Robert Bosmans

Robert Bosmans, Belgian arachnologist.

• Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
• E-mail: rop_bosmans@telenet.be

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 232 taxon names authored by Robert Bosmans

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1977

• Bosmans, R. 1977. Spiders of the subfamily Erigoninae from Mount Kenya. Scientific report of the Belgian Mt. Kenya Bio-Expedition, n° 3. Revue de Zoologie Africaine 91: 449-472. Reference page. 

1978

• Bosmans, R. 1978. Description of four new Lepthyphantes species from Africa, with a redescription of L. biseriatus Simon & Fage and L. tropicalis Tullgren. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 258-274. Reference page. 

1979

• Bosmans, R. 1979. Spiders of the subfamily Linyphiinae from Mount Kenya (Araneae - Linyphidae). Scientific report of the Belgian Mt. Kenya Bio-Expedition 1975, n° 17. Revue de Zoologie Africaine 93: 53-100. Reference page. 

1982

• Bosmans, R. 1982a. Two new species of Hahnia from Malawi (Araneae: Hahniidae). Revue Zoologique Africaine 96: 174-178. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R. 1982b. Scientific report of the Belgian Mount Cameroun Expedition 1981. I. Situation of the collecting sites on the altitudinal gradient. Description of Hahnia leopoldi n. sp. (Araneae: Hahniidae). Revue Zoologique Africaine 96(3): 670-682. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R. & Janssen, M. 1982. Araignées rares ou nouvelles pour la faune Belge. Bulletin & Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 118: 281–286. PDF. Reference page. 
• Jocqué, R. & Bosmans, R. 1982. A new Hahnia from Ivory Coast with a note on stridulating organs in the Hahniidae (Araneida). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 5: 319-323. Reference page. 

1983

• Bosmans, R. & Jocqué, R. 1983. Scientific report of the Belgian Mount Cameroon Expedition 1981. No. 9. Family Linyphiidae (Araneae). Revue de Zoologie Africaine 97: 581-617. Reference page. .
• Jocqué, R. & Bosmans, R. 1983. Linyphiidae (Araneae) from Ivory Coast, with the description of three new genera. Zoologische Mededelingen 57(1): 1-18. Reference page. 

1984

• van Hove, M. & Bosmans, R. 1984. Description of five new Suffucioides species (Araneae, Zodariidae): Scientific report of the Belgian Mount Cameroon Expedition 1981 no. 10. Biologisch Jaarboek Dodonaea 52: 76-94. Reference page. 

1985

• Bosmans, R. 1985a. Les genres Troglohyphantes Joseph et Lepthyphantes Menge en Afrique du Nord (Araneae, Linyphiidae): Etudes sur les Linyphiidae nord-africaines, III. Revue Arachnologique 6: 135-178. Reference page. 

1986

• Bosmans, R. 1986a. Scientific report of the Belgian Cameroon Expeditions 1981 and 1983. 13. New species and new records of spiders of the family Linyphiidae (Araneae). Revue Zoologique Africaine 100: 171-204. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R. 1986b. Études sur les Linyphiidae Nord-Africaines IV. Le genre Centromerus Dahl (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Biologisch Jaarboek Dodonaea 54: 85-103. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R. 1986c. Studies on African Hahniidae (Araneae) IV. Redescription of Hahnia schubotzi Strand and remarks on its synonymy, with description of three new species. Entomologica Scandinavica 17(3): 339-349. DOI: 10.1163/187631286X00260. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R. & van Hove, M. 1986. A revision of the afrotropical representatives of the genus Langbiana Hogg (Araneae: Zodariidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 7: 17-28. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R. & van Hove, M. 1986a. New species and new records of spiders of the genus Langbiana (Araneae: Zodariidae). Scientific report of the Belgian Cameroon Expeditions 1981 and 1983 XVI. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 93(2): 373-392. Reference page. 

1987

• Bosmans, R. 1987. Scientific report of the Belgian Cameroon expeditions 1981 and 1983 nr. 17. New species and new records of spiders of the family Hahniidae (Araneae). Annales de la Société Royal de Zoologie de Belgique 117: 39-47. Reference page. 

1988

• Bosmans, R. 1988. Scientific report of the Belgian Cameroon expeditions 1981 and 1983. No. 18. Further Erigoninae and Mynogleninae (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from Cameroonian highlands. Revue de Zoologie Africaine 102: 5-32. Reference page. 

1990

• Bosmans, R. & Abrous, O. 1990. The genus Typhochrestus Simon 1884 in North Africa (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Studies on North African Linyphiidae V. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 60: 19-37. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R. & Hillyard, P.D. 1990. Spiders of the family Zodariidae from Sulawesi, Indonesia (Arachnida: Araneae: Zodariidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 8: 147-160. Reference page. 

1991

• Bosmans, R. 1991a. Le genre Sintula Simon en Afrique du Nord (Araneae, Linyphiidae): Etudes sur les Linyphiidae nord-africaines, VI. Revue Arachnologique 9: 103-117. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R. 1991b. Two new Lepthyphantes species from the Saharian Atlas (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Biologisch Jaarboek Dodonaea 58: 63-70. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R. & Beladjal, L. 1991: Une douzaine de nouvelles espèces d'Harpactea Bristowe d'Algérie, avec la description de trois femelles inconnues (Araneae: Dysderidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 98: 645-680. Reference page. 

1992

• Bosmans, R. 1992a. Spiders of the family Hahniidae from Sulawesi, Indonesia with remarks on synonymy and zoogeography (Arachnida: Araneae: Hahniidae). Belgian Journal of Zoology 122: 83-91. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R. & Abrous, O. 1992. Studies on North African Linyphiidae VI. The genera Pelecopsis Simon, Trichopterna Kulczynski and Ouedia gen. n. (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 9(3): 65-85. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R. & Bouragba, N. 1992. Trois nouvelles Linyphiidae de l'Atlas Algérien, avec la description du mâle de Lepthyphantes djazairi Bosmans, et la redescription de Lepthyphantes homonymus Denis (Araneae). Bulletin & Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 128: 245-262. Reference page. 

1994

• Bosmans, R. 1994: Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833 in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands (Araneae, Zodariidae). Eos 69: 115-142. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R. & Bosselaers, J. 1994. Spiders of the genera Pachygnatha, Dyschiriognatha and Glenognatha (Araneae, Tetragnathidae), with a revision of the Afrotropical species. Zoologica Scripta 23(4): 325-352. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1994.tb00392.x. . Reference page. 

1995

• Bosmans, R. 1995. Description de Bordea, nouveau genre endémique d'araignées des Pyrénées (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (4)17: 87-94. Reference page. 

1996

• Beladjal, L., Bosmans, R. & Maelfait, J.P. 1996. Le genre Rhode Simon dans le Maghreb (Araneae, Dysderidae). Revue Arachnologique 11: 65-75. Reference page. 

1997

• Bosmans, R. 1997: Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833, part II. Western and Central Europe, including Italy (Araneae: Zodariidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 10(8): 265-294. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Beladjal, L. & Bosmans, R. 1997: Nouvelles données sur le genre Harpactea Bristowe en Algérie (Araneae, Dysderidae). Revue Arachnologique 12: 9-29. Reference page. 
• Snazell, R.G. & Bosmans, R. 1997. A little known Zodarion (Araneae: Zodariidae) new to Britain. Journal of Zoology, London 241: 285-289. Reference page. 

1999

• Bosmans, R. 1999. The genera Agroeca, Agraecina, Apostenus and Scotina in the Maghreb countries (Araneae: Liocranidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie 69: 25-34. PDF. Reference page. 

2000

• Bosmans, R. & Blick, T. 2000: Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Micaria in the West-Palaearctic region, with description of the new genus Arboricaria and three new species (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Memorie della Società entomologica italiana, 78(2): 443–476. Reference page. 

2006

• Bosmans, R. 2006: Contribution to the knowledge of the Linyphiidae of the Maghreb. Part XI. Miscellaneous linyphiid genera and additions (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Linyphiinae). Bulletin & Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 141: 125-161. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R. 2006a. Contribution to the knowledge of the Linyphiidae of the Maghreb. Part X. New data on Lepthyphantes Menge (sensu lato) species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Belgian Journal of Zoology 136: 173-191. Reference page. 

2007

• Bosmans, R. 2007. Contribution to the knowledge of the Linyphiidae of the Maghreb. Part XII. Miscellaneous erigonine genera and additional records (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Bulletin & Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 143: 117-163. Reference page. 

2009

• Bosmans, R. 2009. Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833, part III. South East Europe and Turkey (Araneae: Zodariidae). Contributions to Natural History 12: 211-295. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2010

• Bosselaers, J. & Bosmans, R. 2010. Studies in Corinnidae (Araneae): a new Paratrachelas Kovblyuk & Nadolny from Algeria, as well as the description of a new genus of Old World Trachelinae. Zootaxa 2612: 41–56. Preview. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R., Cardoso, P. & Crespo, L.C. 2010. A review of the linyphiid spiders of Portugal, with the description of six new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Zootaxa 2473: 1–67. Preview. . Reference page. 

2011

• Bosmans, R. 2011: On some new or rare spider species from Lesbos, Greece (Araneae: Agelenidae, Amaurobiidae, Corinnidae, Gnaphosidae, Liocranidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 40: 15–22. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2012

• Bosmans, R. & Van Keer, J. 2012. On the spider species described by L. Koch in 1882 from the Balearic Islands (Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 43: 5–16. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2013

• Crespo, L.C., Bosmans, R., Cardoso, P. & Borges, P.A.V. 2013. On the endemic spider species of the genus Savigniorrhipis Wunderlich, 1992 (Araneae: Linyphiidae) in the Azores (Portugal), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3745(3): 330–342. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3745.3.2 Reference page. 
• Haddad, C.R. & Bosmans, R. 2013: Synonymy of the North African spider genus Castanilla Caporiacco, 1936 with Micaria Westring, 1851 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 3734(3): 397–399. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.3.10 Reference page. 

2014

• Bosmans, R. 2014: On the identity of the genera Anagraphis Simon, 1893 and Macedoniella Drensky, 1935 with two new synonyms (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 48: 38–41. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R. & Gasparo, F. 2014. A new cave-dwelling Centromerus from Sardinia (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Fragmenta entomologica 46 (1-2): 113-116. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R., Özkütük, R.S., Varli, S.V. & Kunt, K.B. 2014. Description of a new Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 from Turkey (Zodariidae; Araneae). Turkish journal of zoology 38(1): 99–101. DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1303-11 Reference page. 
• Crespo, L.C., Bosmans, R., Cardoso, P. & Borges, P.A.V. 2014. On three endemic species of the linyphiid spider genus Canariphantes Wunderlich, 1992 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from the Azores archipelago. Zootaxa 3841(3): 403–417. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3841.3.5 Reference page. 
• Van Keer, J.V. & Bosmans, R. 2014. A new species of Scytodes from Algeria (Araneae: Scytodidae), with a review of the species from the Maghreb. Zootaxa 3894(1): 131–140. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3894.1.10 Reference page. 

2015

• Bosmans, R. & Van Keer, J. 2015. Description of Cithaeron dippenaarae sp. n. from Morocco (Araneae: Cithaeronidae). African Invertebrates 56(2): 319–323. Reference page. 

2016

• Lissner, J., Bosmans, R. & Hernández-Corral, J. 2016. Description of a New Ground Spider from Majorca, Spain, with the Establishment of a New Genus Chatzakia n. gen. (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Arachnology 17(3): 142–146. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2006.17.3.142 Reference page. 

2017

• Bosmans, R., Henrard, A., Benhalima, S. & Kherbouche-Abrous, O. 2017. The genus Clubiona Latreille, 1904 (Araneae: Clubionidae) in the Maghreb, with notes on the genevensis group and new records from the Mediterranean Region. Zootaxa 4353(1): 1–28. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.1.1. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R., Lissner, J. & Hernández-Corral, J. 2017. The spider family Dysderidae in the Balearic Islands. Zootaxa 4329(4): 375–391. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.4.4. Reference page. 

2018

• Bosmans, R. & Draney, M.L. 2018: Description of a new, probably introduced Zodarion species from the Everglades National Park, USA (Araneae: Zodariidae). Arachnology 17(7): 328-330. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2017.17.7.328. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R., Kherbouche-Abrous, O., Benhalima, S. & Hervé, C. 2018. The genus Haplodrassus Chamberlin, 1922 in the Mediterranean and the Maghreb in particular (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 4451(1): 1–67. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4451.1.1 Reference page. 

2019

• Bosmans, R., Hernández-Corral, J. & Lissner, J. 2019. Description of a new Canariphantes species from the Balearic Islands (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Arachnology 18(2): 97-100. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2018.18.2.97. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R., Pantini, P., Loverre, P. & Addante, R. 2019. New species and new records of ant-eating spiders from Mediterranean Europe (Araneae: Zodariidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 8-20. DOI: 10.30963/aramit5703. . Reference page. 

2020

• Benhalima, S. & Bosmans, R. 2020. Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833 (part IV). The species of Morocco (Araneae: Zodariidae). Pp 93–114 In Marusik, Yu.M., Haddad, C.R., Azarkina, G.N., Ballarin, F. & Crews, S.C. 2020. Festschrift in honour of Wanda Wesołowska on the occasion of her 70th birthday. Zootaxa 4899(1): 1–383. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.1 pdf Reference page.  Zootaxa 4899(1): 093–114. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.5. . Reference page. 
• Boubakri , A., Bosmans, R., Pétillon, J. & Achouri, M.S. 2020. Description of a new Agraecina species from Tunisia (Araneae: Liocranidae), with a review of all species of the genus. Zootaxa 4772(1): 195–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.1.9. . Reference page. 
• Déjean, S., Danflous, S. & Bosmans, R. 2020. Redescription de Silometopus nitidithorax Simon, 1915 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) et description de Silometopus graecus sp. nov. de Grèce. Revue arachnologique série 2, n° 7: 8-16. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2021

• Bosmans, A. 2021.Notes on Amaurobiidae (Araneae) of the Western Mediterranean region, with the description of a new species. Arachnology 18(8): 873-882. Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R. & Trotta, A. 2021. On two rare Italian Palliduphantes, including the description of a new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Fragmenta entomologica 53 (1): 9–12. Reference page. 
• Bouseksou, S., Kherbouche-Abrous, O., Bosmans, R. & Beladjal, L. 2021. Description of a new species of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from Algeria. Zootaxa 4915(4): 594–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.4.10. . Reference page. 

2022

• Aliou, Y., Khadidja, Y., Belthout, B., Meriem, H., Abderrahmane, H.M. & Bosmans, R. 2022. Menemerus soldani (Audouin, 1826) (Araneae: Salticidae) newly recorded in Algeria with the proposition of a new synonym. Arachnology 19(1): 28-30. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2022.19.1.28. . Reference page. 
• Bosmans, R., Lecigne, S., Benhalima, S. & Kherbouche-Abrous, O. 2022. The genus Lycosoides Lucas, 1846 in the Maghreb region, with the description of five new species (Araneae: Agelenidae). Arachnology 19(Special Issue): 316-340. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2022.19.sp1.316. . Reference page. 

2023

• Bosmans, A. 2023. New or rare spiders from Crete (Araneae: Agelenidae, Dysderidae, Liocranidae, Salticidae), with the description of a new genus in the Agelenidae. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 38(1): 17-38. Reference page. 

2025

• Benslimane, M., Kherbouche-Abrous, O., Sahki-Benabbas, I., Bendjoudi, D., Bosmans, R. & Beladjal, L. 2025. A new Rhode (Araneae, Dysderidae) from Djebel Zaccar, Algeria, with an identification key for the males of the Maghreb. Zootaxa 5679(1): 101–112. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5679.1.5. Reference page.