Suresh Prins Benjamin

Suresh Prins Benjamin, entomologist.

• National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana Road, Kandy, Sri Lanka
• Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
• E-mail: [email protected]

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• 130 taxon names authored by Suresh Prins Benjamin

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• 2000. Epidius parvati sp. n., a new species of the genus Epidius from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Thomisidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 284-288. Reference page. 
• & Jocqué, R. 2000. Two new species of the genus Suffasia from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Zodariidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 107(1): 97-106. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.80120. . Reference page. 

• 2004. Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic hypothesis for the jumping spider subfamily Ballinae (Araneae, Salticidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 142: 1–82. Reference page. 
• 2004a. Nesticella marapu sp. n., a blind nesticid (Araneae: Nesticidae) from Sumba, Indonesia. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 111(2): 303-307. Reference page. 

• Huber, B.A. & 2005. The pholcid spiders from Sri Lanka: redescription of Pholcus ceylonicus and description of a new genus (Araneae: Pholcidae). Journal of Natural History 39: 3305-3319. Reference page. 

• Hormiga, Alvarez-Padilla, F. & 2007. First records of extant Hispaniolan spiders of the families Mysmenidae, Symphytognathidae, and Ochyroceratidae (Araneae), including a new species of Ochyrocera. American Museum Novitates 3577: 1-21. Reference page. 

• Edwards, G.B. & 2009. A first look at the phylogeny of the Myrmarachninae, with rediscovery and redescription of the type species of Myrmarachne (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 2309: 1–29. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

• 2011. Phylogenetics and comparative morphology of crab spiders (Araneae: Dionycha, Thomisidae). Zootaxa 3080: 001–108. Preview. Reference page. 

• 2013. On the crab spider genus Angaeus Thorell, 1881 and its junior synonym Paraborboropactus Tang and Li, 2009 (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 3635(1): 71–80. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3635.1.7 Reference page. 
• Marusik, Yu.M., Omelko, M.M. & 2013. The first description of adult female of Borboropactus asper (O. P.-Cambridge, 1884) from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 3737(2): 197–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.2.8. Reference page. 

• Batuwita, S. & 2014. An annotated checklist and a family key to the pseudoscorpion fauna (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 3814(1): 37–67. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3814.1.2 Reference page. 
• 2014: Two new species of Pharta Thorell, 1891 with the description of Ibana senagang gen. et sp. nov. (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 3894(1): 177–182. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3894.1.15 Reference page. 
• Huber, B.A., Carvalho, L.S. & 2014. On the New World spiders previously misplaced in Leptopholcus: molecular and morphological analyses and descriptions of four new species (Araneae : Pholcidae). Invertebrate Systematics 28: 432-450. DOI: 10.1071/IS13050. Reference page. 

• 2015. On the African Crab Spider Genus Geraesta Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Thomisidae). African Invertebrates 56(2): 309–318. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• 2015a. Model mimics: antlike jumping spiders of the genus Myrmarachne from Sri Lanka. Journal of Natural History 49(43-44): 2609-2666. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1034209. . Reference page. 

• 2016. Revision of Cebrenninus Simon, 1887 with description of one new genus and six new species (Araneae: Thomisidae). Revue suisse de zoologie 123(1): 179–200.DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.46304. Reference page. 
• & Clayton, C.I. 2016. Phylogenetic placement and revision of the tropical Asian crab spider genus Pagida (Araneae : Thomisidae). Invertebrate Systematics 30(4): 353-369. DOI: 10.1071/IS15054. . Reference page. 
• & Kanesharatnam, N. 2016. Description of three new species of the tropical Asian jumping spider genus Onomastus Simon, 1900 from high altitude cloud forests of Sri Lanka (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4205(5): 431–453. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.5.2. Reference page. 
• Kanesharatnam, N. & 2016. Three new generic records and descriptions of four new species of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Sri Lanka. European journal of Taxonomy 228: 1-23. full aticle (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ranasinghe, U.G.S.L. & 2016. A review of Sri Lankan Brignolia including the description of four new species (Araneae: Oonopidae). Zootaxa 4144(4): 451–476. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.4.1. Reference page. 
• Ranasinghe, U.G.S.L. & 2016. The Goblin spider genus Xestaspis in Sri Lanka (Araneae: Oonopidae). Zootaxa 4189(1): 60–80. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4189.1.2. Reference page. 

• 2017. A new species of Angaeus from Malaysia with possible affinity to related genera within Stephanopinae (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 4337(2): 297–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.10. Reference page. 
• 2017a. Distributional and taxonomic notes on the crab spider genus Epidius with descriptions of five new species (Araneae: Thomisidae). Journal of Natural History 51(9-10): 469-485. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1302016. . Reference page. 
• Wheeler, W.C., Coddington, J.A., Crowley, L.M., Dimitrov, D.S., Goloboff, P.A., Griswold, C.E., Hormiga, Prendini, L., Ramírez, M.J., Sierwald, P., Almeida-Silva, L.M., Álvarez-Padilla, Arnedo, M.A., Benavides Silva, L.R., , Bond, J.S., Grismado, C.J., Hasan, E., Hedin, M., Izquierdo, M.A., Labarque, F.M., Ledford, J., Lopardo, L., Maddison, W.P., Miller, J.A., Piacentini, L.N., Platnick, N.I., Polotow, D., Silva-Dávila, D., Scharff, N., Szűts, T., Ubick, D., Vink, C.J., Wood, H.M. & Zhang, J.X. 2017. The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling. Cladistics 33: 574–616. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12182 . Reference page. 

• Ghate, H.V., Kulkarni, S. & Benjamin, S.P. 2018. Giant assassin in the cave: a new species of the genus Myiophanes from Sri Lanka (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae). Zootaxa 4524(2): 237–244. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4524.2.7 Reference page. 
• Kanesharatnam, N. & 2018. A new genus and three new species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Sri Lanka. European journal of Taxonomy 444: 1-24. full aticle (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ranasinghe, U.G.S.L. & 2018. Taxonomic descriptions of nine new species of the goblin spider genera Cavisternum, Grymeus, Ischnothyreus, Opopaea, Pelicinus and Silhouettella (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Sri Lanka. Evolutionary Systematics 2: 65–80. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.2.25200 Reference page. 
• Ranasinghe, U.G.S.L. & 2018a. Three new species of Aprusia (Araneae: Oonopidae) from Sri Lanka with a phylogenetic analysis of the genus. Journal of Natural History 52(11-12): 713-738. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1444803. . Reference page. 

• & Ranasinghe, U.G.S.L. 2019. Redescription of Boliscus decipiens, with a new synonym in Boliscus tuberculatus (Araneae: Thomisidae). Arachnology 18(2): 129-132. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2018.18.2.129. Reference page. 
• Ileperuma Arachchi, I.S. & 2019. The crab spider genus Tarrocanus Simon, 1895 with notes on the genera Alcimochthes Simon, 1895 and Domatha Simon, 1895 (Araneae:Thomisidae). Zootaxa 4613(3): 587–593. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.3.10. Reference page. 
• Kanesharatnam, N. & 2019. Multilocus genetic and morphological phylogenetic analysis reveals a radiation of shiny South Asian jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) ZooKeys 839: 1-81. Reference page. 
• Sudhin, P.P., Nafin, K.S., & Sudhikumar, A.V. 2019 Two new species of the genus Marengo Peckham et Peckham, 1892 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Western Ghats of India. Arthropoda Selecta 28(3): 435–444. full article (PDF).Reference page. 

• 2020. Distributional and taxonomic notes on the crab spider genus Talaus Simon, 1886 with description of a new species (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 4858(3): 405–416. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4858.3.6. . Reference page. 
• Kanesharatnam, N. & 2020. On three new species of jumping spiders of the genera Habrocestum Simon, 1876, Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 and Tamigalesus Żabka, 1988 (Araneae, Salticidae) from Sri Lanka. Evolutionary Systematics 4: 5-19. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.4.47578 Reference page. 
• Kanesharatnam, N. & 2020a. First record of Synagelides Strand, 1906 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Sri Lanka: description of four endemic species from tropical wet forest of the island. Zootaxa 4790(1): 043–056. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4790.1.2. . Reference page. 
• Maddison, W.P., Beattie, I., Marathe, K., Ng, P.Y.C., Kaneshaatnam, N., Benjamin, S.P. & Kunte, K. 2020. A phylogenetic and taxonomic review of baviine jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Baviini). ZooKeys, 1004: 27–97. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1004.57526 Reference page. 

• Bopearachchi, D.P. & 2021. Phylogenetic placement of Flacillula Strand, 1932 with seven new species from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Salticidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59(6): 1255-1272. Reference page. 
• Kanesharatnam, N. & 2021. Phylogenetic relationships and systematics of the jumping spider genus Colopsus with the description of eight new species from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Salticidae). Journal of Natural History 54(43-44): 2763-2814. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1869335. . Reference page. 

• Satkunanathan, A. & 2024. Multilocus genetic and morphological phylogenetic analysis: unveiling a new genus and species in the tribe Nannenini of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae). Zoologica Scripta 53(5): 688-711 & Suppl. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12660. . Reference page. 
• Satkunanathan, A. & 2024a. Phylogenetic placement of Carrhotus Thorell, 1891 with three new species from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Salticidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 817: 78–110. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1765. . Reference page. 

• Dayananda, N. & 2025. Five new species of the genus Mallinella Strand, 1906 (Araneae: Zodariidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 5570(1): 100–118. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5570.1.4. . Reference page. 
• Dhiya'ulhaq, N.U., Benjamin, S.P., Buchori, D., Hidayat, P., Scheu, S. & Drescher, J. 2025. Expanding the taxonomy of crab spiders (Araneae, Thomisidae) in Sumatra: a new genus, five new species, and regional records ZooKeys 1241: 205–246. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1241.148348 Reference page.