Arachnology Lab at AMNH
Scorpion Systematics Research Group
Division of Invertebrate Zoology at The American Museum of Natural History
Collections
Arachnids
Acari (mites and ticks), Amblypygi (whip spiders), Araneae (spiders), Opiliones (harvestmen), Palpigradi (palpigrades), Pseudoscorpiones (false scorpions), Ricinulei (hooded tick-spiders or ricinuleids), Schizomida (schizomids), Scorpiones (scorpions), Solifugae (solifuges, solpugids or camel-spiders), Uropygi (vinegaroons or whip scorpions)
Myriapods
Chilopoda (centipedes), Diplopoda (millipedes), Pauropoda (pauropods), Symphyla (garden centipedes or symphylans)
See our Collections Page for more information.
Grants
- NSF: Systematics and Evolution of Pedipalpi (Whip Spiders and Whip Scorpions): Phylogenomics and Morphology of Understudied Arachnids
- Stavros Niarchos Foundation: Are Caves Refugia for Relictual Species? Origins and Evolution of Troglomorphic Arthropods in Southeast Asian Caves
- National Geographic Society: Exploring Unknown Arachnid Diversity in the Caves of an Ancient Tepui
- NSF: Living Fossils: Integrating Phylogenomics and Comparative Morphology to Assemble the Scorpion Tree of Life
Image Gallery
A selection of images from our work in the field and in the lab.
In Memoriam Norman I. Platnick (1951-2020)
It is with much sadness that we mourn the passing of Dr. Norman I. Platnick. He was Curator Emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History, New York. He passed on April 8, 2020 in Philadelphia, PA.