Scientific Publications

Blasco-Aróstegui, J., Blick, T., and Prendini, L. 2026. Scorpions described by Carl Ludwig Koch in Die Arachniden (1836–1847): Correct publication dates, volume citations, and updated taxonomy. Arachnology 20(4): 527‑532.

Botero-Trujillo, R. and Prendini, L. 2026. Phylogeny and revised generic classification of African Ricinulei (Ricinoididae), descriptions of five new genera, three new species, and comparative morphology of the male copulatory apparatus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 480: 1‑92.

Cazzaniga, N. and Prendini, L. 2026. Phrynus abstrusus, a new troglophilous whip spider (Amblypygi: Phrynidae) from southern Texas. American Museum Novitates 4050: 1‑14.

Hussen, F.S., Kadir, H.S., Ahmed, A.I., and Prendini, L. 2026. A new species of the medically important scorpion genus Hemiscorpius Peters, 1861 (Hemiscorpiidae Pocock, 1893) from Kurdistan, Iraq. Diversity 18(1): 121 (16 pp.).

Mirshamsi, O., Amiri, M., Aliabadian, M., and Prendini, L. 2026. Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the scorpion genus Hottentotta Birula, 1908 (Buthidae) in the Iranian Plateau and the Zagros Mountains. Insects 17(3): 239 (20 pp.).

Onsongo, V., Abbott, J.C., Bybee, S.M., Dijkstra, K.-D.B., Frandsen, P.B., Goodman, A., Guralnick, R., Kalkman, V.J., Kohli, M., Newton, L., Prendini, L., Raxworthy, C.J., and Ware, J. 2026. Evolution and biogeography of the widespread dragonfly genus Orthetrum (Odonata: Anisoptera: Libellulidae): Massive dispersal in the Tertiary. Systematic Entomology 51(3): e70066.

Prendini, L. 2026. All genera of the world: Order Scorpiones (Animalia: Arthropoda: Arachnida). MegaTaxa 19(2): 270‑378.

Prendini, L. 2026. Erratum. All genera of the world: Orders Solifugae and Thelyphonida (Animalia: Arthropoda: Arachnida): Corrected authorship and dates. MegaTaxa 19(1): 213‑215.

Prendini, L., Xuan, Q., Du, S., Wang, C., Ehrenthal, V.L., and Loria, S.F. 2026. Phylogeny and divergence time estimation of relictual Asian scorpion family suggests Early Cretaceous connections between Burma Terrane and Eurasia, and corrects placement of Chinese taxon. American Museum Novitates 4051: 1‑55.

Amiri Ghanat Saman, E., Barahoei, H., Dehghan, H., Oshaghi, M.A., Rafinejad, J., Azarm, A., and Prendini, L. 2025. A new species of the medically important scorpion genus, Hemiscorpius Peters, 1861 (Hemiscorpiidae), from southern Iran. Diversity 17(5): 321; 1‑13.

Blasco-Aróstegui, J., Moreno-González, J.A., Loria, S.F., Carvalho, L.S., Bird, T.L., Ahn, D.N., Barahoei, H., Haddad, C.R., and Prendini, L. 2025. Include scorpions in global conservation plans. Science 389(6765): 1099‑1100.

Blasco-Aróstegui, J., Simone, Y., Paulo, O.S., and Prendini, L. 2025. Mito-nuclear discordance reveals introgressive hybridization following vicariance and secondary contact in Iberian scorpions (Buthidae: Buthus). BMC Ecology and Evolution 25(112): 1‑22.

Blasco-Aróstegui, J., Simone, Y., and Prendini, L. 2025. Systematic revision of the European species of Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 476: 1‑131.

Botero-Trujillo, R. and Prendini, L. 2025. Cryptocellus armasi, a new troglomorphic, cave-dwelling hooded tick-spider from Venezuela (Arachnida, Ricinulei). Zootaxa 5563(1): 96‑108.

Castro-Pereira, D., Pinto-da-Rocha, R., and Prendini, L. 2025. Mastigoproctus spinifemoratus, a new species of giant vinegaroon (Thelyphonida: Thelyphonidae) from Mexico. Arthropoda 3(1): 1‑10.

Colmenares, P.A., Moreno-González, J.A., Villarreal, O., and Prendini, L. 2025. New genus and species of short-tailed whipscorpion (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) from the Venezuelan Amazon. Zootaxa 5563(1): 84‑95.

Dehghan, H., Amiri Ghanat Saman, E., Madjdzadeh, S.M., Amiri, M., Moeinadini, A., Prendini, L., and Barahoei, H. 2026. Molecules, morphometrics and modeling of the medically important genus Hemiscorpius Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Hemiscorpiidae) in Iran reveal new species from Kerman. Insects 17(1): 18; 1-28.

Král, J., Sember, A., Divišová, K., Kořínková, T., Reyes Lerma, A.C., Ávila Herrera, I.M., Forman, M., Šťáhlavský, F., Musilová, J., Torres Kalme, S., Palacios Vargas, J.G., Zrzavá, M., Vrbová, I., Moreno-González, J.A., Cushing, P.E., Gromov, A.V., Šebestiánová, S., Šlechtová, V.B., Prendini, L., and Bird, T.L.* 2025. Advances in understanding the karyotype evolution of Tetrapulmonata and two other arachnid taxa, Ricinulei and Solifugae. Genes 16(207): 1-67. contributed equally

Prendini, L. 2025. All genera of the world: Order Amblypygi (Animalia: Arthropoda: Arachnida). MegaTaxa 18(2): 392‑401.

Prendini, L. 2025. All genera of the world: Order Palpigradi (Animalia: Arthropoda: Arachnida). MegaTaxa 18(2): 402‑406.

Prendini, L. 2025. All genera of the world: Order Ricinulei (Animalia: Arthropoda: Arachnida). MegaTaxa 18(2): 407‑412.

Prendini, L. 2025. All genera of the world: Order Schizomida (Animalia: Arthropoda: Arachnida). MegaTaxa 18(2): 413‑423.

Prendini, L. 2025. All genera of the world: Order Solifugae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Arachnida). MegaTaxa 18(2): 424‑446.

Prendini, L. 2025. All genera of the world: Order Thelyphonida (Animalia: Arthropoda: Arachnida). MegaTaxa 18(2): 447‑455.

Xuan, Q., Prendini, L., Engel, M.S., Cai, C., and Huang, D 2025. Extinct scorpion family Chaerilobuthidae from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber reinterpreted as subfamily of extant family Pseudochactidae (Chelicerata: Scorpiones). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 203: 1‑60.

Amiri, M., Prendini, L., Hussen, F.S., Aliabadian, M., Siahsarvie, R., and Mirshamsi, O 2024. Integrative systematics of the widespread Middle Eastern buthid scorpion, Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880), reveals a new species in Iran. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 82: 323‑341.

Blasco-Aróstegui, J. and Prendini, L. 2024. Redescription of Euscorpius studentium based on adult specimens; updated classification of cavernicolous Euscorpiidae; and review of cavernicolous scorpions in the Balkans. Diversity 16(12): 737; 1‑26.

Botero-Trujillo, R., Moreno-Gonzalez, J.A., and Prendini, L. 2024. The Neotropical hypoctonine whip-scorpions (Thelyphonida: Thelyphonidae): Phylogenetic analysis, with descriptions of two new genera and species. Insects 15(10): 761; 1‑39.

Cazzaniga, N. and Prendini, L. 2024. Integrative systematics reveals cryptic diversity in Paraphrynus whip spiders (Amblypygi: Phrynidae) from southwestern North America. Diversity 16(11): 669; 1‑16.

Gutiérrez-Trejo, N., Van Dam, M.H., Lam, A.W., Martínez-Herrera, G., Noguera, F.A., Weissling, T., Ware, J.L., Toledo-Hernández, V.H., Skillman, Jr., F.W., Farrell, B.D., Pérez-Flores, O., Prendini, L., and Carpenter, J.M 2024. Phylogenomics of Tetraopes longhorn beetles unravels their evolutionary history and biogeographic origins. Scientific Reports 14: 7285.

Moreno-González, J.A., Luna-Sarmiento, D.A., and Prendini, L. 2024. Phylogeny of the troglomorphic scorpion genus Troglotayosicus (Scorpiones: Troglotayosicidae) with description of a new species from Colombia. American Museum Novitates 4011: 1‑39.

Prendini, L. and Bird, T. 2024. 2024 Arachnological Expedition to the Central Namib Inselbergs. The Barking Gecko.

Prendini, L. 2024. Gerald Newlands (1941–2022). Arachnology 19(7): 1043‑1050.

Blasco-Aróstegui, J. and Prendini, L. 2023. Glacial relicts? A new scorpion from Mount Olympus (Euscorpiidae: Euscorpius). American Museum Novitates 4003: 1‑36.

Dunlop, J.A., Wellmann, C.H., Prendini, L., and Shear, W.A 2023. A pectinal tooth with peg sensilla from an Early Devonian scorpion. Journal of Arachnology 51: 255‑257.

Haddad, C.R., Prendini, L., Neethling, J.-A., and Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S 2023. The non-acarine Arachnida of the Amathole Mountains, South Africa. Bothalia – African Biodiversity & Conservation 53(1): a13.

Monod, L., Lehmann-Graber, C., Austin, C.C., Iova, B., and Prendini, L. 2023. Atlas of Australasian hormurid scorpions. I. The genus Hormurus in Papua New Guinea. Exceptional morphological diversity in male and female copulatory structures suggests genital coevolution. Revue suisse de Zoologie 130(suppl.): 1‑243.

Moreno-González, J.A., Gutierrez-Estrada, M., and Prendini, L. 2023. Systematic revision of the whip spider family Paracharontidae (Arachnida: Amblypygi) with description of a new troglobitic genus and species from Colombia. American Museum Novitates 4000: 1‑36.

Prendini, L. and Bird, T.L 2023. Endemism of Arachnida (Amblypygi, Scorpiones and Solifugae) in the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia: Current knowledge and future directions. In: Mendelsohn, J., Huntley, B.J., and Vaz Pinto, P. (Eds.) Monograph on Endemism in the Highlands and Escarpments of Angola and Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment 8: 231‑244; ; ISSN: 2026‑8327.

Prendini, L. 2023. Scorpion diversity. The Barking Gecko.

Botero-Trujillo, R., Davis, S.R., Michalik, P., and Prendini, L. 2022. Hirsutisoma grimaldii sp. nov., a ca. 99-million-year-old ricinuleid (Primoricinulei, Hirsutisomidae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber with a corticolous, scansorial lifestyle. Palaeoentomology 5(5): 493‑504.

Loria, S.F., Ehrenthal, V.L., Nguyen, D.A., and Prendini, L. 2022. Climate relicts: Asian scorpion family Pseudochactidae survived Miocene aridification in caves of the Annamite Mountains. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(6): 3; 1‑21.

Monjaraz-Ruedas, R., Francke, O.F., and Prendini, L. 2022. World travelers: Parthenogenesis and ecological tolerance enable multiple colonization events by the widespread short-tailed whipscorpion, Stenochrus portoricensis (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(1): 7; 1‑17.

Seiter, M., Schwaha, T., Prendini, L., Gorb, S.N., and Wolff, J.O 2022. Cerotegument microstructure of whip spiders (Amblypygi: Euamblypygi Weygoldt, 1996) reveals characters for systematics from family to species level. Journal of Morphology 283(4): 1‑18.

Seiter, M., Strobl, L., Schwaha, T., Prendini, L., and Schramm, F.D 2022. Morphometry of the pedipalp patella provides new characters for species-level taxonomy in whip spiders (Arachnida, Amblypygi): A test case with the description of a new species of Phrynus. Zoologischer Anzeiger 298: 10‑28.

Vrech, D., Peretti, A.V., Prendini, L., and Mattoni, C.I 2022. Bundles of sperm: Structural diversity in sperm packages of scorpions illuminates evolution of insemination in an ancient lineage. American Museum Novitates 2993: 1‑50.

Barahoei, H., Prendini, L., Navidpour, S., Tahir, H.M., Aliabadian, M., Siahsarvie, R., and Mirshamsi, O 2021. Integrative systematics of the tooth-tailed scorpions, Odontobuthus Vachon, 1950 (Buthidae), with descriptions of three new species from the Iranian Plateau. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195(2): 355‑398.

Botero-Trujillo, R., Ochoa, J.A., and Prendini, L. 2021. A new troglomorphic, leaf-litter scorpion from Ecuador (Troglotayosicidae: Troglotayosicus). American Museum Novitates 3981: 1‑24.

Botero-Trujillo, R., Carvalho, L.S., Florez D., E., and Prendini, L. 2021. Four new species of “hooded tick-spiders” (Ricinulei, Ricinoididae) from South and Central America, with clarification of the identity of Cryptocellus leleupi Cooreman, 1976. American Museum Novitates 3976: 1‑35.

Botero-Trujillo, R., Sain, C., and Prendini, L. 2021. The “giant” Ricinulei (Ricinoididae: Ricinoides) of West Africa, with descriptions of five new species and comparative morphology of the male copulatory apparatus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 448: 1‑68.

Cain, S., Loria, S.F., Ben-Shlomo, R., Prendini, L., and Gefen, E 2021. Dated phylogeny and ancestral range estimation of sand scorpions (Buthidae: Buthacus) reveal Early Miocene divergence across land bridges connecting Africa and Asia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 164: (107212).

Cain, S., Gefen, E., and Prendini, L. 2021. Systematic revision of the sand scorpions, genus Buthacus Birula, 1908 (Buthidae C.L. Koch, 1837) of the Levant, with redescription of Buthacus arenicola (Simon, 1885) from Algeria and Tunisia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 450: 1‑134.

Engel, M.S., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Daniel, G.M., Dellapé, P.M., Löbl, I., Marinov, M., Reis, R.E., Young, M.T., Dubois, A., Agarwal, I., Albornoz, P.L., Alvarado, M., Alvarez, N., Andreone, F., Araujo-Vieira, K., Ascher, J.S., Baêta, D., Baldo, D., Bandeira, S.A., Barden, P., Barrasso, D.A., Bendifallah, L., Bockmann, F.A., Böhme, W., Borkent, A., Brandão, C.R.F., Busack, S.D., Bybee, S.M., Channing, A., Chatzimanolis, S., Christenhusz, M.J.M., Crisci, J.V., D’Elía, G., Da Costa, L.M., Davis, S.R., De Lucena, C.A.S., Deuve, T., Elizalde, S.F., Faivovich, J., Farooq, H., Ferguson, A.W., Gippoliti, S., Gonçalves, F.M.P., Gonzalez, V.H., Greenbaum, E., Hinojosa-Díaz, I.A., Ineich, I., Jiang, J., Kahono, S., Kury, A.B., Lohrmann, V., Lucinda, P.H.F., Lynch, J.D., Malécot, V., Marques, M.P., Marris, J.W.M., McKellar, R.C., Mendes, L.F., Nihei, S.S., Nishikawa, K., Ohler, A., Orrico, V.G.D., Ota, H., Paiva, J., Parrinha, D., Pauwels, O.S.G., Pereyra, M.O., Pestana, L.B., Pinheiro, P.D.P., Prendini, L., Prokop, J., Rasmussen, C., Rödel, M.-O., Rodrigues, M.T., Rodríguez, S.M., Salatnaya, H., Sampaio, Í., Sánchez-García, A., Shebl, M.A., Santos, B.S., Solórzano-Kraemer, M.M., Sousa, A.C.A., Stoev, P., Teta, P., Trape, J.-F., Van-Dúnem Dos Santos, C., Vasudevan, K., Vink, C.J., Vogel, G., Wagner, P., Wappler, T., Ware, J.L., Wedmann, S., Zacharie, C.K., and Ziegler, T 2021. The taxonomic impediment: A shortage of taxonomists, not lack of technical approaches. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193(2): 381‑387.

Goodman, A.M., Prendini, L., Francke, O.F., and Esposito, L.A 2021. Systematic revision of the arboreal Neotropical ‘thorellii’ clade of Centruroides Marx, 1890, bark scorpions (Buthidae C.L. Koch, 1837), with descriptions of six new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 452: 1‑92.

Goodman, A.M., Prendini, L., and Esposito, L.A 2021. Systematics of the arboreal Neotropical 'thorellii' clade of Centruroides Marx, 1890 bark scorpions (Buthidae C.L. Koch 1837), and the efficacy of mini-barcodes for museum specimens. Diversity 13(9): 441; 1‑22.

Prendini, L. 2020 [2021]. Arachnida (Araneae, Ricinulei) described by Norman I. Platnick. Entomologica Americana 126(1-4): 58-100.

Prendini, L. 2020 [2021]. Bibliography of Norman I. Platnick. Entomologica Americana 126(1-4): 22-57.

Prendini, L. 2020 [2021]. Biography of Norman I. Platnick. Entomologica Americana 126(1-4): 1-21.

Prendini, L., Ehrenthal, V., and Loria, S.F 2021. Systematic revision of the relictual Asian scorpion family Pseudochactidae Gromov, 1998 with a review of cavernicolous, troglobitic, and troglomorphic scorpions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 453: 1‑149.

Prendini, L. 2020 [2021]. Taxa dedicated to Norman I. Platnick. Entomologica Americana 126(1-4): 101-107.

Schramm, F.D., Valdez-Mondragón, A., and Prendini, L. 2021. Volcanism and palaeoclimate change drive diversification of world’s largest whip spider (Amblypygi). Molecular Ecology 30(12): 2872‑2890.

Seiter, M., Schwaha, T., Ferreira, R.L., Prendini, L., and Wolff, J.O 2021. Fine structure of the epicuticular secretion coat and associated glands of Pedipalpi and Palpigradi (Arachnida). Journal of Morphology 282(8): 1158‑1169.

Silva de Miranda, G., Scharff, N., Giupponi, A.P.L., and Prendini, L. 2021. Phylogeny and biogeography of the pantropical whip spider family Charinidae (Arachnida, Amblypygi). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194(1): 136‑180.

Silva de Miranda, G., Giupponi, A.P.L., Prendini, L., and Scharff, N 2021. Systematic revision of the pantropical whip spider family Charinidae Quintero, 1986 (Arachnida, Amblypygi). European Journal of Taxonomy 772: 1‑409.

Zamani, A., Sääksjärvi, I.E., and Prendini, L. 2021. Amateur venom-extraction business may hasten extinction of scorpions. Arachnologische Mitteilungen / Arachnology Letters 61: 20‑23.

Esposito, L.A. and Prendini, L. 2020. Publisher correction: Island ancestors and New World biogeography: A case study from the scorpions (Buthidae: Centruroidinae). Scientific Reports 10: 7545 (1 p.).

Loria, S.F. and Prendini, L. 2020. Burrowing into the forest: Phylogeny of the Asian forest scorpions (Scorpionidae: Heterometrinae) and the evolution of ecomorphotypes. Cladistics 37(2): 109‑161.

Loria, S.F. and Prendini, L. 2020. Out of India, thrice: Origins and diversification of the Asian forest scorpions, Heterometrus (Scorpionidae). Scientific Reports 10(22301): 1‑19.

Monjaraz-Ruedas, R., Prendini, L., and Francke, O.F 2020. First species of Surazomus (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) from North America illuminate diversification of short-tailed whipscorpions in the New World. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 78(2): 245‑263.

Monjaraz-Ruedas, R., Francke, O.F., and Prendini, L. 2020. Integrative systematics untangles evolutionary history of Stenochrus Chamberlin, 1922 (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae), a neglected junkyard genus of North American short-tailed whipscorpions. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 130: 458‑479.

Prendini, L. 2020. Dr. Norman I. Platnick (1951–2020). Boletín de la Asociación Mexicana de Sistemática de Artrópodos 4(1): 2‑4.

Prendini, L. 2020. In Memoriam Dr. Norm Platnick. American Arachnology 85: 5‑6.

Prendini, L. 2020. In Memory of Dr Norman I. Platnick ’68. Curator Emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History. Concord University Magazine.

Prendini, L. 2020. Norman Ira Platnick 1951–2020. Arachnology 18(5): 507‑516.

Prendini, L. and Loria, S.F 2020. Systematic revision of the Asian forest scorpions (Heterometrinae Simon, 1879), revised suprageneric classification of Scorpionidae Latreille, 1802, and revalidation of Rugodentidae Bastawade et al., 2005. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 442: 1‑480.

Prendini, L. 2020. Tribute to a titan: Norman Platnick (30 December 1951 – 8 April 2020). The Spider Club News.

Seiter, M., Reyes Lerma, A.C., Král, J., Sember, A., Divišová, K., Palacios Vargas, J.G., Colmenares García, P.A., Loria, S.F., and Prendini, L. 2020. Cryptic diversity in the whip spider genus Paraphrynus (Amblypygi: Phrynidae): Integrating morphology, karyotype and DNA. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 78(2): 265‑285.

Esposito, L.A. and Prendini, L. 2019. Island ancestors and New World Biogeography: A case study from the scorpions (Buthidae, Centruroidinae). Scientific Reports 9: 3500.

Monjaraz-Ruedas, R., Francke, O.F., and Prendini, L. 2019. Systematics of the short-tailed whipscorpion genus Stenochrus Chamberlin, 1922 (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) with descriptions of six new genera and five new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 435: 1‑91.

Ramírez, M.J., Grismado, C.J., Ubick, D., Ovtsharenko, V., Cushing, P., Platnick, N., Wheeler, W.C., Prendini, L., Crowley, L.M, and Horner, N 2019. Myrmecultoridae, a new family of myrmecophilic spiders from the Chihuahuan Desert (Araneae: Entelegynae). American Museum Novitates 3930: 1‑24.

Barrales Alcalá, D.A., Francke, O.F., and Prendini, L. 2018. Systematic revision of the giant North American vinegaroons, genus Mastigoproctus (Thelyphonida: Thelyphonidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 418: 1‑62.

Esposito, L.A., Yamaguti, H.Y., Pinto-da-Rocha, R., and Prendini, L. 2018. Plucking with the plectrum: Phylogeny of the New World buthid scorpion subfamily Centruroidinae Kraus, 1955 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) reveals evolution of three pecten-sternite stridulation organs. Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 76(1): 87‑122.

González-Santillán, E. and Prendini, L. 2018. Systematic Revision of the North American Syntropine Vaejovid Scorpion Genera Balsateres, Kuarapu, and Thorellius, With Descriptions of three New Species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 420: 1‑81.

Loria, S.F. and Prendini, L. 2018. Ultrastructural comparison of the eyespot and ocelli of scorpions, and implications for the systematics of Chaerilidae Pocock, 1893. Zoologischer Anzeiger 273: 183‑191.

Miranda, G.S., Giupponi, A.P.L., Prendini, L., and Scharff, N 2018. Weygoldtia, a new genus of Charinidae Quintero, 1986 (Arachnida, Amblypygi) with a reappraisal of the genera in the family. Zoologischer Anzeiger 273: 23‑32.

Prathapan, K.D. et al. [list of authors including Prendini, L.] 2018. When the cure kills—CBD limits biodiversity research. Science 360(6396): 1405‑1406.

Schaffrath, S., Prendini, L., and Reinhard, P 2018. Intraspecific venom variation in southern African scorpion species of the genera Parabuthus, Uroplectes and Opistophthalmus (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Scorpionidae). Toxicon 144: 83‑90.

Esposito, L.A, Yamaguti, H.Y., Souza, C.A., Pinto-da-Rocha, R., and Prendini, L. 2017. Systematic revision of the Neotropical club-tailed scorpions, Physoctonus, Rhopalurus, and Troglorhopalurus, revalidation of Heteroctenus, and descriptions of two new genera and three new species (Buthidae: Rhopalurusinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 415: 1‑136.

Rogers, D.C. and et al. [list of authors including Prendini, L.] 2017. Images are not and should not ever be type specimens: A rebuttal to Garraffoni & Freitas. Zootaxa 4269(4): 455‑459.

Rubin, M., Lamsdell, J.C., Prendini, L., and Hopkins, M.J 2017. Exocuticular hyaline layer of sea scorpions and horseshoe crabs suggests cuticular fluorescence is plesiomorphic in chelicerates. Journal of Zoology (London) 303(4): 245‑253.

Adams, A., Marais, E., Turner, S., Prendini, L., and Pinshow, B 2016. Similar burrow architecture of three arid-zone scorpion species implies similar ecological function. Natuurwissenschaften (The Science of Nature) 103: 56. DOI 10.1007/s00114‑016‑1374-z.

Amorim, D.S., Santos, C.M.D., Krell, F.-T., Dubois, A., Nihei, S.S., Oliveira, O.M.P., Pont, A., Song, H., Verdade, V.K., Fachin, D.A., Klassa, B., Lamas, C.J.E., Oliveira, S.S., De Carvalho, C.J.B., Mello-Patiu, C.A., Hajdu, E., Couri, MSc, Silva, V.C., Capellari, R.S., Falaschi, R.L., Feitosa, R.M., Prendini, L., Pombal Jr., J.P., Fernández, F., Rocha, R.M., Lattke, J.E., Caramaschi, U., Duarte, M., Marques, A.C., Reis, R.E., Kurina, O., Takiya, D.M., Tavares, M., Fernandes, D.S., Franco, F.L., Cuezzo, F., Paulson, D., Guénard, B., Schlick-Steiner, B.C., Arthofer, W., Steiner, F.M., Fisher, B.L., Johnson, R.A., Delsinne, T.D., Donoso, D.A., Mulieri, P.R., Patitucci, L.D., Carpenter, J.M., and Herman, L. & Grimaldi, D 2016. Timeless standards for species delimitation. Zootaxa 4137(1): 121‑128.

Ceccarelli, F.S., Ojanguren-Affilastro, A.A., Ramírez, M.J., Ochoa, J.A., Mattoni, C.I., and Prendini, L. 2016. Andean uplift drives diversification of the bothriurid scorpion genus Brachistosternus. Journal of Biogeography..

Ceriaco, L.M.P., Gutiérrez, E.E., Dubois, A., and et al. [493 coauthors including Prendini, L.] 2016. Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences. Zootaxa 4196(3): 435‑445.

Franz-Guess, S., Klußman-Fricke, B.-J., Wirkner, C.S., Prendini, L., and Starck, J.M 2016. Morphology of the tracheal system of camel spiders (Chelicerata: Solifugae) based on micro-CT and 3D-reconstruction in exemplar species from three families. Arthropod Structure & Development 45: 440‑451.

González-Santillán, E. and Prendini, L. 2016. Systematic revision of the North American syntropine vaejovid scorpion genera Maaykuyak, Syntropis, and Vizcaino, with description of the adults of Syntropis williamsi. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 405: 1‑67.

Janion-Scheepers, C., Measey, J., Braschler, B., Chown, S.L., Coetzee, L., Colville, J., Dames, J., Davies, A.B., Davis, A., Davies, S., Dippenaar-Schoeman, A., Duffy, G., Fourie, D., Griffiths, C., Haddad, C., Hamer, M., Herbert, D., Hugo-Coetzee, L.E.A., Jacobs, A., Jansen van Rensburg, C., Lamani, S., Lotz, L.N., Louw, S., Lyle, R., Malan, A., Marais, M., Neethling, J.-A., Nxele, T., Plisko, D., Prendini, L., Swart, A., Theron, P., Truter, M., Ueckermann, E., Uys, V.M., Villet, M.H., Willows-Munrow, S., and Wilson, J.R.U 2016. Soil biota in a megadiverse country: Current knowledge and future directions in South Africa. Pedobiologia - Journal of Soil Ecology 59: 129‑174.

Maquart, P.O., Réveillion, F., Prendini, L., Burger, M., Fisher, B.L., and Van Noort, S. (2016). New distribution records for African whip spiders (Arachnida: Amblypygi). African Entomology 24(1): 245-246.

Prendini, L. 2016. Redefinition and systematic revision of the East African scorpion genus Pandinoides (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae) with critique of the taxonomy of Pandinus, sensu lato. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 407: 1‑66.

Wheeler W.C., Coddington, J.A., Crowley, L.M., Dimitrov, D., Goloboff, P.A., Griswold, C.E., Hormiga, G., Prendini, L., Ramírez, M.J., Sierwald, P., Almeida-Silva, L., Alvarez-Padilla, F., Arnedo, M.A., Benavides Silva, L.R., Benjamin, S.P., Bond, J.E., Grismado, C.J., Hasan, E., Hedin, M., Izquierdo, M.A., Labarque, F.M., Ledford, J., Lopardo, L., Maddison, W.P., Miller, J.A., Piacentini, L.N., Platnick, N.I., Polotow, D., Silva-Dávila, D., Scharff, N., Szuts, T., Ubick, D., Vink, C.J., Wood, H.M., and Zhang, J 2016. The spider tree of life: Phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling. Cladistics.

Amr, Z., Abed, O.A., Al Share, T., Hamidan, N., and Prendini, L. 2015. New records of Jordanian scorpions. Jordan Journal of Natural History 2: 30‑38.

Bird, T.L., Wharton, R.A., and Prendini, L. 2015. Cheliceral morphology in Solifugae (Arachnida): Primary homology, terminology, and character survey. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 394: 1‑355.

Cushing, P.E., Graham, M.R., Prendini, L., and Brookhart, J.O 2015. A multilocus molecular phylogeny of the endemic North American camel spider family Eremobatidae (Arachnida: Solifugae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 92: 280‑293.

González-Santillán, E. and Prendini, L. 2015. Phylogeny of the North American vaejovid scorpion subfamily Syntropinae Kraepelin, 1905, based on morphology, mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. Cladistics 31(4): 341‑405.

González-Santillán, E. and Prendini, L. 2015. Systematic revision of the North American syntropine vaejovid scorpions with a subaculear tubercle, Konetontli González-Santillán and Prendini, 2013. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 397: 1‑78.

Mattoni, C.I., García-Hernández, S., Botero-Trujillo, R., Ochoa, J.A., Ojanguren-Affilastro, A.A., Pinto-da-Rocha, R., and Prendini, L. 2015. Scorpion sheds 'tail' to escape. First report of autotomy in scorpions (Buthidae: Ananteris). PLoS One 10(1): e0116639 (15 pp.).

Ojanguren-Affilastro, A.A., Mattoni, C.I., Ochoa, J.A., Ramírez, M.J., Ceccarelli, F.S., and Prendini, L. 2015. Phylogeny, species delimitation and convergence in the South American bothriurid scorpion genus Brachistosternus Pocock 1893: Integrating morphology, nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94: 159‑170.

Prendini, L. 2015. A remarkably small species of Uroplectes Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) endemic to the Succulent Karoo of the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. African Invertebrates 56(2): 499‑513.

Prendini, L. 2015. Three new Uroplectes (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with punctate metasomal segments from tropical central Africa. American Museum Novitates 3840: 1‑32.

Talal, S., Tesler, I., Sivan, J., Ben-Shlomo, R., Tahir, H.M., Prendini, L., Snir, S., and Gefen, E 2015. Scorpion speciation in the Holy Land: Multilocus phylogeography corroborates diagnostic differences in morphology and burrowing behavior among Scorpio subspecies and justifies recognition as phylogenetic, ecological and biological species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 91: 226‑237.

Bryson, R.W., Jr., Prendini, L., Savary, W.E., and Pearman, P.B 2014. Caves as microrefugia: Pleistocene phylogeography of the troglophilic North American scorpion Pseudouroctonus reddelli. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14(9): 1‑16.

Cushing, P.E., Casto, P., Knowlton, E.D., Royer, S., Laudier, D., Gaffin, D.D., Prendini, L., and Brookhart, J.O 2014. Comparative morphology and functional significance of setae called papillae on the pedipalps of male camel spiders (Arachnida, Solifugae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 107(2): 510‑520.

Foord, S.H., Gelebe, V., and Prendini, L. 2014. Effects of aspect and altitude on scorpion diversity along an environmental gradient in the Soutpansberg, South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 113: 114‑120.

Loria, S.F. and Prendini, L. 2014. Homology of the lateral eyes of Scorpiones: A six-ocellus model. PLoS One 9(12): e112913 (30 pp.). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112913.

Miller, A.L., Makowsky, R.A., Formanowicz, D.R., Prendini, L., and Cox, C.L 2014. Cryptic genetic diversity and complex phylogeography of the boreal North American scorpion, Paruroctonus boreus (Vaejovidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71: 298‑307.

Monod, L. and Prendini, L. 2014. Evidence for Eurogondwana: The roles of dispersal, extinction and vicariance in the evolution and biogeography of Indo-Pacific Hormuridae (Scorpiones: Scorpionoidea). Cladistics.

Santibáñez-Lopez, C.E., Francke, O.F., and Prendini, L. 2014. Kolotl n. gen. (Scorpiones: Diplocentridae) a new scorpion genus from Mexico. American Museum Novitates 3815: 1‑14.

Santibáñez-Lopez, C.E., Francke, O.F., and Prendini, L. 2014. Phylogeny of the North American scorpion genus Diplocentrus Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Diplocentridae) based on morphology, nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 72(3): 257‑279.

Santibáñez-Lopez, C.E., Francke, O.F., and Prendini, L. 2014. Shining a light into the world's deepest caves: Phylogenetic systematics of the troglobiotic scorpion genus Alacran Francke, 1982 (Typhlochactidae: Alacraninae). Invertebrate Systematics 28: 643‑664.

Tahir, H.M., Navidpour, S., and Prendini, L. 2014. First reports of Razianus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Iraq and Pakistan, descriptions of two new species, and redescription of Razianus zarudnyi. American Museum Novitates 3806: 1‑26.

Tahir, H.M. and Prendini, L. 2014. Redescription of Heterometrus latimanus and confirmation of the genus Heterometrus (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae) in Pakistan. American Museum Novitates 3805: 1‑23.

Bryson, R.W., Jr., Riddle, B.R., Graham, M.R., Tilston Smith, B., and Prendini, L. 2013. As old as the hills: Montane scorpions in southwestern North America reveal an ancient association between biotic diversification and landscape history. PLOS One 8(1): e52822 (11 pp.).

Bryson, R.W., Jr., Savary, W.E., and Prendini, L. 2013. Biogeography of scorpions in the Pseudouroctonus minimus complex (Vaejovidae) from south-western North America: Implications of ecological specialization for pre-Quaternary diversification. Journal of Biogeography 40(10): 1850‑1860.

González-Santillán, E. and Prendini, L. 2013. Redefinition and generic revision of the North American vaejovid scorpion subfamily Syntropinae Kraepelin, 1905, with descriptions of six new genera. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 382: 1‑71.

Graham, M.R., Jaeger, J.R., Prendini, L., and Riddle, B.R 2013. Phylogeography of Beck's desert scorpion, Paruroctonus becki, reveals Pliocene diversification in the Eastern California Shear Zone and postglacial expansion in the Great Basin Desert. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69: 502‑513.

Graham, M.R., Jaeger, J.R., Prendini, L., and Riddle, B.R 2013. Phylogeography of the Arizona hairy scorpion (Hadrurus arizonensis) supports a model of biotic assembly in the Mojave Desert and adds a new Pleistocene refugium. Journal of Biogeography 40(7): 1298‑1312. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12079.

Monod, L., Harvey, MSc, and Prendini, L. 2013. Stenotopic Hormurus Thorell, 1876 scorpions from the monsoon ecosystems of northern Australia, with a discussion on the evolution of burrowing behaviour in Hormuridae Laurie, 1896. Revue suisse de Zoologie 120(2): 281‑346.

Murienne, J., Benavides, L.R., Prendini, L., Hormiga, G., and Giribet, G 2013. Forest refugia in Western and Central Africa as 'museums' of Mesozoic biodiversity. Biology Letters 9: 20120932 (8 pp.).

Ochoa, J.A., Rojas-Runjaic, F., Pinto-da-Rocha, R., and Prendini, L. 2013. Systematic revision of the Neotropical genus Chactopsis Kraepelin, 1912 (Scorpiones: Chactidae), with descriptions of two new genera and four new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 378: 1‑121.

Santibáñez-Lopez, C.E., Francke, O.F., and Prendini, L. 2013. Systematics of the keyserlingii group of Diplocentrus Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Diplocentridae), with descriptions of three new species from Oaxaca, Mexico. American Museum Novitates 3777: 1‑47.

Engelbrecht, I. and Prendini, L. 2012. Cryptic diversity of South African trapdoor spiders: Three new species of Stasimopus Simon, 1892 (Mygalomorphae, Ctenizidae), and redescription of Stasimopus robertsi Hewitt, 1910. American Museum Novitates 3732: 1‑42.

Klußman-Fricke, B.-J., Prendini, L., and Wirkner, C.S 2012. Evolutionary morphology of the hemolymph vascular system in scorpions: A character analysis. Arthropod Structure & Development 41: 545‑560.

Mattoni, C.I., Ochoa, J.A., Ojanguren-Affilastro, A.A., and Prendini, L. 2012. Orobothriurus (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae) phylogeny, Andean biogeography, and the relative importance of genitalic and somatic characters. Zoologica Scripta 41(2): 160‑176.

Ojanguren-Affilastro, A.A., Mattoni, C.I., Ochoa, J.A., and Prendini, L. 2012. Rumikiru, n. gen. (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae), a new scorpion genus from the Atacama Desert. American Museum Novitates 3731: 1‑43.

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Prendini, L. 2012. The Scorpion King. Among the most long-lived terrestrial arthropods. Asian Geographic 87(2): 86‑89.

Sissom, W.D., Hughes, G.B., Bryson, R.W., Jr., and Prendini, L. 2012. The vorhiesi group of Vaejovis C.L. Koch, 1836 (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) in Arizona, with description of a new species from the Hualapai Mountains. American Museum Novitates 3742: 1‑19.

Volschenk, E.S., Harvey, MSc, and Prendini, L. 2012. A new species of Urodacus (Scorpiones: Urodacidae) from Western Australia. American Museum Novitates 3748: 1‑18.

Engelbrecht, I. and Prendini, L. 2011. An assessment of the taxonomic resolution of southern African trapdoor spiders (Araneae: Ctenizidae; Cyrtaucheniidae; Idiopidae) and implications for their conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation 20: 3101‑3116.

Ochoa, J.A., Ojanguren-Affilastro, A.A., Mattoni, C.I., and Prendini, L. 2011. Systematic revision of the Andean scorpion genus Orobothriurus Maury, 1976 (Bothriuridae), with discussion of the altitude record for scorpions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 359: 1‑90.

Ojanguren-Affilastro, A.A., Pizarro-Araya, J., and Prendini, L. 2011. New data on Chilean Urophonius Pocock, 1893 (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae), with description of a new species. American Museum Novitates 3725: 1‑44.

Pizarro-Araya, J., Ojanguren-Affilastro, A.A., and Prendini, L. 2011. First report of an arboreal scorpion (Bothriuridae: Urophonius) from the temperate forests of southern Chile. Gayana 75(2): 166‑170.

Prendini, L. 2011. Order Amblypygi Thorell, 1883. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 154.

Prendini, L. 2011. Order Palpigradi Thorell, 1888. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 121.

Prendini, L. 2011. Order Ricinulei Thorell, 1876. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 122.

Prendini, L. 2011. Order Schizomida Petrunkevitch, 1945. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 156.

Prendini, L. 2011. Order Scorpiones C.L. Koch, 1850. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 115‑117.

Prendini, L. 2011. Order Solifugae Sundevall, 1833. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 118.

Prendini, L. 2011. Order Thelyphonida Latreille, 1804. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 155.

Mattoni, C., Ochoa, J., Ojanguren-Affilastro, A., and Prendini, L. 2010. Towards an all-species phylogeny of the scorpion family Bothriuridae. Cladistics 26: 216‑217.

Ochoa, J.A., Botero-Trujillo, R., and Prendini, L.. 2010. On the Troglomorphic scorpion Troglotayosicus humiculum (Scorpiones, Troglotayosicidae), with first description of the adults. American Museum Novitates 3691: 1-19.

Ochoa, J.A. and Prendini, L. 2010. The genus Hadruroides Pocock, 1893 (Scorpiones: Iuridae) in Peru: New records and descriptions of six new species. American Museum Novitates 3687: 1‑56.

Ojanguren-Affilastro, A.A., Ochoa, J.A., Mattoni, C.I., and Prendini, L. 2010. Systematic revision of the granulatus group of Urophonius Pocock 1893 (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae) with description of a new species from central Chile. American Museum Novitates 3695: 1‑40.

Prendini, L. and Esposito, L.A. 2010. A reanalysis of Parabuthus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) phylogeny with a description of two new Parabuthus species endemic to the Central Namib gravel plains, Namibia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 159(3): 673‑710.

Prendini, L. 2010. Order Scorpiones C.L. Koch, 1837. Pp. 321-330 In: Gerlach, J. and Marusik, Y. (Eds.). Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles Islands.

Prendini, L., Francke, O.F., and Vignoli, V 2010. Troglomorphism, trichobothriotaxy and typhlochactid phylogeny (Scorpiones, Chactoidea): More evidence that troglobitism is not an evolutionary dead-end. Cladistics 26: 117‑142.

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S., Van den Berg, A., and Prendini, L. 2009. Spiders and scorpions (Arachnida: Araneae, Scorpiones) of the Nylsvley Nature Reserve, South Africa. Koedoe 51(1): 1‑9. DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.2009.161.

Francke, O.F., Vignoli, V., and Prendini, L. 2009. A new species of Typhlochactas (Scorpiones, Typhlochactinae) from eastern Mexico. American Museum Novitates 3647: 1‑11.

Huff, J.C. and Prendini, L. 2009. On the African whip scorpion, Etienneus africanus (Hentschel, 1899) (Thelyphonida: Thelyphonidae), with a redescription based on new material from Guinea-Bissau and Senegal. American Museum Novitates 3658: 1‑17.

Prendini, L. 2009. Assembling the Scorpion Tree of Life: ‘High-level systematics and phylogeny of the extant scorpions (Scorpiones: Orthosterni)’ reanalysed. In: Arrivillaga, J., El Souki, M. & Herrera, B. (Eds.). Monografía Digital Sociedad Venezolana de Entomología 2: 1‑41. ISBN 978‑980‑12‑3750‑1.

Prendini, L., Esposito, L.A., Huff, J.C., and Volschenk, E.S. 2009. Redescription of Rhopalurus abudi Armas & Marcanoi Fondeur (Scorpiones: Buthidae), with first description of the male and first record from Hispaniola. Journal of Arachnology 37: 206‑244.

Vignoli, V. and Prendini, L. 2009. Systematic revision of the troglomorphic scorpion family Typhlochactidae (Scorpiones: Chactoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 326: 1‑94.

Cushing, P.E., Prendini, L., Savary, W.E., Brookhart, J.O., Wharton, R.A., Bird, T., and Gromov, A.V 2008. Global survey and inventory of Solifugae. American Arachnology 76: 11. [Abstract].

Dunlop, J.A., Tetlie, O.E., and Prendini, L. 2008. Reinterpretation of the Silurian scorpion Proscorpius osborni (Whitfield): Integrating data from Palaeozoic and Recent scorpions. Palaeontology 51(2): 303‑320.

Francke, O.F. and Prendini, L. 2008. Phylogeny and classification of the giant hairy scorpions, Hadrurus Thorell (Iuridae Thorell): A reappraisal. Systematics and Biodiversity 6(2): 205‑223.

Huff, J.C., Viquez, C., and Prendini, L. 2008. Redescription of Mimoscorpius pugnator (Butler, 1872) (Arachnida: Thelyphonida), with first description of the female. American Museum Novitates 3633: 1‑9.

Kamenz, C. and Prendini, L. 2008. An atlas of book lung fine structure in the Order Scorpiones (Arachnida). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 316: 1‑259.

Prendini, L. and Bird, T.L 2008. Scorpions of the Brandberg Massif, Namibia: Species richness inversely correlated with altitude. African Invertebrates 49(2): 77‑107.

Vignoli, V. and Prendini, L. 2008. A new species of Akentrobuthus Lamoral, 1976 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the Republic of Benin (Western Africa). Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 4: 61‑70.

Volschenk, E.S. and Prendini, L. 2008. Aops oncodactylus gen. et sp. nov., the first troglobitic urodacid (Chelicerata: Scorpiones), with a re-assessment of cavernicolous, troglobitic and troglomorphic scorpions. Invertebrate Systematics 22: 235‑257.

Volschenk, E.S., Mattoni, C.I., and Prendini, L. 2008. Comparative anatomy of the mesosomal organs of scorpions (Chelicerata, Scorpiones), with implications for the phylogeny of the order. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 651‑675.

Baldo, L., Prendini, L., Corthals, A., and Werren, J 2007. Wolbachia are present in southern African scorpions and cluster with supergroup F. Current Microbiology 55: 367‑373.

Mattoni, C.I. and Prendini, L. 2007. Phylogeny and biogeography of the family Bothriuridae (Scorpiones). Darwiniana 45(supl.): 96‑98.

Ojanguren Affilastro, A.A., Mattoni, C.I., and Prendini, L. 2007. The genus Brachistosternus (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae), in Chile, with descriptions of two new species. American Museum Novitates 3564: 1‑44.

Ramírez, M.J., Coddington, J.A., Maddison, W.P., Midford, P., Prendini, L., Miller, J., Griswold, C.E., Hormiga, G., Sierwald, P., Scharff, N., Benjamin, S.P., and Wheeler, W.C 2007. Linking of digital images to phylogenetic data matrices using a morphological ontology. Systematic Biology 56(2): 283‑294.

Wirkner, C.S. and Prendini, L. 2007. Comparative morphology of the hemolymph vascular system in scorpions - a survey using corrosion casting, MicroCT and 3D-reconstruction. Journal of Morphology 268: 401‑413.

Prendini, L., Volschenk, E.S., Maaliki, S., and Gromov, A.V 2006. A 'living fossil' from Central Asia: The morphology of Pseudochactas ovchinnikovi Gromov, 1998 (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae), with comments on its phylogenetic position. Zoologischer Anzeiger 245: 211‑248.

Prendini, L. 2006. New South African flat rock scorpions (Liochelidae: Hadogenes). American Museum Novitates 3502: 1‑32.

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Prendini, L. 2005. Comment on "Identifying spiders through DNA barcodes". Canadian Journal of Zoology 83(3): 481‑491.

Prendini, L. 2005. New records and observations on the natural history of Lisposoma elegans and Lisposoma josehermana (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae). American Museum Novitates 3487: 1‑11.

Prendini, L. 2005. On Hadogenes angolensis Lourenço 1999 syn. n. (Scorpiones, Liochelidae), with a redescription of H. taeniurus (Thorell 1876). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 112(2): 1‑28.

Prendini, L. 2005. Scorpion diversity and distribution in southern Africa: Pattern and process. pp. 25-68 In: Huber, B.A., Sinclair, B.J. & Lampe, K.-H. (Eds.). African Biodiversity: Molecules, Organisms, Ecosystems.

Prendini, L. and Wheeler, W.C 2005. Scorpion higher phylogeny and classification, taxonomic anarchy, and standards for peer review in online publishing. Cladistics 21: 446‑494.

Prendini, L., Weygoldt, P., and Wheeler, W.C 2005. Systematics of the Damon variegatus group of African whip spiders (Chelicerata: Amblypygi): Evidence from behaviour, morphology and DNA. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 5: 203‑236.

Coddington, J.A., Giribet, G., Harvey, MSc, Prendini, L., and Walter, D.E 2004. Arachnida. pp. 296-318 In: Cracraft, J. and Donoghue, M. (Eds.). Assembling the Tree of Life.

Druce, D., Hamer, M., Slotow, R., and Prendini, L. 2004. Checklist of millipedes (Diplopoda), centipedes (Chilopoda) and scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpionida) from a savanna ecosystem, Limpopo Province, South Africa. African Invertebrates 45: 315‑322.

Prendini, L. and Wheeler, W.C 2004. Assembling the Scorpion Tree of Life: Phylogeny of extant scorpions based on molecules, morphology and exemplars. Cladistics 20: 602‑603.

Prendini, L., Crowe, T.M., and Wheeler, W.C 2004. Burrowing scorpion phylogeny and the evolution of paleodrainage systems in southern Africa. Cladistics 20: 93.

Prendini, L. 2004. On the Scorpions of Gabon and neighboring countries, with a reassessment of the synonyms attributed to Babycurus buettneri Karsch and a redescription of Babycurus melanicus Kovaík. California Academy of Sciences Memoir 28: 235‑267.

Prendini, L. 2004. Systematics of the genus Pseudolychas Kraepelin (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 97(1): 37‑63.

Prendini, L. 2004. The systematics of southern African Parabuthus Pocock (Scorpiones, Buthidae): Revisions to the taxonomy and key to the species. Journal of Arachnology 32(1): 109‑186.

Prendini, L. 2003. A new genus and species of bothriurid scorpion from the Brandberg Massif, Namibia, with a reanalysis of bothriurid phylogeny and a discussion of the phylogenetic position of Lisposoma Lawrence. Systematic Entomology 28: 1‑24.

Prendini, L. 2003. Discovery of the male of Parabuthus muelleri, and implications for the phylogeny of Parabuthus (Scorpiones: Buthidae). American Museum Novitates 3408: 1‑24.

Prendini, L. 2003. Revision of the genus Lisposoma Lawrence 1928 (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae). Insect Systematics and Evolution 34: 241‑264.

Prendini, L., Crowe, T.M., and Wheeler, W.C 2003. Systematics and biogeography of the family Scorpionidae (Chelicerata: Scorpiones), with a discussion of phylogenetic methods. Invertebrate Systematics 17(2): 185‑259.

Prendini, L. 2003. Threats facing southern Africa’s unique scorpion fauna. Colophon.

Dyason, K., Brandt, W., Prendini, L., Verdonck, F., Tytgat, J., Du Plessis, J., Müller, G., and Van der Walt, J 2002. Determination of species-specific components in the venom of Parabuthus scorpions from southern Africa using matrix-assisted laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 16: 768‑773.

Nishiguchi, M.K., Doukakis, P., Egan, M., Goldstein, P.Z., Kizirian, D., Phillips, A., Prendini, L., Rosenbaum, H.C., Torres, E., Wyner, Y., and DeSalle, R. & Giribet, G 2002. DNA isolation procedures. pp. 249-287 In: DeSalle, R., Giribet, G. and Wheeler, W.C. (Eds.). Methods and Tools in Biosciences and Medicine. Techniques in Molecular Evolution and Systematics.

Prendini, L. 2001. A review of synonyms and subspecies in the genus Opistophthalmus C.L. Koch (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae). African Entomology 9(1): 17‑48.

Prendini, L. 2001. Book reviews: New volumes on the "minor" arachnid orders. Journal of Arachnology 29(3): 234‑237.

Prendini, L. 2001. Further additions to the scorpion fauna of Trinidad and Tobago. Journal of Arachnology 29(2): 173‑188.

Prendini, L. 2001. Phylogeny of Parabuthus (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Zoologica Scripta 30(1): 13‑35.

Prendini, L. 2001. Species or supraspecific taxa as terminals in cladistic analysis? Groundplans versus exemplars revisited. Systematic Biology 50(2): 290‑300.

Prendini, L. 2001. Substratum specialization and speciation in southern African scorpions: the Effect Hypothesis revisited. pp. 113-138 In: Fet, V. and Selden, P.A. (Eds.) Scorpions 2001. In Memoriam Gary A. Polis. British Arachnological Society, Burnham Beeches, Bucks, UK..

Prendini, L. 2001. Two new species of Hadogenes (Scorpiones, Ischnuridae) from South Africa, with a redescription of Hadogenes bicolor and a discussion on the phylogenetic position of Hadogenes. Journal of Arachnology 29(2): 146‑172.

Prendini, L. 2000. A new species of Parabuthus Pocock (Scorpiones, Buthidae), and new records of Parabuthus capensis (Ehrenberg), from Namibia and South Africa. Cimbebasia 16: 201‑214.

Prendini, L. 2000. Chelicerata (Scorpiones). In: Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. and Marais, E. (Eds.). Dâures - Biodiversity of the Brandberg Massif, Namibia. Cimbebasia Memoir 9: 109‑120.

Prendini, L. 2000. Phylogeny and classification of the superfamily Scorpionoidea Latreille 1802 (Chelicerata, Scorpiones): An exemplar approach. Cladistics 16(1): 1‑78.

Prendini, L., Crowe, T.M., Linder, H.P., and Wheeler, W.C 1999. Taking the sting out of scorpion systematics: An outline of progress in understanding the systematics of Opistophthalmus C.L. Koch. American Arachnology 60: 6‑7.

Prendini, L. and Linder, H.P 1998. Phylogeny of the South African species of restioid leafhoppers (Cicadellidae, Cephalelini). Entomologica Scandinavica 29: 11‑18.

Newlands, G. and Prendini, L. 1997. Redescription of Hadogenes zumpti (Scorpiones: Ischnuridae), an unusual rock scorpion from the Richtersveld, South Africa. South African Journal of Zoology 32(3): 76‑81.

Prendini, L., Crowe, T.M., and Linder, H.P 1997. Challenges to scorpion cladistics: Effects of sex, segmentation and psammophily. Cladistics 13: 177‑178.

Prendini, L., Linder, H.P., and Picker, M.D 1997. Parallel cladogenesis, coevolution and sequential evolution in insect-plant associations: A test case. Cladistics 13: 178‑179.

Prendini, L. 1997. Two new host-restricted restioid leafhoppers in the genus Cephalelus (Cicadellidae: Cephalelini), with descriptions of the females of C. brevipilus Davies, C. daviesi Davies and C. rawsonia Davies. African Entomology 5(2): 273‑281.

Prendini, L., Theron. L-J., Van der Merwe, K., and Owen-Smith, N 1996. Abundance and guild structure of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) in communally grazed and protected savanna. South African Journal of Zoology 31(3): 120‑130.