Scientific Publications:

 

 

1.      Sewlal, J.N. and Cutler, B. 2003. Annotated List of Spider Families (Araneida) of Trinidad and Tobago. Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club. Pp 9-13. [PDF]

 

2.      Sewlal, J.N. and Starr, C.K. 2004. Observations of nest and colony structure of the neotropical ant Dolichoderus attelaboides (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae). Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club. Pp 20-22. [PDF]

 

3.      Starr, C.K. and Sewlal, J.N. 2004. An observation of nest relocation in the ant Cephalotes atratus. Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club. Pp 11. [PDF]

 

4.      Sewlal, J.N. 2004. What is the spider Mesabolivar aurantiacus (Araneae: Pholcidae) doing in buttress notches? In Proceedings of the Nature of the Islands. A conference on Caribbean island natural history in memory of Peter R. Bacon. Trinidad. Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club. Pp 20. [PDF]

 

5.      Sewlal, J.N. 2004. Coexistence of two web-building spiders Mesabolivar aurantiacus (Araneae: Pholcidae) and Azilia vachoni (Araneae: Tetragnathidae). In Proceedings of the Nature of the Islands. A conference on Caribbean island natural history in memory of Peter R. Bacon. Trinidad. Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club. Pp 45.  [PDF]

 

6.      Hayes, F. E. and J. N. Sewlal. 2004. The Amazon River as a dispersal barrier to passerine birds: effects of river width, habitat and taxonomy. Journal of Biogeography 31:1809-1818. [PDF]

 

7.      Sewlal, J. N. and Dempewolf, L. 2005. Notes on the orb-weaving spider Azilia vachoni (Araneae: Tetragnathidae). Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club. Pp. 50-52. [PDF]

 

8.      Sewlal, J. N. 2006. Identification of spider families of Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club. Pp. 44-50.

 

9.      C. K. Starr and Sewlal, J. N. 2006. Web height as a niche separator in two orb-weaving spiders. Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club. Pp. 55-56. [PDF]

 

10.  Kuznetsova, V.G., Grozeva, Sewlal, J.N. and Nokkala, S. 2007. Karyotype and male reproductive system in Arachnocoris trinitatus Bergroth. First data on the tribe Arachnocorini (Heteroptera: Nabidae: Nabinae). Folia Biologica (Kraków). 55(1-2):17-25. [PDF]

 

11.  Sewlal, J. N. and C.K. Starr. 2007. Preliminary Survey for Spiders on Nevis, West Indies. Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club. 2007:86-87. [PDF]

 

12.  Sewlal, J. N. and Alayón, G.G. 2007. Addendum - Four more Trinidadian Spider (Araneida) families. Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club. 2007:85. [PDF]

 

13.  Sewlal, J.N. and Starr, C.K. 2008. Observations of the insect Arachnocoris trinitatus (Heteroptera: Nabidae) as an inquiline in the webs of the spider Mesabolivar aurantiacus (Araneae: Pholcidae). Caribbean Journal of Science. 44(1):132-135. [PDF]

 

14.  Sewlal, J.N. 2008. Preliminary Survey for Spiders on St. Kitts, West Indies with Comparative Notes on Nevis. Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club. 2008:66-69. [PDF]

 

15.  Sewlal, J.N. and C.K. Starr.  2008. New Record of Pholcid genera for Lesser Antilles, West Indies. Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club. 2008:78. [PDF]

16. Sewlal, J.N. and Starr, C.K. 2009. Observations of the insect Arachnocoris trinitatus (Heteroptera: Nabidae) as an inquiline of the spider Coryssocnemis simla (Araneae: Pholcidae) in West Indies. Zoosystematica Rossica. 18(1):59-61. [PDF]

17.  Sewlal, J.N. 2009. A Preliminary Survey for Spiders on Grenada, West Indies. Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club. 2009:37-39. [PDF]

 

18.  Sewlal, J.N. 2009. Two Additional Spider (Arachnida:Araneida) Families for Trinidad and Tobago. Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club. 2009:36. [PDF]

 

19.  Sewlal, J.N. 2009. Preliminary Survey for Spiders on Antigua, West Indies. The College of The Bahamas Research Journal. 15:8-11. [PDF]

 

20. Sewlal, J.N. 2010. Checklist of Orb-Weaving Spiders of Trinidad and Tobago Belonging to the Families Araneidae, Nephilidae and Tetragnathidae. Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club. 2010:67-77. [PDF]

 

21. Sewlal, J.N. 2010. A Preliminary Survey for Spiders on Montserrat, West Indies. Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club. 2010:31-34. [PDF]

 

22. Sewlal, J.N. 2010. Presence of the Spider Family Titanoecidae in Trinidad and Tobago. Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club. 2010:63. [PDF]

 

23. Sewlal, J.N. and Starr, C.K. Preliminary Survey for Spiders on Anguilla, West Indies with Comparative Notes on St. Kitts-Nevis. Caribbean Journal of Science. 46(1):116-119. [PDF]

 

24. Starr, C.K., Sewlal, J.N. 2011. First record of the social spider Cyrtophora citricola (Araneae:Araneidae) in the Bahamas. Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club. 2011:78-79 [PDF]

 

25.  Sewlal, J.N. 2011. A Preliminary Survey for Spiders on St. Lucia, West Indies. Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club. 2011:37-39. [PDF]

 

26.  Starr, C.K. and Sewlal, J.N. 2011. A range extension of the social wasp Polistes bahamensis (Hymenoptera:Vespidae) The International Journal of Bahamian Studies. 17(2):1-2. [PDF]

           27.  Sewlal, J.N. and Starr, C.K. 2011. Preliminary survey on spider fauna of Great Inagua, Bahamas, West Indies. The International Journal of Bahamian Studies. 17(2):3-8. [PDF]

28.  Sewlal, J.N. 2012. Observation of Apparent “Parental Care” of Eggs by a Juvenile Azilia vachoni (Araneae: Tetragnathidae). Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club. 2012:83-84. [PDF]

 

29.  Sewlal, J.N. 2012. Two Additional Spider Families, Nemesiidae and Tengellidae, Recorded from Trinidad and Tobago. Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club. 2012:84. [PDF]

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       Submitted:

         Starr, C.K., Sewlal, J.N. and David, K. Are stabilimenta in the webs of Argiope argentata (Araneae: Araneidae) an inducible defensive device?

 

       Conference Abstracts:

       1.  Sewlal, J.N. 2009. Maturity as a factor influencing the use of detritus stabilimenta and web decorations by the orb-weaver Azilia vachoni (Araneae: Tetragnathidae). In Proceedings of 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Arachnological Society. Pp 41.  [PDF]

      2.  Sewlal, J.N. 2010. Patterns in Biodiversity in Trinidadian Spiders. In Proceedings of 17th Biennial Conference of the Caribbean Academy of Sciences. Pp 22 [PDF]

      

     Books:

      Sewlal, J.N. 2009. Ecological Studies of Web-Building Spiders: Studies of Four Tropical Species. VDM Publishing House Ltd. ISBN 978-3-639-20914-3 [for more info]

    

     Chapters in Books:

      Sewlal, J.N. and Lindsay, K.C. Common spiders on Antigua. Book Chapter In A Nature Guide for Antigua, Barbuda & Redonda. .Lindsay, K.C. (in preparation)

 

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