International Conference of Arachnology 2016 SSP Prize Winners

Posted by David Penney on Aug 04, 2016

We are very pleased to announce the best presentation winners at the recent International Conference of Arachnology 2016, held in Colorado, USA, each of whom received a copy of our volume: Spider Research in the 21st Century - trends and perspectives.

The were as follows:

MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY & SILK SUB GROUP (21 COMPETITORS)

Oral presentation:
1st prize: LENKA SENTENSKA

Title: Are males really so insensitive? Palp morphology of a spider Philodromus cespitum reveals innervation

SYSTEMATICS, EVOLUTION, AND BIOGEOGRAPHY SUB GROUP (36 COMPETITORS)

Poster presentation:
1st prize: SASHA BISHOP

Title: Biogeography of two Caribbean ochyroceratid genera: Theotima and Ochyrocera

2nd prize: LAURA MARCELA SEGURA-HERNANDEZ

Title: Expanding far from home: potential geographic occupancy of the invasive Cyrtophora citricola (Araneae: Araneidae) in America

Congratulations to you all and everybody else who took part. Siri Scientific Press are very pleased to be formal supporters of this important international conference! Many thanks to Christian Komposch who provided the photos and who owns their copyright.

You can see more about this title by clicking the cover image below, where you can also order a copy at a discounted price:

Newsl. British Arachnol. Soc (2013): ...a substantial compendium of spider-related topics covering many aspects of these fascinating animals’ biology. ...produced to a very high standard, with numerous colour images, all printed on good quality paper. The editing is tight and as far as I can tell, error-free. ...an excellent guide to the surprising diversity of research which is possible with spiders today; thanks largely to impressive theoretical and technological advances across a range of biological sciences. ...for those of you actively working in arachnology (or their students), Spider Research in the 21st Century has to be very highly recommended. Yet even for readers whose interest in spiders is more casual, there is plenty to discover here out at the cutting-edge of our subject.