Dr. Bernhard A. Huberhead of section,
arachnology, histology
Tel.: +49 (0)228 9122 294
Fax: +49 (0)228 9122 212
E-Mail: b.huber.zfmk@uni-bonn.de
Research interests:
- Sexual selection in spiders
- Function and evolution of copulatory organs in spiders and other arthropods
- Systematics and biology of pholcid spiders (daddy-longleg spiders)
Selected publications (since 2000)
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Huber, B. A. 2009. Life on leaves: leaf-dwelling pholcids of Guinea, with emphasis on Crossopriza cylindrogaster, a spider with inverted resting position, pseudo-eyes, lampshade web, and tetrahedral egg-sac (Araneae: Pholcidae). Journal of Natural History 43: 2491-2523. request PDF
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Huber, B. A., Astrin, J. J. 2009. Increased sampling blurs morphological and molecular species limits: revision of the Hispaniolan endemic spider genus Tainonia (Araneae: Pholcidae). Invertebrate Systematics 23: 281-300. request PDF
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Huber, B. A., Sinclair, B., Schmitt, M. 2007. The evolution of asymmetric genitalia in spiders and insects. Biological Reviews 82: 647-698. request PDF
- Astrin, J. J., Huber, B. A., Misof, B., Kluetsch, C.F.C. 2006. Molecular taxonomy in pholcid spiders (Pholcidae, Araneae): evaluation of species identification methods using CO1 and 16S rRNA. Zoologica Scripta 35: 441-457. PDF
- Huber, B. A. 2006. Cryptic female exaggeration: the asymmetric female internal genitalia of Kaliana yuruani (Araneae: Pholcidae). Journal of Morphology 276: 705-712. PDF
- Huber, B. A., Wunderlich, J. 2006. Fossil and extant species of the genus Leptopholcus in the Dominican Republic, with the first case of egg-parasitism in pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae). Journal of Natural History 40: 2341-2360. PDF
- Huber, B. A. 2005. Sexual selection research on spiders: progress and biases. Biological Reviews 80: 363-385. PDF
- Huber, B. A. 2005. High species diversity, male-female coevolution, and metaphyly in Southeast Asian pholcid spiders: the case of Belisana Thorell 1898 (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zoologica 155: 1-126. PDF
- Huber, B. A. 2005. Revision and cladistic analysis of the spider genus Carapoia González-Sponga (Araneae: Pholcidae), with descriptions of new species from Brazil's Atlantic forest. Invertebrate Systematics 19: 541-556. PDF
- Huber, B. A., Brescovit, A. D. & Rheims, C. A. 2005. Exaggerated female genitalia in two new spider species (Araneae: Pholcidae), with comments on genital evolution by female choice versus antagonistic coevolution. Insect Systematics and Evolution 36: 285-292. PDF
- Huber, B. A. 2004. Evidence for functional segregation in the directionally asymmetric male genitalia of the spider Metagonia mariguitarensis (Gonzalez-Sponga) (Pholcidae: Araneae). Journal of Zoology, London 262: 317-326. PDF
- Huber, B. A. 2004. Evolutionary transformation from muscular to hydraulic movements in spider (Arachnida, Araneae) genitalia: a study based on histological serial sections. Journal of Morphology 261: 364-376. PDF
- Huber, B. A. 2003. Cladistic analysis of Malagasy pholcid spiders reveals generic level endemism: Revision of Zatavua n. gen. and Paramicromerys Millot (Pholcidae, Araneae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 137: 261-318. PDF
- Huber, B. A. 2003. High species diversity in one of the dominant groups of spiders in East African montane forests (Araneae: Pholcidae: Buitinga n. gen., Spermophora Hentz). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 137: 555-619. PDF
- Huber, B. A. 2003. Southern African pholcid spiders: revision and cladistic analysis of Quamtana gen. nov. and Spermophora Hentz (Araneae: Pholcidae), with notes on male-female covariation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139: 477-527. PDF
- Huber, B. A. 2003. Rapid evolution and species-specificity of arthropod genitalia: fact or artifact? Organisms Diversity & Evolution 3: 63-71. PDF
- Huber, B. A. 2001. The pholcids of Australia (Araneae; Pholcidae): taxonomy, biogeography, and relationships. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 260: 1-144. PDF
- Huber, B. A., Pérez González, A. 2001. Female genital dimorphism in a spider (Araneae: Pholcidae). Journal of Zoology, London 255: 301-304. PDF
- Huber, B. A. 2000. New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): a revision at generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 254: 1-348. PDF
