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8th ASA Conference Attendees

Welcome to the 8th Conference of the Asian Society of Arachnology (ASA 2024), which was held on 25 – 29 October 2024 in Wuhan, the biggest city in central China, located on the shore of the Yangtze River. We are very excited to host ASA 2024 in ‘The Hub of China’. Wuhan is a famous national historical and cultural city in China. It is an important national industrial, science, technological and education base and the comprehensive transportation hub in China. We are delighted to invite you to Wuhan to share recent developments in all disciplines of arachnology in Asia.

ASA 2024 features a diverse selection of plenaries, symposiums, conference sessions and posters that span the entire range of arachnological research in Asia: behaviour, biogeography, ecology, evolution, neurobiology, physiology, systematics and many more.

Our plenary speakers will be Dr. Ingi Agnarsson (University of Iceland), Dr. Matjaz Kuntner (National Institute of Biology), Dr. Shuqiang Li (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Dr. Linda Rayor (Cornell University), Dr. I-Min Tso (Tunghai University) and Elizabeth Jakob (University of Massachusetts Amherst).

The conference was hosted by the Hubei University (http://www.hubu.edu.cn), a key comprehensive university jointly administered by Hubei Provincial Government and China’s Ministry of Education. With a history of over 90 years, it attracts more than 2,000 staff members and 25,000 full-time students.

We encourage participants from Asian and all other regions working on all disciplines of arachnology and arachnid taxa. We promise an inclusive and vibrant academic and social environment during the conference to allow for those important chats between delegates.

The official ASA Conference 2024 website is at https://asa2024.hubu.edu.cn/

Notice: The conference website will not be available from 31 May to 25 June but registering for the conference can be done via the direct registration link.

Yellow Crane Tower 黄鹤楼
City of Wuhan

Conference Video

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Day 1 Photos (25 Oct)

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Day 4 Photos (28 Oct)
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9th ASA Conference 2025

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Plenary

  • Shuqiang Li (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) Taxonomy, biogeography and evolution of spiders
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  • Linda Rayor (Cornell University, USA) Costs and benefits of group-living in huntsman spiders: behavior, physiology, and phylogenetic perspectives
  • Ingi Agnarsson (University of Iceland, Iceland) The generation of a biodiversity hotspot: Biogeography and diversity of arachnids in the Caribbean archipelago
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    Evolution

  • Zheng Fan (Southwest University, China) Evolutionary genomics of spiders
  • Zegang Feng* (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) Evolutionary history of the cave-dwelling Neobisiidae from the South China Karst
  • Qing Zuo* (Southwest University, China) Genomic and methylomic signatures associated with the maintenance of genome stability and adaptive evolution in two closely allied wolf spiders
  • Quah You Chen Roy* (National University of Singapore, Singapore) Visual adaptations in intertidal spiders: evidence of opsin evolution for variable light condition
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    Behaviour

  • Min Tan* (National University of Singapore, Singapore) The flicker fusion camouflage effect in jumping spiders
  • Jing Peng* (Hubei University, China) Effects of sublethal concentrations of Chlorantraniliprole and Sulfoxaflor on reproductive behaviour of Pardosa pseudoannulata
  • Mukhtar Muhammad Khalid* (University of Sargodha, Pakistan) Effect of spider (Cyrtophora citricola) cues on the foraging and avoiding behaviour of Chinese grass hopper (Acrida cinerea)
  • Anitha Abraham (Maharaja’s College, India) A comprehensive study of egg sac diversity and maternal care in spiders

    • Behaviour and Ecology

  • Boon Hui Wong (Jinggangshan University, China) Crab spider males bind females with silk to improve reproductive success
  • Tian Yang* (Hubei University, China) Uniform efficacy of bird-dropping masquerade in color polymorphic Phrynarachne huangshanensis spiders
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  • Wei Zhou* (National University of Singapore, Singapore) Ultraviolet colouration enhances distant species recognition in jumping spiders
  • Bingjun Wang* (Hubei University, China) The anti-predator defense function of silk decorations built by orb-weaving Argiope spiders against avian predators
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    Systematics

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  • Junxia Zhang (Hebei University, China) Disentangling the jumping spider tree of life with UCE phylogenomics (Araneae: Salticidae)
  • Chawakorn Kunsete* (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) A new species of Damarchus from Thailand and a description of its gynandromorph (Araneae: Bemmeridae)
  • Gang Tang* (Hunan Normal University, China) Preliminary taxonomic study on Araneae in Changsha Heimi Mountain National Forest Park (Arachnida: Araneae)
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  • Jinxin Liu (Hunan Normal University, China) Systematics and biogeography of the Chinese stemonyphantine spiders (Linyphiidae, Stemonyphantinae)
  • Pedro de S. Castanheira (Murdoch University, Australia) An update on the taxonomy and systematics of the orb-weaving spider fauna of Australia (Araneae, Araneidae)
  • Xiangbo Guo* (Hebei University, China) Systematics of Pseudoscorpiones from China: past and future
  • Varat Sivayyapram (Hubei University, China) Molecular species delimitation of Liphistius from Thailand (Araneae: Liphistiidae)
  • Xiang Xu (Hunan Normal University, China) A revised phylogeny of the pirate spiders (Araneae: Mimetidae)
  • André Wanderley do Prado (Murdoch University, Australia) New contributions to the systematics of Artoriinae: investigating the taxonomy of Artoria (Araneae: Lycosidae)

    • Ecology

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  • Minu. M* (SNM College Maliankara Ernakulam, India) Seasonal variation of spiders in Kumarakom bird sanctuary, Kerala, India
  • Ming-Qin Deng* (Southwest University, China) Importance of non-crop habitats to maintain spider diversity across Eastern China's agroecosystems
  • Jingting Chen* (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) The ecological effect of tree diversity on spider diversity in a subtropical forest
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    Biogeography

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  • Cheng-Min Shi (Hebei Agricultural University, China) Phylogeography of Mesobuthus scorpions documents multiple waves out of Central Asia
  • He Zhang (Xingtai University, China) The evolutionary history of Sinopoda spiders (Sparassidae: Heteropodinae): out of the Himalayas and down the mountain slopes
  • Natapot Warrit (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) Invasion from Japan?: a preliminary result on the population genetics of Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820) in Thailand

    • Ecology and Systematics

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  • Yun Liang* (Hunan Normal University, China) A molecular phylogeny of the Chinese Spintharinae (Araneae, Theridiidae)
  • Uthumporn Pathomsuriyaporn* (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) Using environmental DNA for species identification of segmented spiders genus Liphistius Schiødte, 1849 (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae)
  • Yangxin Li* (Hunan Normal University, China) Systematics and phylogeny of the purse-web spider family Atypidae in China
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  • Yichao Xiong* (Hunan Normal University, China) Taxonomic revision of the trapdoor spider genus Latouchia (Mygalomorphae, Halonoproctidae) in China
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    Important Conference Dates

    Conference Dates

    25 to 29 Oct 2024

    Abstract Submission

    25 Mar to 31 Aug 2024

    Registration

    25 Mar 2024 onwards

    Early Bird Deadline

    30 June 2024

    Call for Abstracts

    Abstract submission for ASA 2024 is now open! Please submit abstracts for your proposed posters or oral presentations online, together with registration for the conference. You are welcome to submit multiple abstracts if desired.

    Presentation Topics

    We encourage submissions on a wide range of topics including:

    • Behaviour
    • Biogeography
    • Ecology
    • Evolution
    • Neurobiology/Physiology
    • Systematics

    Preparation for Abstracts

    Please adhere to the abstract formatting template provided (template). Prepare your abstracts and submit them in Registration. Please indicate whether you wish to participate in the student presentation (oral and poster) competitions.

    Oral Presentations

    • Each presentation to be delivered in a themed session and will last 12 minutes with an additional 3 minutes for Q&A.
    • As the schedule of presentation sessions is tight it is of utmost importance that all presenters are ready and in time for their presentations. The introduction of each presenter will be kept brief when introduced by the moderator.
    • Presenters must arrive at the seminar room at least 10 minutes before your scheduled presentation to set up with the microphone/headset.  
    • Upload your presentation slides/PowerPoint at least one session or 2 hours in advance of your presentation using the following format:

      <day of presentation>_<starttime>_<presenters name>

      for example: 26_Oct_10:00_Long_Yu.pptx

    • Presenters are expected to use the provided computer by ASA 2024 during their presentation for seamless integration with the session schedule.

    Poster Instructions

    • Each delegate will be assigned a poster number prior to ASA 2024.
    • Posters may be displayed from the registration on 25 October onwards.
    • Two poster sessions will be held in the late afternoon (16:00–18:00 PM) of Saturday, 26 October and Sunday, 27 October.
    • Each poster will be provided with a poster board and push-pins, labelled with the preassigned ASA 2024 ID-number.
    • Poster layout should be portrait orientation with dimensions of 80 cm x 120 cm (width x height) to fit the poster board.

    Registration

    Register for the conference at http://reg.skleq.cn/SystemArea/Regist/RegistMain. Creation of an account is required. Please contact Dr Long YU if you have any questions.

    Notice: The conference website will not be available from 31 May to 25 June but registering for the conference is still possible via the direct registration link.

    Registration fees include

    • Welcome banquet on the evening of 27 Oct 2024
    • Lunch of 26, 27, 28 and 29 Oct 2024
    • Dinner of 25, 26, and 28 Oct 2024
    • Conference gift

    Early Bird (Ending 30 June 2024)

    Non-students: 1700 CNY or 240 U.S. Dollar
    Students: 1200 CNY or 170 U.S. Dollar

    Standard (1 July 2024 onwards)

    Non-students:2000 CNY or 280 U.S. Dollar
    Students:1500 CNY or 210 U.S. Dollar

    Program Overview

    25 October 2024 Friday 26 October 2024 Saturday 27 October 2024 Sunday 28 October 2024 Monday 29 October 2024 Tuesday
    08:30-09:00 Registration Opening Ceremony Plenary/Oral talks Plenary/Oral talks Departure and Post Conference Tours
    09:00-10:00 Plenary talk
    10:00-10:30 Tea Break Tea Break Tea Break
    10:30-12:00 Oral talks Oral talks Oral talks
    12:00-13:30 Lunch Lunch Lunch
    13:30-15:30 Plenary/Oral talks Plenary/Oral talks Plenary/Oral talks
    15:30-16:00 Tea Break Tea Break Tea Break
    16:00-18:00 Oral talks/Posters Oral talks/Posters Closing Session and voting new President and new council
    18:00-20:00 Welcome Reception ASA Council Meeting River Cruise Conference Dinner

    Circulars & Program

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