. 2017. Spiders and holistic management practices at Debshan Ranch, Shangani, Zimbabwe. Paper delivered at the 12th Colloquium of the African Arachnological Society, Goudini Spa and Resort, South Africa.

Sebata, S., Haddad, C.R., Foord, S.H. & Fitzpatrick, M. 2017. Spiders and holistic management practices: Response of spider fauna to holistic planned grazing at a landscape scale at Debshan Ranch, Shanghani, Zimbabwe. 

Seetsi, A., Van As, J., Thekisoe, M.M.O., Leeto, M. 2017. Haemoparasite infections and relationship with adaptive immune responses in Afromontane lizards of the eastern Free State Province. Poster presented for the 3rd International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife (ICPOW), hosted by the Parasitological Society of southern Africa (PARSA) held at the Kruger National Park.

Smit, T., Louw, S. vdM. & Swart, V. R. 2017. Invasion of Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) into vineyards along the lower Orange River, Northern Cape. Paper delivered at the Joint XIX Entomological Society of southern Africa (ESSA) and the 37th Zoological Society of southern ~Africa (ZSSA) Congress, July 2017 at Pretoria University, South Africa.

Van As, J., Cook, C.A., Netherlands, E.C. & Smit, N.J. 2017. Sporogonic biology of Plasmodium intabazwe Van As, Cook, Netherlands and Smit 2016 in scale mites Ixodiderma inverta Lawrence, 1935 infesting crag lizards. Poster presented at the 3rd International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife (ICPOW), hosted by the Parasitological Society of southern Africa (PARSA) held at the Kruger National Park Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Van As, J.G. & Van As, L.L. 2017. The disjunct distribution of branchiuran fish parasites. Paper delivered at the 3rd International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife (ICPOW), hosted by the Parasitological Society of southern Africa (PARSA) held at the Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Van As, M., Van As, J., Cook, C.A. & Smit, N.J. 2017. Ticks as possible vectors of a Hepatozoon species (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae) infecting wild African leopards, Panthera pardus pardus (Linnaeus, 1758), in South Africa. Poster presented at the 3rd International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife (ICPOW), hosted by the Parasitological Society of southern Africa (PARSA) held at the Kruger National Park Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Van As, L.L., Basson, L. & Van As, J.G. 2017.  Ciliophorans collected from a wide variety of hosts from the Okavango system, Botswana. Paper delivered at the 3rd International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife (ICPOW), hosted by the Parasitological Society of southern Africa (PARSA) held at the Kruger National Park Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Van der Merwe, S. S., Swart V.R., Bredenhand, E. & Haddad, C. R. 2017. Soil biota as bioindicators of erosion levels and fire disturbances in Afromontane grassland areas within the Golden Gate Highlands National Park. Paper delivered at the Joint XIX Entomological Society of southern Africa (ESSA) and the 37th Zoological Society of southern Africa (ZSSA) Congress, July 2017 at Pretoria University, South Africa.

Van Rooyen, A., Swart, V.R. & Moore, S. 2017. An ecological analysis of stinkbug and lepidopteran borer complexes associated with pecan and citrus orchards. Paper delivered at the Joint XIX Entomological Society of southern Africa (ESSA) and the 37th Zoological Society of southern Africa (ZSSA) Congress, July 2017 at Pretoria University, South Africa.

Voua Otomo, P., Dioh Lobe, D.P. & Filser, J. 2017.  Avoidance behaviour of Enchytraeus albidus (Oligochaeta) after exposure to AgNPs and AgNO3 at fluctuating temperatures. Paper delivered at the 27th Annual Meeting Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (Europe), Brussels, Belgium.

Whitehead, L., Swart, V.R. & Gryzenhout, M. 2017. DNA Barcoding of Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Free State Province, South Africa. Poster presented at the Joint XIX Entomological Society of southern Africa (ESSA) and the 37th Zoological Society of southern Africa (ZSSA) Congress, July 2017 at Pretoria University, South Africa.
Whitehead, L. & Haddad, C.R. 2017. Effect of veld fire and road disturbances on the abundance and species richness of spiders associated with Hyparrhenia hirta grass tussocks. Poster presented at the 12th Colloquium of the African Arachnological Society, Goudini Spa and Resort, South Africa.

Chapters in Books:

2017

Woodley, N.E. & Swart, V.R. 2017. 36. Vermileonidae (wormlions). In: Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. & Sinclair, B.J., eds, Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Volume 2. Nematocerous Diptera and lower Brachycera. Suricata 5. Pretoria: SANBI Graphics & Editing, 865–875 pp.