Brent D. Opell

Biographical note

Brent D. Opell American Arachnologist.

Professor of Biology; Department of Biology; Virginia Tech, USA.

Specializes in Spider Systematic and Evolution.

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1976

1979

  • 1979. Revision of the genera and tropical American species of the spider family Uloboridae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 148 (10): 443–549. [Publication date: '27 August 1979', sourced from title page of issue] BHL. Reference page. 

1984

  • 1984. Lubinella, a new genus of Uloboridae (Arachnida, Araneae). Journal of Arachnology 11: 441-446. Reference page. 

2012

  • Coddington, J.A.; Kuntner, M.; 2012: Systematics of the spider family Deinopidae with a revision of the genus Menneus. Smithsonian contributions to zoology, (636) abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page. 
  • Opell, B. D. and M. L. Hendricks. 2010. The role of granules within viscous capture threads of orb-weaving spiders. Journal of Experimental Biology 213, 339-346.
  • Opell, B. D. and M. L. Hendricks. 2009. The adhesive delivery system of viscous capture threads spun by orb-weaving spiders. Journal of Experimental Biology 212: 3026–3034.