Here you can find the list of my publications related to biology, adventure and travel.

24. LAPINSKI, W. 2022 (accepted). Alleine am Río Napo? Globetrotter Magazin (von Globetrotter.ch) (Engl.: Alone at Río Napo?)

23. LAPINSKI, W. 2020. Was ist Ökologie und was eine ökologische Nische – und was hat das mit Spinnen zu tun? Arachne, 25: 6 – 13. (Engl.: What is ecology and what is an ecological niche – and what does it have to do with spiders?)

22. LAPINSKI, W. 2020. Tarantulas and their habitats. P. 191 – 236. In: Pérez-Miles, F. (ed.): New world tarantulas: taxonomy, biogeography and evolutionary biology of Theraphosidae. Springer Nature, Switzerland.

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21. LAPINSKI, W. 2019. The army ants and the tarantula – a rare encounter in a Neotropical rainforest (Hymenoptera: Formicidae; Araneae: Theraphosidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift, 129: 51 – 56.

20. LAPINSKI, W., R. GABRIEL & F. PÉREZ-MILES. 2018. Ami bladesi Pérez-Miles et al. 2008 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), description of the female with notes on the species’ ecology and behavior. Arachnology 17 (8): 419 – 426.

19. LAPINSKI, W. & M. TSCHAPKA. 2018. Vertical distribution of wandering spiders in Central America. The Journal of Arachnology, 46 (1): 13 – 20.

18. FOLT, B. & LAPINSKI, W. 2017. New observations of frog and lizard predation by wandering and orb-weaver spiders in Costa Rica. Phyllomedusa, 16 (2): 269 – 277.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v16i2p269-277

17. NYFFELER, M., LAPINSKI, W., SNYDER, A. & K. BIRKHOFER. 2017. Spiders feeding on earthworms revisited: consumption of giant earthworms in the tropics. Journal of Arachnology, 45: 242–247. https://doi.org/10.1636/JoA-17-013.1

16. LAPINSKI, W. 2016. Seltene Beobachtungen von Interaktionen zwischen Skorpionen und Weberknechten in einem neotropischen Regenwald. Arachne, 21: 12 – 17.
(Engl.: Rare observations on interactions among scorpions and harvestmen in a neotropical rainforest)

15. BLOMENKAMP, S. & W. LAPINSKI. 2015. Nächtliche Begegnungen am Waldbach – Auf Suche nach Glasfröschen in Costa Rica. TERRARIA/elaphe, 56: 42 – 47. (Engl.: Nocturnal encounters at a forest creek – In search for glassfrogs in Costa Rica)

14. LAPINSKI, W. 2015. Seilklettertechnik: In der feuchten Höhe des Regenwaldes. Kletterblatt 2015: 84 – 88. (Engl.: Rope climbing technique: In the humid height of the rainforest)

13. LAPINSKI, W., P. WALTHER & M. TSCHAPKA. 2015. Morphology reflects microhabitat preferences in an assemblage of neotropical wandering spiders. Zoomorphology DOI 10.1007/s00435-015-0257-8

12. LAPINSKI, W. & M. TSCHAPKA. 2014. Desiccation resistance reflects patterns of microhabitat choice in a Central American assemblage of wandering spiders. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 217: 2789 – 2795.

11. LAPINSKI, W. & M. TSCHAPKA. 2013. Habitat Use and Coexistence in an Assemblage of Central American Wandering Spiders (Araneae: Ctenidae, Trechaleidae). The Journal of Arachnology, 41: 151 – 159.

10. SILVA, E. L. C. & W. LAPINSKI. 2012. A new species of Trechalea Thorell, 1869 (Araneae: Lycosoidea: Trechaleidae: Trechaleinae) from Costa Rica, with notes on its natural history and ecology. Zootaxa, 3568: 58 – 64.

9. SCHREIBER, H. A., A. C. RENKL, W. LAPINSKI, K. SCHARFFETTER-KOCHANEK & J. A. WEISS. 2010. Myiasis after study trip to French Guiana. Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, 8: 357 – 359.

8. LAPINSKI, W. & M. TSCHAPKA. 2009. Erstnachweis von Brautgeschenken bei Trechalea sp. (Trechaleidae, Araneae) in Costa Rica. Arachne, 14: 4 – 13. (Engl.: First record of nuptial gifts in Trechalea sp. [which I later described as Trechalea tirimbina, see ref. 10.)

7. LAPINSKI, W. 2009. Psalmopoeus reduncus: Verstecktypen und Nutzung von Pflanzen als Mikrohabitat. Arachne, 14: 24 – 44. (Engl.: Psalmopoeus reduncus: Types of day shelters and use of plants as microhabitats)

6. LAPINSKI, W. 2008. Die Skorpione vom Río Sarapiquí, Costa Rica. Arachne, 13: 4 – 17. (Engl.: The scorpions from Río Sarapiquí, Costa Rica)

5. LAPINSKI, W. 2006. Centruroides limbatus (POCOCK, 1898) im Terrarium. Arachne, 11: 4 – 12.

4. LAPINSKI, W. 2003. Die Jagdspinnen der Gattung Cupiennius SIMON, 1891. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Arachnologischen Gesellschaft, 8: 9 – 30.
(Engl.: The wandering spiders of the genus Cupiennius SIMON, 1891)

3. LAPINSKI, W. 2002. Sericopelma silvicola VALERIO, 1980 im Terrarium. Arachnologisches Magazin, 10: 1 – 5.

2. LAPINSKI, W., P. JÄGER & A.-H. SALAZAR RODRÍGUEZ. 2002. Anaptomecus longiventris Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Sparassidae), a spider species new for Costa Rica. Arachnologisches Magazin, 10: 1 – 9.

1. LAPINSKI, W. 2000. Naturbeobachtungen in Costa Rica. Arachnologisches Magazin, 8: 1 – 9. (Engl.: Nature observations in Costa Rica)

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