Ray Gabriel

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Peñaherrera-R., P. J. & Alayón García, G. (2025). A new species of Acanthoscurria Ausserer, 1871: proposal of the theraphosoides species-group and first published record of the genus from Colombia (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Zootaxa 5563 (1): 237-254.

Sherwood, D. & Gabriel, R. (2024). Two new species of Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994 from Peru (Araneae: Theraphosidae). ZooNova 31: 1-8.

Peñaherrera-R., P. J., Ghia, T. A., Sherwood, D. & Gabriel, R. (2024). New insights on male palpal bulb morphology in Cymbiapophysa Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020, with four new species from Ecuador (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 19(7): 1003-1017.

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Questel, K., Rollard, C. & Leguin, E. (2024). A new species of Cyrtopholis Simon, 1892 from Montserrat, with notes on some other Caribbean theraphosines (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 19 (9): 1298-1307.

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Osorio, L. M., Benavides, L., Peñaherrera-R., P. J., Hörweg, C., Brescovit, A. D. & Lucas, S. M. (2024). Spot the difference: on the genus Hapalopus Ausserer, 1875 in Colombia and a new related genus from Brazil and Bolivia (Araneae: Theraphosidae). ZooNova 32: 1-44.

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R. & Brescovit, A. D. (2023). Nhandu sylviae sp. nov.: first record of the genus from Guyana (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 19(4): 708-712.

Gabriel, R., Sherwood, D. & Pérez-Miles, F. (2023). Four new species and two new genera of theraphosid spider from Bolivia (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 19(6): 944-951.

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Peñaherrera-R., P. J., León-E, R. J., Cisneros-Heredia, D. F., Brescovit, A. D. & Lucas, S. M. (2023). Pamphobeteus Pocock, 1901: redescriptions, new species and records, description of a missing sex, with taxonomic notes and changes in Megaphobema Pocock, 1901 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 19(6): 894-930.

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Peñaherrera-R., P. J., Brescovit, A. D. & Lucas, S. M. (2023). On the Tarantula Genus Xenesthis Simon, 1891, with Description of a New Species from Venezuela (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Taxonomy 3: 509-527.

Sherwood, D. & Gabriel, R. (2022). Euthycaelus janae, a new species and the first record of the subfamily Schismatothelinae from Peru (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Faunitaxys 10(49): 1-4.

Sherwood, D. & Gabriel, R. (2022). Thrixopelma nadineae, a New Theraphosine from Ecuador (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Taxonomy 2: 255-260.

Gabriel, R. & Sherwood, D. (2022). Taxonomy, biogeography, and ecology of some theraphosid spiders of the Darién region with description of five new species (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 40: 5-18.

Sherwood, D. & Gabriel, R. (2022). A new species and two new genera of theraphosine from Peru (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 19(Special Issue): 247-256.

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Brescovit, A. D. & Lucas, S. M. (2022). On the species of Pamphobeteus Pocock, 1901 deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, with redescriptions of type material, the first record of P. grandis Bertani, Fukushima & Silva, 2008 from Peru, and the description of four new species. Arachnology 19(3): 650-674.

Gabriel, R. (2022). A new synonymy in the genus Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901 with notes on distribution, sexual dimorphism and colour variation in Aphonopelma seemanni (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) and resurrection of the genus Dugesiella Pocock, 1901 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Journal of the British Tarantula Society 37(2): 5-17.

Sherwood, D. & Gabriel, R. (2021). A new species of Guyruita Guadanucci, Lucas, Indicatti & Yamamoto, 2007 from French Guiana (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(7): 708-710.

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Brescovit, A. D. & Lucas, S. M. (2021). A new species of Cymbiapophysa Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020 from Colombia and a transfer from Proshapalopus Mello-Leitão, 1923 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(8): 838-843.

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Kaderka, R., Lucas, S. M. & Brescovit, A. D. (2021). Stabilizing a chaotic taxonomy: redescription and redefinition of the genera Lasiodorides Schmidt & Bischoff, 1997 and Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(8): 893-917.

Sherwood, D. & Gabriel, R. (2021). A new species of Spinosatibiapalpus Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020 from Peru (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 38: 87-91.

Sherwood, D., Ferretti, N., Gabriel, R. & West, R. C. (2021). Redescription of the theraphosine Hapalotremus albipes Simon, 1903 and description of four new species of Hapalotremus Simon, 1903 from Peru and Bolivia (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(9): 965-989.

Sherwood, D. & Gabriel, R. (2020). A new species of Umbyquyra Gargiulo, Brescovit & Lucas, 2018 from Goiás, Brazil (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(6): 619-622.

Gabriel, R. & Sherwood, D. (2020). Revised taxonomic placement of Pseudhapalopus Strand, 1907, with notes on some related taxa (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(4): 301-316.

Gabriel, R. & Sherwood, D. (2020). Revised taxonomic placement of some Mesoamerican Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895, with description of three new species (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(4): 387-398.

Gabriel, R. (2020). Revised taxonomic placement of some species in Acanthoscurria Ausserer, 1871 and Eupalaestrus Pocock, 1901 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(5): 409-429.

Gabriel, R., Sherwood, D. & Longhorn, S. J. (2020). The revised taxonomic placement of the genus Acentropelma Pocock, 1901 and restoration of the genus Pseudoschizopelma Smith, 1995 (Aranei: Theraphosidae). Arthropoda Selecta 29(4): 453-466.

Gabriel, R. & Sherwood, D. (2019). A new genus and species of theraphosid spider from Sarawak, Borneo (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Journal of the British Tarantula Society 34(1): 19-34.

Sherwood, D. & Gabriel, R. (2019). The first records of Holothele longipes (L. Koch, 1875) from Guyana and Panama (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(3): 280-283.

Gabriel, R. & Sherwood, D. (2019). The revised taxonomic placement of some arboreal Ornithoctoninae Pocock, 1895 with description of a new species of Omothymus Thorell, 1891 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(2): 137-147.

Longhorn, S. J. & Gabriel, R. (2019). Revised taxonomic status of some Mexican and Central American tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with transfers from Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901, and a new genus from the Pacific lowlands of Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Arachnology 18(2): 101-120.

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R. & Longhorn, S. J. (2019). A new synonymy in the genus Homoeomma Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with comments on potential homonymy. Bionomina 15: 69-73.

Pérez-Miles, F., Gabriel, R. & Sherwood, D. (2019). Neischnocolus Petrunkevitch, 1925, senior synonym of Ami Pérez-Miles, 2008 and Barropelma Chamberlin, 1940 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(2): 150-155.

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R. & Longhorn, S. J. (2018). A new species of Homoeomma Ausserer, 1871 from Chile (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Journal of the British Tarantula Society 33(3): 19-33.

Gabriel, R. & Sherwood, D. (2018). Re-description of the male of Psalmopoeus pulcher Petrunkevitch, 1925 with the first description of the female (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Journal of the British Tarantula Society 33(1): 8-18.

Lapinski, W., Gabriel, R. & Pérez-Miles, F. (2018). Description of the female of Ami bladesi Pérez- Miles, Gabriel & Gallon, 2008 (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with notes on its distribution, ecology, and behaviour. Arachnology 17(8): 419-426.

Gabriel, R. (2017). The revised taxonomical status of Cyclosternum bicolor (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945) (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Journal of the British Tarantula Society 32(1): 10-12.

Gabriel, R. (2016). Revised Taxonomic Placement of the Species in the Central American Genera Davus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892, Metriopelma Becker, 1878, and Schizopelma F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897, with Comments on Species in Related Genera (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 17(2):61-92. 2016.

Gabriel, R. & Longhorn, S. J. (2015). Revised generic placement of Brachypelma embrithes (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) and Brachypelma angustum Valerio, 1980, with definition of the taxonomic features for identification of female Sericopelma Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae, Theraphosidae). ZooKeys 526: 75–104 (2015) doi: 10.3897/zookeys.526.6315.

Paula, F. dos S., Gabriel, R., Indicatti, R. P., Brescovit, A. D. & Lucas, S. M. (2014). On the Brazilian Amazonian species of Acanthoscurria (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Zoologia (Curitiba) vol.31 no.1 Curitiba fev. 2014.

Gabriel, R. (2014). Revised taxonomic position of Psalmopoeus rufus Petrunkevitch, 1925 and Psalmopoeus affinis Strand, 1907 (Aranaeae: Theraphosidae). Journal of the British Tarantula Society 29(3): 132-137.

Gabriel, R. (2014). A new genus and species of theraphosid spider from El Salvador. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 29(3): 146-153.

Gallon, R. C., Gabriel, R. & Tansley, G. (2012). A new Chaetopelma species from the Eastern Mediterranean (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae). Journal of the British Tarantula Society 27(4): 128-139 [p. 130, Plates 1b-9a, Figs. 1-5].

Gabriel, R. (2011). A new species of Hapalopus Ausserer, 1875 from Guyana (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Journal of the British Tarantula Society 26(2): 76-80.

Gabriel, R. (2011). A new species of Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). J. Br. Tarantula Soc. 26: 157-166.

Pérez-Miles, F., Gabriel, R., Miglio, L. T., Bonaldo, A., Gallon, R. C., Jimenez, J. J. & Bertani, R. (2008). Ami, a new Theraphosid genus from Central and South America, with the description of six new species (Araneae: Mygalomorphae). Zootaxa 1915: 54–68.