Andres Rivera

@naturalis.nl

Naturalis Biodiversity Center

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Animal Science and Zoology, Molecular Biology
108

Scholar Citations

6

Scholar h-index

3

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • PTA contrast enhancement and specimen preparation for micro-CT scanning of spiders and other small arthropods
    FA Rivera-Quiroz
    2026
  • Differential evolutionary and ecological patterns in eye loss between parallel visual systems in spiders
    MA Galan-Sanchez, FA Rivera-Quiroz, L Sumner-Rooney
    bioRxiv, 2026.05. 08.723754 , 2026
    2026
  • A blast from the past: Acanthoctenus alux Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021, an exotic spider in The Netherlands, imported many decades ago (Araneae: Ctenidae)
    FA Rivera-Quiroz, PJ van Helsdingen, JA Miller
    Arachnology 20 (2), 313-315 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Integration or minimalism: twenty-one new species of ghost spiders (Anyphaenidae: Anyphaena) from Mexico
    A Rivera-Quiroz, F Álvarez-Padilla
    European journal of taxonomy 865, 1-94 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 5
  • Micro‐CT visualization of the CNS: performance of different contrast‐enhancing techniques for documenting the spider brain
    FA Rivera‐Quiroz, JA Miller
    Journal of Comparative Neurology 530 (14), 2474-2485 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 22
  • Old brains in alcohol: The usability of legacy collection material to study the spider neuroarchitecture
    FA Rivera-Quiroz, JA Miller
    Diversity 13 (11), 601 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 5
  • Linking and the Role of the Material Citation
    J Miller, D Agosti, M Guidoti, FAR Quiroz
    Biodiversity Information Science and Standards , 2021
    2021
  • Integrative taxonomy of araneomorph spiders: Breathing new life into an old science
    FA Rivera Quiroz
    Leiden University , 2021
    2021
  • First records and three new species of the family Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Thailand, and the circumscription of the genus Crassignatha Wunderlich, 1995
    FA Rivera-Quiroz, B Petcharad, JA Miller
    ZooKeys 1012, 21 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 7
  • First records and a new genus of comb-tailed spiders (Araneae: Hahniidae) from Thailand with comments on the six-eyed species of this family
    FA Rivera-Quiroz, B Petcharad, JA Miller
    European Journal of Taxonomy 724, 51–69-51–69 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 3
  • Mining data from legacy taxonomic literature and application for sampling spiders of the Teutamus group (Araneae; Liocranidae) in Southeast Asia
    FA Rivera-Quiroz, B Petcharad, JA Miller
    Scientific Reports 10 (1), 15787 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 6
  • Description of five new Wulfila (Araneae, Anyphaenidae) species from Mexico with comments on the taxonomy of the genus.
    FA Rivera-Quiroz, F Álvarez-Padilla
    2020
    Citations: 4
  • Imperfect and askew: A review of asymmetric genitalia in araneomorph spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae)
    FA Rivera-Quiroz, M Schilthuizen, B Petcharad, JA Miller
    PLoS One 15 (6), e0220354 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 12
  • Selection for imperfection: A review of asymmetric genitalia in araneomorph spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae)
    FA Rivera-Quiroz, M Schilthuizen, B Petcharad, JA Miller
    bioRxiv, 704692 , 2019
    2019
  • Extracting Data from Legacy Taxonomic Literature: Applications for planning field work.
    FA Rivera-Quiroz, JA Miller
    Biodiversity Information Science and Standards , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 2
  • Spider cyberdiversity (Araneae: Araneomorphae) in an ecotouristic tropical forest fragment in Xilitla, Mexico
    FA Rivera-Quiroz, U Garcilazo-Cruz, F Álvarez-Padilla
    Revista mexicana de biodiversidad 87 (3), 1023-1032 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 28
  • Three new species of the genus Trachelas (Araneae: Trachelidae) from an oak forest inside the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot in Mexico
    FA Rivera-Quiroz, F Alvarez-Padilla
    Zootaxa 3999 (1), 95–110-95–110 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 6
  • Descripción y comparación de la diversidad de las familias anyphaenidae y corinnidae (araneae, araneomorphae) en dos tipos de vegetación del oriente mexicano
    FA Rivera Quiroz
    2015
  • Diversidad de las arañas de la familia theridiidae (arachnida, araneae, araneomorphae) del jardín escultórico de Edward James, Xilitla, San Luis Potosí
    FA Rivera
    Tesis de grado, UNAM, México. Foley, S , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 7

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Spider cyberdiversity (Araneae: Araneomorphae) in an ecotouristic tropical forest fragment in Xilitla, Mexico
    FA Rivera-Quiroz, U Garcilazo-Cruz, F Álvarez-Padilla
    Revista mexicana de biodiversidad 87 (3), 1023-1032 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 28
  • Micro‐CT visualization of the CNS: performance of different contrast‐enhancing techniques for documenting the spider brain
    FA Rivera‐Quiroz, JA Miller
    Journal of Comparative Neurology 530 (14), 2474-2485 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 22
  • Imperfect and askew: A review of asymmetric genitalia in araneomorph spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae)
    FA Rivera-Quiroz, M Schilthuizen, B Petcharad, JA Miller
    PLoS One 15 (6), e0220354 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 12
  • First records and three new species of the family Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Thailand, and the circumscription of the genus Crassignatha Wunderlich, 1995
    FA Rivera-Quiroz, B Petcharad, JA Miller
    ZooKeys 1012, 21 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 7
  • Diversidad de las arañas de la familia theridiidae (arachnida, araneae, araneomorphae) del jardín escultórico de Edward James, Xilitla, San Luis Potosí
    FA Rivera
    Tesis de grado, UNAM, México. Foley, S , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 7
  • Mining data from legacy taxonomic literature and application for sampling spiders of the Teutamus group (Araneae; Liocranidae) in Southeast Asia
    FA Rivera-Quiroz, B Petcharad, JA Miller
    Scientific Reports 10 (1), 15787 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 6
  • Three new species of the genus Trachelas (Araneae: Trachelidae) from an oak forest inside the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot in Mexico
    FA Rivera-Quiroz, F Alvarez-Padilla
    Zootaxa 3999 (1), 95–110-95–110 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 6
  • Integration or minimalism: twenty-one new species of ghost spiders (Anyphaenidae: Anyphaena) from Mexico
    A Rivera-Quiroz, F Álvarez-Padilla
    European journal of taxonomy 865, 1-94 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 5
  • Old brains in alcohol: The usability of legacy collection material to study the spider neuroarchitecture
    FA Rivera-Quiroz, JA Miller
    Diversity 13 (11), 601 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 5
  • Description of five new Wulfila (Araneae, Anyphaenidae) species from Mexico with comments on the taxonomy of the genus.
    FA Rivera-Quiroz, F Álvarez-Padilla
    2020
    Citations: 4
  • First records and a new genus of comb-tailed spiders (Araneae: Hahniidae) from Thailand with comments on the six-eyed species of this family
    FA Rivera-Quiroz, B Petcharad, JA Miller
    European Journal of Taxonomy 724, 51–69-51–69 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 3
  • Extracting Data from Legacy Taxonomic Literature: Applications for planning field work.
    FA Rivera-Quiroz, JA Miller
    Biodiversity Information Science and Standards , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 2
  • A blast from the past: Acanthoctenus alux Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021, an exotic spider in The Netherlands, imported many decades ago (Araneae: Ctenidae)
    FA Rivera-Quiroz, PJ van Helsdingen, JA Miller
    Arachnology 20 (2), 313-315 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • PTA contrast enhancement and specimen preparation for micro-CT scanning of spiders and other small arthropods
    FA Rivera-Quiroz
    2026
  • Differential evolutionary and ecological patterns in eye loss between parallel visual systems in spiders
    MA Galan-Sanchez, FA Rivera-Quiroz, L Sumner-Rooney
    bioRxiv, 2026.05. 08.723754 , 2026
    2026
  • Linking and the Role of the Material Citation
    J Miller, D Agosti, M Guidoti, FAR Quiroz
    Biodiversity Information Science and Standards , 2021
    2021
  • Integrative taxonomy of araneomorph spiders: Breathing new life into an old science
    FA Rivera Quiroz
    Leiden University , 2021
    2021
  • Selection for imperfection: A review of asymmetric genitalia in araneomorph spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae)
    FA Rivera-Quiroz, M Schilthuizen, B Petcharad, JA Miller
    bioRxiv, 704692 , 2019
    2019
  • Descripción y comparación de la diversidad de las familias anyphaenidae y corinnidae (araneae, araneomorphae) en dos tipos de vegetación del oriente mexicano
    FA Rivera Quiroz
    2015