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Ximenes NG, Willemart RH. How harvesters avoid predation. Journal of Arachnology
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2024. Gainett G, Klementz BC, Blaszczyk P, Setton EVW, Murayama GP, Willemart R, Gavish-Regev E, Sharma PP. Vestigial organs alter fossil placements in an ancient group of terrestrial chelicerates, Current Biology S0960-9822(24)00153-2. DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.011
2024. Pagoti GF, Hogan JA, Willemart RH. Habituation to a predatory stimulus in a harvester (Arachnida, Opiliones). Animal Cognition 27: 21: 1-6 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-024-01857-7
2023 Ximenes NG, Moraes V, Rocha, DB, Gawryszewski F, Willemart, RH. The influence of substance properties on arthropod chemical defenses: a meta- analysis. Journal of Chemical Ecology pgs 1-10 DOI 10.1007/s10886-023-01457-8
2023. Murayama GP, Barbosa B, Willemart RH. Experimental approach to the dislodging effect and the mortality of a pesticide in the yellow scorpion Tityus serrulatus. PLoS ONE 18: e0289104. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0289104
2023. Silva NFS, Mailho-Fontana PL, Silva-Junior PI, Silva JRMC, Willemart RH Morphology of the arthrodial membrane gland in a Neotropical harvester (Arachnida, Opiliones). Zoologia 40: e22056. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-4689.v40.e22056
2023. Willemart RH. The evolution of the concept of sensory ecology and the influence of behavioral ecology. Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences 95: e20220302. DOI 10.1590/0001-3765202320220302.
2023. Vieira MLS, Hara MR, Mendes AC, Willemart RH, Cruz AB, dos Santos DYAC, Sannomiya M. Chemical and evolutionary analysis of the scent gland secretions of two species of Gonyleptes Kirby, 1819 (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores). Chemoecology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-023-00380-4. Online desde 14 de fevereiro 2023.
2022. Murayama GP, Pagoti GF, Willemart RH. Voracity, reaction to stings, and survival of domestic hens when feeding on the yellow scorpion (Tityus serrulatus). Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases. 2–7. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-9199-JVATITD-2021-0050
2021. Silva NFS ; Willemart RH, Cunha da Silva, JRM ; Da Silva Junior PI . Protein components of the arthrodial membrane gland in a Neotropical harvestman (Arachnida, Opiliones). ACS Omega 6: 35250-35255
2021. AM Winsor, GF Pagoti, DJ Daye, EW Cheries, KR Cave, EM Jakob. Gaze direction can tell us about cognitive processes in invertebrates. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 564:43-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.12.001. Este trabalho foi desenvolvido no laboratório da Prof Elizabeth Jakob, contando com a participação do doutorando do LESCA Guilherme Pagoti.
2021. García LF, Rave C, Arcila K, García C, Robledo-Ospina LE, Willemart RH. Do predators react differently to dangerous and larger prey? The case of a mygalomorph generalist spider preying upon insects. Zoology 144: 1-7, online https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2020.125863
2020. Silva NFS, Pagoti GF, Willemart RH. Water locomotion and survival under water in a riparian harvestman (Opiliones, Arachnida). Behavioural Processes 179, online https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104220
2020. Gainett G, Willemart RH, Giribet G, Sharma P. Convergent evolution of sexually dimorphic glands in an amphi-Pacific harvestman family. Invertebrate Systematics, 34: 871-892
2020. Dias JM, Segovia JMG, Willemart RH. Detection of conspecifics through olfaction in the Neotropical harvestman Mischonyx cuspidatus (Arachnida: Opiliones). Journal of Arachnology 48: 94-97
2020. Segovia JMG, Gainett G, Willemart RH. Predatory behavior and sensory morphology of the whip spider Charinus asturius (Arachnida: Amblypygi). Journal of Ethology 38: 273–280
2019. Segovia JMG, Murayama GP, Ximenes NG. Harvestmen are fearful in the light but not the darkness. Journal of Arachnology 47: 396-398.
2019. Murayama GP, Willemart RH. Are trichobothria used in terrestrial prey capture in the yellow scorpion Tityus serrulatus Lutz & Mello 1922 (Buthidae)? Arachnology 18: 281-287.
2019. Pagoti GF, Portela E, Campanha J, Dias J, Willemart RH. On the function of the spoon-shaped pedipalps of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae (Opiliones, Laniatores). Journal of Natural History 53: 2087–2098.
2019. Segovia JMG, Rios R, Willemart RH. Starvation decreases behavioral consistency in a Neotropical harvestman. Acta Ethologica 22: 203-208
2019. Segovia JMG, Murayama GP, Willemart RH. Sexual differences in weaponry and defensive behavior in a Neotropical harvestman. Current Zoology 65: 553–558.
2019 Gainett G, Sharma P, Fernandes N, Pinto-da-Rocha R, Giribet G, Willemart RH. Evolution of a sensory cluster on the legs of Opiliones (Arachnida) informs multi-level phylogenetic relationships. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187: 143–165. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz016
2018. Silva NSF, Fowler-Finn K, Mortara SR, Willemart RH. A Neotropical armored harvestman (Arachnida, Opiliones) uses proprioception and vision for homing. Behaviour: 155: 793–815. DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-00003503
2018. Gainett G, Sharma P, Giribet G, Willemart RH. The sensory equipment of a sandokanid: an extreme case of tarsal reduction in harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores). Journal of Morphology: 279: 1206-1223.DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20843
2018. Silva MS, Willemart RH, Carbayo F. Sticky flatworms (Platyhelminthes) kill armored harvestmen (Arachnida,Opiliones) but are not immune to the prey´s weapons. Journal of Zoology 306: 88-94.
2018. Gainett G, Sharma P. Giribet G, Willemart RH. Putative adhesive setae on the walking legs of the Paleotropical harvestman Metibalonius sp. (Arachnida: Opiliones: Podoctidae). Journal of Arachnology 46: 62-68.
2018. Segovia JMG, Neco LC, Willemart RH. On the habitat use of the Neotropical whip spider Charinus asturius Pinto-Da-Rocha, Machado and Weygoldt, 2002 (Arachnida: Amblypygi). Zoologia 35: 1-6.
2017. Gainett G, Michalik P, Müller CHG, Giribet G, Talarico G, Willemart RH. Putative thermo-/hygroreceptive tarsal sensilla on the sensory legs of an armored harvestman (Arachnida, Opiliones). Zoologischer Anzeiger 270: 81-97.
2017. Fernandes NS, Stanley E, Costa FG, Toscano-Gadea CA, Willemart RH. Chemical sex recognition in the harvestman Discocyrtus prospicuus (Arachnida: Opiliones). Acta Ethologica 20: 215-221. DOI: 10.1007/s10211-017-0264-5.
2017. Pagoti GF, Penaflor MF, Marabesi AB, Bento JMS, Willemart RH. Proximate factors and potential benefits influencing selection of Psychotria suterella for shelter by the harvestman Jussara sp. (Arachnida, Opiliones). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 163: 241-250. DOI: 10.1111/eea.12570.
2017. Gainett G, Michalik P, Muller C, Giribet G, Talarico G, Willemart RH. Ultrastructure of chemoreceptive tarsal sensilla in an armored harvestman and evidence of olfaction across Laniatores (Arachnida, Opiliones). Arthropod Structure & Development 46: 178–195.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2016.12.005
2016. Ramin AA, Willemart RH, Gnaspini P. Changes in nymphal morphometric values and tarsal microstructures during postembryonic development in the Neotropical harvestman Heteromitobates albiscriptus (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae). Journal of Arachnology 44: 330-346 http://dx.doi.org/10.1636/M15-83.1
2016. García LF, Franco V, Robledo LE, Viera C, Lacava M, Willemart RH. The predation strategy of the recluse spider Loxosceles rufipes (Lucas, 1834) against four prey species. Journal of Insect Behavior 29: 515–526. 10.1007/s10905-016-9578-9.
2016. Costa TM, Hebets EA, Melo D, Willemart RH. Costly learning: preference for familiar food persists despite negative impact on survival. Biology Letters 12: 20160256. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0256
2016. Costa TM, Silva NFS, Willemart RH. Prey capture behavior in three Neotropical armored harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones). Journal of Ethology 34: 183-190. DOI 10.1007/s10164-016-0464-x
2016. Dias JM, Willemart RH. Do sexually dimorphic glands in the harvestman Gryne perlata (Arachnida, Opiliones) release contact pheromones during mating? European Journal of Entomology 113: 184-191. doi: 10.14411/eje.2016.022
2015. Pinto-da-Rocha R, Willemart RH. O estudo dos opiliões sulamericanos. Boletim Informativo da Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia XXXVII, 115: 6-9.
2015. Segovia JMG, Hara MR, Pagoti GF, Sannomiya M, Santos DYAC, Willemart RH. The scent glands of the Neotropical harvestman Discocyrtus pectinifemur (Arachnida: Opiliones: Gonyleptidae): morphology, behavior and chemistry. Journal of Chemical Ecology 41: 716-723. DOI 10.1007/s10886-015-0612-8.
2015. Silva NFS, Willemart RH. Foraging, oviposition sites and notes on the natural history of the harvestman Heteromitobates discolor (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae). Biota Neotropica 15: 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1676-06032015018614
2015. Pagoti GF, Willemart RH. Strong seasonality and clear choice of resting plant in a Neotropical harvestman (Arachnida, Opiliones). Journal of Arachnology 43: 207-213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1636/0161-8202-43.2.207
2015. Segovia JMG, Del-Claro K, Willemart RH. Defences of a Neotropical harvestman against different levels of threat by the recluse spider. Behaviour 152: 757-773. DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-00003252
2015. Murayama GP, Willemart RH. Mode of use of sexually dimorphic glands in a Neotropical harvestman (Arachnida, Opiliones) with paternal care. Journal of Natural History 49: 1937-1947. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1006283
2015. Segovia JMG, Del-Claro K, Willemart RH. Delicate fangs, smart killing: the predation strategy of the recluse spider. Animal Behaviour 101: 169-177. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.12.025
2014. Dias BC, Souza ES, Hara MR, Willemart RH. Intense leg tapping behavior by the harvestman Mischonyx cuspidatus (Gonyleptidae): An undescribed defensive behavior in Opiliones? Journal of Arachnology 42: 123-125. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1636/Hi12-06.1
2014. Fernandes N, Willemart RH. Neotropical harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones) use sexually dimorphic glands to spread chemicals in the environment. Comptes Rendus Biologie 337: 69-75. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2014.01.004
2014. Gainett G, Sharma PP, Pinto-da-Rocha R, Giribet G, Willemart RH. Walk it off: Predictive power of appendicular characters toward inference of higher-level relationships in Laniatores (Arachnida: Opiliones). Cladistics 30: 120-138. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cla.12029/abstract CAPA DA REVISTA
2013. Santos GC, Hogan JA, Willemart RH. Associative learning in a harvestman (Arachnida, Opiliones). Behavioural Processes 100:64-66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2013.07.021
2013. Willemart RH, Taques BG. Morfologia e ecologia sensorial em aracnídeos troglóbios: perspectivas para a espeleobiologia brasileira. Revista da Biologia IBUSP 10: 46-51. http://www.ib.usp.br/revista/
2013. Costa TM, Willemart RH. First experimental evidence that a harvestman (Arachnida,Opiliones) detects odors of non-rotten dead prey by olfaction. Zoologia 30: 359-361. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1984-46702013000300018
2013. Dias BC, Willemart RH. The effectiveness of post-contact defenses in a prey with no pre-contact detection. Zoology 116: 168-174. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2012.12.001.
2013. Portela E, Willemart RH, Gasnier TH. Soil type preference and the coexistence of two species of wandering spiders (Ctenus amphora and C. crulsi: Ctenidae) in a rainforest in Central Amazonia. Journal of Arachnology 41:85-87.doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1636/P12-59.1
2012 Carvalho LA, Souza ES, Willemart RH. Behavioral analysis of the interaction between the spitting spider Scytodes globula (Araneae: Scytodidae) and the harvestman Discocyrtus invalidus (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae). Journal of Arachnology 40: 332-337.doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1636/Hill-86.1
2012 Chelini MC, Willemart RH, Gnaspini P. Gregarious behavior of two species of Neotropical harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae). Journal of Arachnology 40: 256-258.doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1636/Hi11-12.1
2012 Dias IA, Willemart RH, Marques AC. Does evolution matter? A case study in Brazil of the effects of an evolutionary-thinking atmosphere in postgraduate students´ belief in God/religious belief. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 84: 5-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0001-37652012005000023
2012 Willemart RH, Hebets EA. Sexual differences in the behavior of the harvestman Leiobunum vittatum (Opiliones, Sclerosomatidae) towards conspecific cues. Journal of Insect Behavior 25: 12-23. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10905-011-9268-6
2011 Chelini MC, Willemart RH, Gnaspini P. Caves as a winter refuge by a Neotropical harvestman (Arachnida, Opiliones). Journal of Insect Behavior 24:393–398. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10905-011-9264-x
2011 Souza EDS, Willemart RH. Harvest-ironman: heavy armature, and not its defensive secretions, protects a harvestman against a spider. Animal Behaviour, 81: 127-133. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.09.023 
2011 Willemart RH, Santer RD, Spence AJ, Hebets EA. A sticky situation: solifugids (Arachnida, Solifugae) use adhesive organs on their pedipalps for prey capture. Journal of Ethology, 29: 177-180. doi:10.1007/s10164-010-0222-4
2010 Willemart R H, Giribet G. A scanning electron microscopic survey of the cuticle in Cyphophthalmi (Arachnida, Opiliones) with the description of novel sensory and glandular structures. Zoomorphology, 129: 175-183. doi:10.1007/s00435-010-0110-z
2010 Willemart RH, Pérez-González A, Farine JP, Gnaspini P. Sexually dimorphic tegumental gland openings in Laniatores (Arachnida, Opiliones), with new data on 23 species. Journal of Morphology, 271: 641-653. doi:10.1002/jmor.10822 pmid:20027634
2009 Chelini M, Willemart R H, Hebets E A. Costs and benefits of freezing behaviour in the harvestman Eumesosoma roeweri (Arachnida, Opiliones). Behavioural Processes, 82: 153-159. doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2009.06.001 pmid:19539731
2009 Willemart RH, Farine JP, Gnaspini P. Sensory biology of Phalangida harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones): a review, with new morphological data on 18 species. Acta Zoologica, 90: 209-227. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00341.x
2009 Willemart RH, Osses F, Chelini MC, Macías-Ordóñez R, Machado G. Sexually dimorphic legs in a neotropical harvestman (Arachnida, Opiliones): ornament or weapon?. Behavioural Processes, 80: 51-59. doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2008.09.006 pmid:18929628
2007 Peretti A V, Willemart R H. Sexual coercion does not exclude luring behavior in the climbing camel-spider Oltacola chacoensis (Arachnida, Solifugae, Ammotrechidae). Journal of Ethology, 25: 29-39. doi:10.1007/s10164-006-0201-y
2007 Willemart RH, Chelini MC. Experimental demonstration of close-range olfaction and contact chemoreception in the Brazilian harvestman, Iporangaia pustulosa. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 123: 73-79. doi:10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.0527.x
2007 Willemart RH, Chelini MC, de Andrade R, Gnaspini P. An ethological approach to a SEM survey on sensory structures and tegumental gland openings of two neotropical harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae). Italian Journal of Zoology, 74(1): 39-54. doi:10.1080/11250000601090529
2006 Willemart RH, Pellegatti-Franco F. The spider Enoploctenus cyclothorax (Araneae, Ctenidae) avoids preying on the harvestman Mischonyx cuspidatus (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae). Journal of Arachnology, 34: 649-652. doi:10.1636/S05-70.1
2006 Willemart RH, Farine JP, Peretti AV, Gnaspini P. Behavioral roles of the sexually dimorphic structures in the male harvestman, Phalangium opilio (Opiliones, Phalangiidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 84: 1763-1774. doi:10.1139/Z06-173
2004 Willemart RH, Gnaspini P. Spatial distribution, mobility, gregariousness, and defensive behaviour in a Brazilian cave harvestman Goniosoma albiscriptum (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae). Animal Biology, 54: 221-235. doi:10.1163/1570756042484674
2004 Willemart RH, Gnaspini P. Breeding biology of the cavernicolous harvestman Goniosoma albiscriptum (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores): sites of oviposition, egg batches characteristics and subsocial behaviour. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, 45: 15-28. DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2004.9652570
2004 Willemart RH, Kaneto GE. On the natural history of the Neotropical spider Enoploctenus cyclothorax (Araneae, Ctenidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, 13: 53-59.
2003 Willemart RH, Gnaspini P. Comparative density of hair sensilla on the legs of cavernicolous and epigean harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 242: 353-365. doi:10.1078/0044-5231-00109
2002 Willemart RH. Cases of intra- and inter-specific food competition among Brazilian harvestmen, in captivity (Opiliones, Laniatores, Gonyleptidae). Revue Arachnologique 14: 49-58.
2001 Willemart RH. Egg covering behavior of the Neotropical harvestman Promitobates ornatus (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae). Journal of Arachnology, 29: 249-252. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0249:ECBOTN]2.0.CO;2
Capítulos de livro
2017 Willemart RH, Lacava M. Foraging Strategies of Cursorial and Ambushing Spiders. Em: Behaviour and ecology of neotropical spiders – Contributions of studies from the neotropical region (Ed Viera C, Gonzaga MO), Springer, pp 227-246.
2007 Willemart RH. Rearing and Maintenance of Animals in Captivity. Em: Harvestmen: the Biology of Opiliones (Ed Pinto-da-Rocha R, Machado G, Giribet G), Harvard University Press, pp 520-524.