VICTOR
FET
Professor,
Department of Biological
Sciences,
Marshall University,
Huntington, West
Virginia 25755-2510, USA
Phone (304) 696-3116
Fax (304) 696-7136
EMAIL fet@marshall.edu
Background
Ph.D., Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences, St.
Petersburg, Russia, 1984
B.S./M.S., University of Novosibirsk, Russia, 1976
1995-present : Marshall
University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA
1990-1995: Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
1988-1990: postdoc, Vanderbilt University Medical School,
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
1976-1987: zoologist, national parks of Turkmenistan (Central
Asia).
Teaching Experience:
Genetics, Principles of Evolution, Biogeography, General Biology, DNA Technology, Human Genetics, Biotechnology, Invertebrate Zoology, Parasitology.
now teaching - SPRING 2010: GENETICS BSC 324
Research
Interests
My interests lie in various aspects of evolution,
genetics, biogeography and taxonomy of scorpions - which demonstrate
remarkable adaptations and diversity acquired in their 400,000,000 years of
known evolutionary history.
My research involves reconstructing scorpion evolution and
phylogeny with molecular techniques, particularly mitochondrial DNA PCR and
sequence analysis - the same methods as are used in forensic science, DNA
fingerprinting, and genetic engineering. I am also interested in taxonomy,
systematics, paleontology, morphology, and various phenomena specific to
scorpions, including in particular their sensory
organs. Students are actively involved in lab research and publication of
the results. A number of projects on speciation in European, Asian, and
American scorpions, utilizing DNA techniques, is under work. I also
collaborate on projects in molecular evolution of other animals, fungi, extrachromosomal
heredity, and transposable elements.
I am actively involved in systematics, faunistics, and taxonomy
of scorpions. With my co-authors, I recently published the Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (2000), a "yellow
pages" book listing about 1300 species and 170 genera of the existing
scorpions, plus about 100 fossil species; and the definitive monograph on high-level scorpion systematics (2003).
Another aspect of my research concerns evolution, biodiversity,
and biogeography of desert and mountain animals and biotas, especially in
Central Asia and the Balkans. I work with local collectives of biologists as an
editor on production of definitive monographs in biodiversity and biogeography.
Two of such monographic works have been published, Biogeography and
Ecology of Turkmenistan (1994) and Biogeography
and Ecology of Bulgaria (2007).
I traveled intensively with research purposes, both for field
work and museum work. In 2001-2002, the National Geographic Society
sponsored my expedition to Central Asian deserts to study scorpions there. My
field travels took me to Mexico, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,
Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Austria, France, Slovenia, and New
Zealand; I worked with scorpion collections in the natural history museums of
England, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Russia, and Bulgaria, and studied
collections loaned from dozens of other museums. I run a number of cooperative
projects with researchers from many countries. In January-June 2005, I was
on a sabbatical leave as a Fulbright Scholar
Program grant recipient in Bulgaria.
I am also the editor (together with Michael E. Soleglad) of "Euscorpius", the Occasional
Publications in Scorpiology, an online peer-reviewed research journal and the only research periodical
completely devoted to scorpions. Since its inception in 2001, "Euscorpius"
published 89 issues authored by 76 zoologists from 21 countries (USA,
Argentina, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece,
Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Russia,
Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, and Venezuela.)
My additional interests within biological sciences concern
history of biology, especially in my native Russia.
Recently, I has been working on a translation into English of a
seminal and nearly forgotten Russian work on symbiogenesis by Boris
M. Kozo-Polyansky (1924). The book is now in production by Harvard
University Press. This work is co-edited, encouraged and promoted by
Professor Lynn Margulis
(University of Massachusetts, Amherst), the leading authority on symbiogenesis
and the original author of the serial endosymbiotic theory (SET) of eukaryotic
cell origin.
PUBLICATIONS:
[for non-biology publications, mainly in Russian, see Avgust & Gustav website and also Other Publications]
Books
Kozo-Polyansky, Boris M. 2010 (in press). Symbiogenesis: A New Principle of Evolution.
Translated from Russian by Victor Fet. Edited by
Victor Fet & Lynn Margulis. Harvard
University Press.
Fet, V. & A. Popov (eds). 2007 (June). Biogeography
and Ecology of Bulgaria. Springer, 687 pp.
Fet, V. & P. A. Selden (eds). 2001. Scorpions
2001. In Memoriam Gary A. Polis.
Burnham Beeches, Bucks: British Arachnological Society, UK, 450
pp.
Fet, V., W. D. Sissom, G. Lowe & M.
E. Braunwalder. 2000. Catalog of the Scorpions of the World
(1758-1998). New York: New York Entomological Society, 690 pp.
Fet, V. & K. I. Atamuradov (eds). 1994.
Biogeography and Ecology of Turkmenistan. Dordrecht-Boston:
Kluwer Academic, 650 pp.
Journal
Papers & Book Chapters:
2010
2009
Fet, V., H. El-Hennawy, M. E. Braunwalder & J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson. 2009. The first observation on scorpion biogeography by Aristotle. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 44: 147-150. PDF file
Fet, V., M. E. Soleglad & F. Kovařík. 2009. Etudes on iurids, II. Revision of genus Calchas Birula, 1899, with the description of two new species (Scorpiones: Iuridae). Euscorpius, 82: 1−72. PDF file
Marusik, Yu. & V. Fet. 2009a. A survey of East Palaearctic Hersiliola
Thorell, 1870 (Araneae, Hersiliidae), with a description of three new genera. ZooKeys,
16: 75−114. PDF file
Marusik, Yu. & V. Fet. 2009b. BOOK REVIEW: Species and Communities in Extreme Environments. Festschrift towards the 75th Anniversary and a Laudatio in Honour of Academician Yuri Ivanovich Chernov. Pensoft Publishers & KMK Scientific Press: Sofia-Moscow, 2 vols., 494 pp. BioRisk, 2.
Pirali-Kheirabadi, K., S. Navidpour, V. Fet, F. Kovařík
& M.E. Soleglad. 2009. Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part V.
Chahar Mahal & Bakhtiyari
Province.
Euscorpius,
78: 1–23. PDF
file
Soleglad, M. E., F. Kovařík & V. Fet. 2009. Etudes on iurids, I. The orthobothriotaxic pattern in Iuridae, with observations on neobothriotaxy in genus Iurus (Scorpiones: Iuridae). Euscorpius, 79: 1−21. PDF file
2008
Brewer, M., M. Graham, V. Fet & M. Soleglad. 2008. Scorpion
serrula: an enigmatic structure under SEM. Proceedings of the West Virginia
Academy of Sciencе, Abstracts of the 82nd Annual Session, Marshall
University, March 31, 2007, 79(1): 30 (published May 2008).
Fet, V. 2008a. Zoological label as literary form.
The Nabokovian (University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas), 60: 18–26.
Fet,
V. 2008b. Hersiliola brachyplura Strand,
1913 belongs to Oecobius (Araneae:
Oecobiidae). Zootaxa, 1849: 67.
Fet, V. & M.D.
Golubovsky. 2008. Vavilov’s vision for genetics was among Stalin’s many victims. Nature, 455: 27. PDF file
Fet, V. & L. Margulis. 2008. Symbiogenesis and B.M.
Kozo-Polyansky. In: Sovremennoe sostoyanie, problemy i perspektivy
regional’nykh botanicheskikh issledovanii [Current Status, Issues, and
Perspectives of Regional Botanical Studies]. Materials of the International
Conference, 6-8 February 2008, Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia (in
Russian: Симбиогенез и Б.M. Козо-Полянский).
Fet, V. & M. E.
Soleglad. 2008. Cladistic analysis of superfamily Iuroidea, with emphasis
on subfamily Hadrurinae (Scorpiones: Iurida).
Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 43: 255–281. PDF file
Kaltsas, D., I. Stathi & V. Fet. 2008. Scorpions of the Eastern Mediterranean. In: Makarov, S.E. & R.N. Dimitrijevic (eds.). Advances in Arachnology and Developmental Biology. Papers dedicated to Professor Bozidar P.M. Curcic. Belgrade-Vienna-Sofia, 517 pp. PDF file
Navidpour, S., F. Kovařík, M.E. Soleglad & V. Fet.
2008a. Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part I. Khoozestan Province. Euscorpius, 65:
1–41.
PDF file
Navidpour, S., M.E. Soleglad, V. Fet & F. Kovařík.
2008b. Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part II. Bushehr Province. Euscorpius, 67:
1–33. PDF file
Navidpour, S., V. Fet, F. Kovařík & M.E. Soleglad.
2008c. Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part III. Ilam Province. Euscorpius, 69:
1–29. PDF
file
Navidpour, S., F. Kovařík, M.E. Soleglad & V. Fet.
2008d. Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part IV. Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad Province. Euscorpius, 74:
1–24. PDF
file
Novikova, O., V. Fet & A. Blinov. 2008. Non-LTR
retrotransposons in fungi. Functional and
Integral Genomics, Aug. 2 [Epub ahead of print].
Soleglad, M.E. & V. Fet. 2008. Contributions to scorpion
systematics. III. Subfamilies Smeringurinae and Syntropinae (Scorpiones:
Vaejovidae). Euscorpius, 71: 1–115. PDF file
2007
Fet, V. & M. E. Soleglad. 2007a. Fauna and zoogeography
of scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones) in Bulgaria. Pp. 405–422 In:
Fet, V. & A. Popov (eds). Biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria. Springer.
PDF file
Fet, V. & M. E. Soleglad. 2007b. Synonymy of Parabroteas montezuma Penther, 1913 and designation of neotype for Vaejovis mexicanus C. L. Koch, 1836 (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 41: 251–263. PDF file
Jones, M., B. Gantenbein, V. Fet & M. Blaxter. 2007. The
effect of model choice on phylogenetic inference using
mitochondrial sequence data: Lessons from the scorpions. Molecular
Phylogenetics & Evolution, 43(2): 583–595. PDF file
Kovařík, F., M.E. Soleglad & V. Fet. 2007. A new
species of scorpions in the "Charmus" group from India
(Scorpiones: Buthoidea). Boletín de la Sociedad
Entomologica Aragonesa,
40: 201–209. PDF file
Lushnikova, T., V. Fet & W.I. Towler. 2007. Phylogenetic
analysis and genomic structure of the cone photoreceptor gene, NCKX2 (SLC24A2).
Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Sciencе, 2006, 78(2):
33-47 (published July 2007).
Novikova, O., V. Fet & A. Blinov.
2007a. LTR retrotransposons in the Aspergillus fumigatus and A.
nidulans genomes. Molecular Biology 41(5): 756–763 (also in Russian: Molekulyarnaya
Biologiya 41(5): 830-838). PDF file
Novikova, O., V. Fet & A. Blinov. 2007b. Homology-dependent inactivation of LTR retrotransposons in Aspergillus
fumigatus and A. nidulans genomes. Molecular Biology 41(5): 886–893.
Novikova, O., E. Śliwińska, V. Fet, J. Settele, A.
Blinov & M. Woyciechowski. 2007. CR1 clade of non-LTR retrotransposons from
Maculinea butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): evidence for recent
horizontal transmission. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 7(1):
93 (19 pp). PDF file
Soleglad, M.E., G. Lowe & V.
Fet. 2007. Systematic observations on the scorpion genus Syntropis,
with description of two new species (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 40: 119–136. PDF file
2006
Baptista, C., J. A.
Santiago-Blay, M. E. Soleglad & V. Fet. 2006. The Cretaceous scorpion genus,
Archaeobuthus, revisited (Scorpiones: Archaeobuthidae). Euscorpius,
35: 1–40.
PDF file
Chowell, G., P. Díaz-Dueñas, R. Bustos-Saldaña, A. Alemán
Mireles & V. Fet. 2006. Epidemiological and clinical characteristics
of scorpionism in Colima, Mexico (2000-2001). Toxicon, 47: 753–758.
Fet, V. 2006. Wanderings under the constellation of
Scorpio. Science First Hand [Novosibirsk, Russia], 6(11): 83–94
(a popular article). PDF
file; Russian version: Stranstviya pod sozvezdiem Skorpiona. Nauka
iz pervykh ruk, 6(11): 111–121 PDF file
Fet, V., M.S. Brewer, M. E. Soleglad & D.P.A. Neff. 2006. Constellation array: a new sensory structure in scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa, 38: 269–278. PDF file
Fet, V., B.
Gantenbein, Ay. Karataş & A. Karataş. 2006. An extremely low
genetic divergence across the range of Euscorpius italicus (Scorpiones:
Euscorpiidae). Journal of Arachnology, 34(1):
248–253. PDF file
Fet, V., M.E. Soleglad
& M.S. Brewer. 2006. Laterobasal aculear serrations (LAS) in scorpion
family Vaejovidae (Scorpiones: Chactoidea). Euscorpius, 45: 1–19. PDF file; higher
resolution: part 1, part 2, part 3,
and part 4
Fet, V., M.E. Soleglad,
M.S. Brewer, D.P.A. Neff & M.L. Norton. 2006a. Constellation array in
scorpion genera Paruroctonus, Smeringurus, Vejovoidus, and
Paravaejovis (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae). Euscorpius, 41: 1–15. PDF file
Fet, V., M.E. Soleglad,
M.S. Brewer, D.P.A. Neff & M.L. Norton. 2006b. Vestigial serrula in
scorpion genera Paruroctonus, Smeringurus, Vejovoidus, and
Paravaejovis (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae). Euscorpius, 49: 1–20. PDF
file: part 1
and part 2
Glushkov,
S., O. Novikova, A. Blinov & V. Fet. 2006. Divergent non-LTR
retrotransposon lineages from the genomes of scorpions (Arachnida:
Scorpiones). Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 275: 288–296. PDF file
Graham, M.R. & V. Fet. 2006. Serrula in retrospect: a
historical look at scorpion literature (Scorpiones: Orthosterni). Euscorpius,
48: 1–19. PDF file
Kovařík, F. & V. Fet.
2006a. Taxonomic position of the genus Simonoides Vachon et Farzanpay,
1987, and description of a new species of Orthochirus Karsch from Iran
(Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius, 38: 1–10. PDF file
Kovařík, F. & V. Fet.
2006b. Taxonomic position of the genus Sassanidotus Farzanpay, 1987
(Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius, 39: 1–9. PDF file
Soleglad,
M. E. & V. Fet. 2006.
Contributions
to scorpion systematics. II. Stahnkeini, a new tribe in scorpion family
Vaejovidae (Scorpiones: Chactoidea). Euscorpius, 40: 1–32. PDF file
Teruel, R.,
V. Fet & M.R. Graham. 2006. The first
mitochondrial DNA phylogeny of Cuban Buthidae (Scorpiones: Buthoidea). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 39: 219–226. PDF fil
2005
Acosta,
L. E. & V. Fet. 2005. Nomenclatural notes in Scorpiones (Arachnida). Zootaxa,
934: 1–12. PDF
file
Fet,
V. & M. E. Braunwalder. 2005. Systematik
und Bestimmung / Sistematica e determinazione. Pp. 17–50 In:
Braunwalder, M. E. Fauna Helvetica 13. Scorpiones (Arachnida). Centre
suisse de cartographie de la Faune / Schweizerische Entomologische
Gesellschaft, Neuchâtel, 240 pp. (parallel text in German and Italian), Book order form
Fet,
V. & M. E. Soleglad. 2005. Contributions to scorpion systematics. I.
On recent changes in high-level taxonomy. Euscorpius, 31: 1–13. PDF file
Fet,
V., M. E. Soleglad & G. Lowe. 2005. A new trichobothrial character
for the high-level systematics of Buthoidea (Scorpiones: Buthida). Euscorpius,
23: 1–40. PDF file
Fet,
V., M. E. Soleglad, Yu. V. Mosseichik & D.E. Shcherbakov. 2005 [A
scorpion from a peatbog: the first arthropod fossil from the Late Viséan of the
Moscow Coal Basin]. In: Durante, M.V. & I.A. Ignatyev (eds), Plant World
in Space and Time. Collection of scientific papers, dedicated to the 100th
anniversary of the birth of academician V.V Menner (1905-1989). GEOS,
Moscow: 163–166 (in Russian).
PDF
file See also Fet et al.
2004 (in English)
Gantenbein,
B., V. Fet, I. A. Gantenbein-Ritter & F. Balloux. 2005. Evidence for
recombination in scorpion mitochondrial DNA (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Proceedings
of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences, 272(1564): 697–704. PDF file
Soleglad, M. E. & V. Fet. 2005a. A new scorpion genus
(Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) from Mexico. Euscorpius, 24: 1–13. PDF file
Soleglad, M. E. & V. Fet. 2005b. The genus Auyantepuia
González-Sponga, 1978 is confirmed as a synonym of Broteochactas Pocock,
1893 (Scorpiones: Chactidae). Euscorpius, 29: 1–14. PDF file
Soleglad,
M. E., V. Fet & F. Kovařík.
2005. The systematic position of the scorpion genera Heteroscorpion
Birula, 1903 and Urodacus Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Scorpionoidea). Euscorpius,
20: 1–38. PDF
file
2004
Fet, V. & D. D. Gaffin. 2004. Preface. Proceedings
of the 3d Scorpiology Symposium, American Arachnological Society 28th
Annual Meeting, Norman, Oklahoma, 28 June 2004. Euscorpius,
17: i-–v. PDF file of the Proceedings
Fet, V., M. E. Soleglad & B.
Gantenbein. 2004. The Euroscorpion: genus Euscorpius (Scorpiones:
Euscorpiidae). Proceedings of the 3d Scorpiology Symposium, American
Arachnological Society 28th Annual Meeting, Norman,
Oklahoma, 23-27 June 2004. Euscorpius, 17: 47–59. PDF file
of the Proceedings
Fet, V., M. E. Soleglad & A. V. Gromov. 2004. The platypus of a
scorpion: genus Pseudochactas (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae). Proceedings
of the 3d Scorpiology Symposium, American Arachnological Society 28th
Annual Meeting, Norman, Oklahoma, 28 June 2004. Euscorpius,
17: 61–68. PDF file of the Proceedings.
See also the abstracts of the first
"Scorpion Symposium", Los Angeles, June 1985
Fet, V., M. E. Soleglad & F. Kovařík. 2004. Subfamily
Lisposominae revisited (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 10: 195–209. PDF file
Fet, V., M. E. Soleglad, Yu. V. Mosseichik & D.E.
Shcherbakov. 2004. A scorpion from a peatbog: the first arthropod fossil from
the Late Viséan of the Moscow Coal Basin. Euscorpius,
13:
1–5. PDF file See also Fet
et al. 2005 (in Russian)
Fet, V., M.E. Soleglad, D. P. A. Neff & I.
Stathi. 2004. Tarsal armature in the superfamily Iuroidea (Scorpiones: Iurida).
Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 10: 17–40. PDF file
Santiago-Blay, J.A., V. Fet, M.E. Soleglad & S.R. Anderson.
2004. A new genus and subfamily of scorpions from Lower Cretaceous Burmese
amber (Scorpiones: Chaerilidae). Revista
Ibérica de Aracnología, 9: 3–14.
PDF file
Santiago-Blay, J.A., V. Fet, M.E. Soleglad & P.R. Craig.
2004. The second Cretaceous scorpion specimen from Burmese amber (Arachnida:
Scorpiones). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2(2): 147–152. PDF file
Santiago-Blay, J.A., M.E. Soleglad & V. Fet. 2004. A
redescription and family placement of Uintascorpio Perry,
1995 from the Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation (Middle
Eocene) of Colorado, USA (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 10: 7–16. PDF file
Soleglad, M. E. & V. Fet. 2004. The systematics of scorpion subfamily Uroctoninae (Scorpiones: Chactidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 10: 81–128. PDF file
Teruel, R., V. Fet & L. de Armas. 2004. A note on the
scorpions from the Pirin Mountains, southwestern Bulgaria (Scorpiones:
Buthidae, Euscorpiidae). Euscorpius, 14: 1–11. PDF file
2003
Fet, V. 2003a. The Crimean scorpion, Euscorpius
tauricus (C.L. Koch, 1837) (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae): an endemic species
supported by mitochondrial DNA evidence. Arthropoda Selecta (Moscow,
Russia), 11(4): 271–276. PDF file.
Fet, V. 2003b. To spell or not to spell: again on Rowlandius
jarmillae Armas & Cockendolpher, 2001 (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnologia, 8: 44. PDF file
Fet, V., B. Gantenbein, A. V. Gromov, G. Lowe & W. R. Lourenço. 2003. The first molecular phylogeny of Buthidae (Scorpiones). Euscorpius, 4: 1–10. PDF file
Fet, V., Ay. Karataş, E. V. Fet & A. Karataş. 2003. First data on the molecular phylogeny of Euscorpius
(Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) from Turkey. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 82
(12): 1518–1521 (Moscow, Russia) (in Russian; English summary). PDF file
(English translation published in: Entomological Review, 2003, 83,
Suppl. 2: 249-252 PDF file)
Fet, V. & F. Kovařík.
2003. A record of Euscorpius (Polytrichobothrius) italicus
(Herbst, 1800) (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) in Iraq. Acta Societatis
Zoologicae Bohemicae (Prague, Czech Republic), 67: 179–181. PDF file
Fet, V. & C. Messing. 2003. Case 3270. Isometrinae Clark, 1917 (Echinodermata, Crinoidea): proposed emendation of spelling to Isometrainae to remove homonymy with Isometrinae Kraepelin, 1891 (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Bulletin of the Zoological Nomenclature (UK), 60(4): 293–296. PDF file
See also ICZN Opinion 2132 (2005)
which approved the scorpion subfamily name Isometrinae (now in synonymy).
Fet, E. V.,
D. Neff, M. Graham & V. Fet. 2003. Metasoma of Orthochirus
(Scorpiones: Buthidae): are scorpions evolving a new sensory organ? Revista Ibérica de Aracnologia, 8: 69–72.
PDF file
Fet, V., M. E. Petersen & G. S. Slyusarev. 2003. Case 3151. Rhopalurusinae Bücherl, 1971 (Arachnida, Scorpiones: Buthidae): proposed conservation as the correct spelling to remove homonymy with Rhopaluridae Stunkard, 1937 (Orthonectida). Bulletin of the Zoological Nomenclature (UK), 60(1): 23–25. PDF file
Kovařík, F. & V. Fet. 2003.
Scorpion Euscorpius (Euscorpius) tergestinus (C. L. Koch,
1837) (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) in central Bohemia. Acta Societatis
Zoologicae Bohemicae (Prague, Czech Republic), 67: 189–192. PDF file
Soleglad, M. E. & V. Fet. 2003a. The scorpion sternum:
structure and phylogeny (Scorpiones: Orthosterni). Euscorpius, 5: 1–34.
PDF
File
Soleglad, M. E. & V. Fet. 2003b. High-level systematics and
phylogeny of the extant scorpions (Scorpiones: Orthosterni). Euscorpius,
11: 1–175. (download from http://www.science.marshall.edu/fet/euscorpius/pubs.htm)
Review of Soleglad & Fet (2003b) by J. L.
Cloudsley-Thompson in the Newsletter of British Arachnological Society
2002
Fet, V., M. E. Braunwalder & H. D. Cameron. 2002. Scorpions
(Arachnida, Scorpiones) described by Linnaeus. Bulletin of the British
Arachnological Society, 12(4): 176–182. PDF file
Fet, V., B. Gantenbein, E. V. Fet & V. Popa. 2002. Euscorpius carpathicus (Linnaeus, 1767) from Romania (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae): mitochondrial DNA data. Biogeographica (Paris), 78(4): 141–147. PDF file
Fet, V. &
M. E. Soleglad. 2002. Morphology analysis supports presence of more than one
species in the “Euscorpius carpathicus” complex (Scorpiones:
Euscorpiidae). Euscorpius, 3: 1–51. PDF
file
Gantenbein, B., M. E. Soleglad, V. Fet, P.
Crucitti & E. V. Fet. 2002. Euscorpius naupliensis (C. L. Koch,
1837) (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae): elevation to the species level justified by
molecular and morphology data. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 6: 13–43. PDF file
2001
Capes, E. M. & V. Fet. 2001. A redescription of the scorpion
genus Plesiobuthus Pocock, 1900 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Pakistan. Entomologische
Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg, 13(164): 295–304. PDF file
Fet, V. & G. Bechly. 2001. Case 3120a. Liochelidae, fam.
nov. (Scorpiones): proposed introduction as a substitute name for Ischnuridae
Simon, 1879, as an alternative to the suggested emendment of Ischnurinae
Fraser, 1957 (Insecta, Odonata) to Ischnurainae in order to remove homonymy. Bulletin
of the Zoological Nomenclature, 58(4): 280–281. PDF
file
See also ICZN Opinion 2037
which approved the family name Liochelidae. However, this name is not
valid: it is an available junior synonym of Hormurinae Laurie, 1896 (see
Soleglad et al. 2005 for detailed discussion). The family name which should be
used now is Hemiscorpiidae).
Fet, V., E. M. Capes & W. D. Sissom. 2001. Polisius,
a new scorpion genus from Iran (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Pp. 183–190 in: Fet, V.
& P. A. Selden (eds). Scorpions 2001. In Memoriam Gary A. Polis. Burnham
Beeches, Bucks: British Arachnological Society. PDF file
Fet, V., M. Kuntner & B. Sket. 2001. Scоrpions of Slovenia: a faunistic and biogeographical survey. Pp.
255–266 in: Fet, V. & P. A. Selden (eds). Scorpions 2001. In memoriam
Gary A. Polis. Burnham Beeches, Bucks: British Arachnological
Society. PDF file
Fet, V., M. E. Soleglad & M. D. Barker. 2001. Phylogenetic analysis of the “hirsutus”
group of the genus Hadrurus Thorell (Scorpiones: Iuridae) based on
morphology and mitochondrial DNA. Pp. 139–160 in: Fet, V. & P. A. Selden
(eds). Scorpions 2001. In Memoriam Gary A. Polis. Burnham Beeches,
Bucks: British Arachnological Society. PDF
file
Frost, L., D. R. Butler, B. O'Dell & V. Fet. 2001. A coumarin as a fluorescent compound in scorpions. Pp. 365–368 in: Fet, V.
& P. A. Selden (eds). Scorpions 2001. In Memoriam Gary A. Polis.
Burnham Beeches, Bucks: British Arachnological Society.
Gantenbein, B., V. Fet,
&
M. D. Barker. 2001. Mitochondrial DNA markers reveal a deep,
divergent phylogeny in Centruroides exilicauda (Wood) (Scorpiones:
Buthidae). Pp. 235–244 in: Fet, V. & P. A. Selden (eds). Scorpions
2001. In Memoriam Gary A. Polis. Burnham Beeches, Bucks: British
Arachnological Society. PDF file.
Gantenbein, B., M. E. Soleglad & V. Fet. 2001. Euscorpius balearicus Caporiacco, 1950, stat. nov. (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae): molecular
(allozymes and mtDNA) and morphological evidence for an endemic Balearic
Islands species. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution, 1(4): 301–320.
Huber, D., B. Gantenbein, V. Fet
& B. Scherabon, B. 2001. Euscorpius carpathicus (L.) from Austria (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae): phylogenetic position
clarified by mitochondrial DNA analysis. Pp. 273–278 in: Fet, V. & P. A. Selden
(eds). Scorpions 2001. In Memoriam Gary A. Polis. Burnham Beeches,
Bucks: British Arachnological Society. PDF
file
Komposch, C., B. Scherabon
& V.
Fet. 2001. Scorpions of Austria. Pp. 267–272 in: Fet, V. & P. A. Selden (eds). Scorpions
2001. In Memoriam Gary A. Polis. Burnham Beeches, Bucks: British
Arachnological Society. PDF file
Soleglad, M. E. & V. Fet. 2001. Evolution of scorpion
orthobothriotaxy: a cladistic approach. Euscorpius, 1: 1–38. PDF file.
Towler,
W. I., J.
Ponce Saavedra, B. Gantenbein & V. Fet. 2001. Mitochondrial DNA reveals divergent
phylogeny in tropical Centruroides (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Mexico. Biogeographica (Paris), 77(4):
157–172. PDF file
Yamashita, T. & V. Fet. 2001. Molecular
approaches to biogeography. Pp. 347–369 In: Brownell
P. H., and G. A. Polis (eds). Scorpion
Biology and Research. Oxford University Press, UK.
2000
Chapters
in:
Fet, V.,
W. D. Sissom, G. Lowe & M. E.
Braunwalder. Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758-1998). New York Entomological Society,
New York, 690 pp.:
Fet, V. 2000a. Family Chaerilidae. Pp. 323-328.
Fet, V. 2000b. Family
Heteroscorpionidae. Pp. 381-382.
Fet, V. 2000c. Family Ischnuridae. Pp. 383-408.
Fet, V. 2000d. Family Microcharmidae.
Pp. 421-423.
Fet, V. 2000e. Family Palaeopisthacanthidae. Pp. 424-425.
Fet, V. 2000f. Family Pseudochactidae. P. 426
Fet, V. 2000g. Family Scorpionidae. Pp. 427-486.
Fet, V. 2000h. Family Scorpiopidae. Pp. 383-408.
Fet, V. 2000i. Suborder
Branchioscorpionina. Pp. 554-595.
Fet, V. & G. Lowe. 2000. Family
Buthidae. Pp. 54-286.
Fet, V. & W. D. Sissom. 2000. Family
Euscorpiidae. Pp. 355-381.
Lowe, G. & V. Fet. 2000. Family
Bothriuridae. Pp. 17-53.
Sissom, W. D. & V. Fet. 2000a.
Family Diplocentridae. Pp. 329-354.
Sissom, W. D. & V. Fet. 2000b.
Family Iuridae. Pp. 409-420.
Sissom, W. D. & V. Fet. 2000c. Family Troglotayosicidae. Pp. 501-502.
Review of the Catalog by Mark Harvey
(Australia)
Fet,
V. 2000j. Scorpions (Arachnida, Scorpiones) from the Balkan Peninsula in the
collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia. Historia Naturalis
Bulgarica, 11: 47-60. PDF file
Fet,
V. 2000k. Gary Allan Polis (1946-2000). Arthropoda Selecta (Moscow),
8(4): 293-295. PDF file
Fet,
V. 2000l. Gary Allan Polis (1946-2000). Newsletter of the British
Arachnological Society, 89: 14-15. PDF file
Fet, V. & G. Bechly.
2000. Case 3120. Ischnurainae Fraser, 1957 (Insecta, Odonata): proposed
conservation as the correct spelling of Ischnurinae to remove homonymy with
Ischnuridae Simon, 1879 (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Bulletin of the Zoological
Nomenclature 57(1): 26-28. PDF file
Fet, V. & M. E. Braunwalder. 2000a. Case 3119. Vachoniainae
Maury, 1973 (Arachnida, Scorpiones): proposed conservation as the correct
spelling to remove homonymy with Vachoniidae Chamberlin, 1947 (Arachnida,
Pseudoscorpiones). Bulletin of the Zoological Nomenclature 57(1): 24-25.
PDF file
Fet, V. & M. E. Braunwalder. 2000b. The scorpions
(Arachnida, Scorpiones) of the Aegean area: current problems in taxonomy and
biogeography. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 130 (Suppl. 1):
17-22. PDF file
Fet, V., B. E. Hendrixson, W. D. Sissom & G. Levy. 2000.
First record for the genus Mesobuthus Vachon, 1950 in Israel: Mesobuthus
nigrocinctus (Ehrenberg, 1828), comb. n. (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Mt.
Hermon. Israel Journal of Zoology, 46: 287-295. PDF file
Gantenbein,
B., V. Fet, M. Barker & A. Scholl. 2000. Nuclear
and mitochondrial markers reveal the existence of two parapatric scorpion
species in the Alps: Euscorpius germanus (C. L. Koch, 1837) and E. alpha
Caporiacco, 1950, stat. nov. (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae). Revue suisse de
Zoologie, 107(4): 843-869. PDF file
Scherabon,
B., B. Gantenbein, V. Fet, M. Barker, M. Kuntner, C. Kropf & D. Huber.
2000. A new species of scorpion from Austria, Italy, Slovenia and Croatia: Euscorpius
gamma Caporiacco, 1950, stat. nov. (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). In: Gajdoš
P. & Pekár S. (eds): Proceedings of the 18th European Colloquium of
Arachnology, Stará Lesná, 1999. Ekológia (Bratislava), Vol. 19,
Supplement 3, pp. 253-262. PDF file
1999
Atamuradov,
H. I., G. N. Fet, V. Fet, R. Valdez & W. R. Feldman. 1999. Biodiversity,
genetic diversity, and protected areas in Turkmenistan. Journal of
Sustainable Forestry, 9(1-2): 73-88.
Fet,
V., K. Gerlach, W. Gladwell & M. Little. 1999. First mitochondrial DNA
phylogenetic data from blacknose dace (Rhinichthys atratulus)
(Cyprinidae, Osteichthyes) in West Virginia. Proceedings of the West
Virginia Academy of Science, 71(1): 2.
Fet,
V., M. Barker & B. Gantenbein, B. 1999. Species-level variation of the
mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene sequence: use in molecular systematics and
biogeography. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science,
71(1): 15.
Gantenbein,
B., V. Fet, C. Largiader & A. Scholl. 1999. First DNA phylogeny of the
genus Euscorpius Thorell 1876 (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae) and its bearing
on the taxonomy and biogeography of this genus. Biogeographica (Paris),
75(3): 59-72. PDF file
Little, M., A. Tennant, V. Fet & D.
Tarter. 1999. The presence of unique forms of the common minnow, Rhinichthys
atratulus, in West Virginia streams. Proceedings of the West Virginia
Academy of Sciencе, 71(1): 2.
1998
Braunwalder, M. E. & V. Fet. 1998. On publications about
scorpions (Arachnida, Scorpiones) by Hemprich and Ehrenberg (1828-1831). Bulletin
of the British Arachnological Society, 11(1): 29-35.
Fet,
V. 1998. Case 3026. Androctonus caucasicus Nordmann, 1840 (currently Mesobuthus
caucasicus; Arachnida, Scorpiones): proposed conservation of the specific
name. Bulletin of the Zoological Nomenclature, 55(1): 14-16. PDF file; see also ICZN, Opinion 1933
Fet,
V., G. A. Polis & W. D. Sissom. 1998. Life in sandy deserts: the scorpion
model. Journal of the Arid Environments (London), 39: 609-622. PDF
file
Sissom,
W. D. & V. Fet. 1998. Redescription of Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Scorpiones,
Buthidae) from Southwestern Asia. Journal of Arachnology, 26:
1-8. PDF file
Sissom,
W. D., V. Fet & M. E. Braunwalder. 1998. Case 3031. Paruroctonus
Werner, 1934 (Arachnida, Scorpiones): proposed conservation. Bulletin of
Zoological Nomenclature, 55(1): 17-19. PDF file see also ICZN, Opinion 1934
1997
Fet,
V. 1997a. Neohemibuthus zarudnyi (Birula, 1903) from Iran, a senior
synonym of N. kinzelbachi Lourenco, 1996 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Revue Arachnologique, 12(6): 65-68. PDF
file
Fet,
V. 1997b. Note on Euscorpius carpathicus (Linnaeus, 1767)
(Scorpiones, Chactidae) from the Crimea. Journal of Arachnology, 25: 106-108. PDF file.
Fet, V. 1997c. Notes on the taxonomy of some Old World scorpions
(Scorpiones: Buthidae, Chactidae, Ischnuridae, Scorpionidae). Journal of
Arachnology, 25(3): 245-250. PDF
file.
Fet, V. & M. E. Braunwalder. 1997. On the true authorship
and taxonomic history of Euscorpius germanus (C. L. Koch, 1837) (nec
C. L. Koch, 1836; nec Schaeffer, 1766) (Scorpiones: Chactidae). Bulletin
of the British Arachnological Society, 10(8): 308-310.
Fet, V. & W. D. Sissom. 1997. A new generic synonymy in
scorpions: Scorpiobuthus Werner 1939 =Uroplectes Peters 1862
(Scorpiones: Buthidae). Journal of Arachnology, 25(3): 408-409. PDF file
Gitelman, S. E., M. Kobrin, A. Lee, V. Fet, K. Lyons and
B. L. M. Hogan. 1997. Structure and sequence of the mouse Bmp6 gene. Mammalian
Genome, 8: 212-214. PDF file
1994
Fet, V. 1994a. Fauna and zoogeography of scorpions (Arachnida:
Scorpiones) in Turkmenistan. In V. Fet & K. I. Atamuradov (eds.), Biogeography
and ecology of Turkmenistan (Monographiae Biologicae 72), pp. 525-534.
Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. PDF file
Fet, V. 1994b. Introduction: One hundred years of
natural history in Turkmenistan. Pp. 1-4 In: Fet, V. and K. I.
Atamuradov (Eds). Biogeography and Ecology of Turkmenistan.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. PDF file
Fet, V. 1994c.
Biogeographic position of Khorassan-Kopetdagh. Pp. 197-203
In: Fet, V. and K. I. Atamuradov (Eds). Biogeography and Ecology of
Turkmenistan. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
Fet, V. & R. M. Vezzetti. 1994. PCR
amplification of mitochondrial DNA from preserved scorpions. Ancient
DNA Newsletter [British Museum, UK], 2(1): 14. PDF file
Mikhailov, K. G., and V. Fet. 1994. Fauna and
zoogeography of spiders (Aranei) in Turkmenistan. Pp. 499-524 In: Fet, V.
and K. I. Atamuradov (Eds). Biogeography and Ecology of
Turkmenistan. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. PDF file
1993
Fet, V. 1993a. Notes on Euscorpius mingrelicus
(Kessler, 1874) from the Caucasus. Rivista del Museo Civico di Scienze
Naturali "Enrico Caffi" (Bergamo), 16(1993): 1-8. PDF file
Fet
V. 1993b. The spider genus Cedicus Simon, 1875 (Arachnida, Aranei,
Agelenidae) from Middle Asia. Arthropoda Selecta, 2(1): 69-75. PDF file.
1992
Fet, V. 1992a. Islands in a desert sea: biogeography of spiders
and scorpions in Turkmenistan. American Arachnology, 46: 8.
Fet, V. 1992b. DNA in arachnology: update for year 1992. American
Arachnology, 45: 7-11.
Fet, V. & B. J. Poindexter. 1992.
Genetic variation of mitochondrial DNA in Centruroides exilicauda
(Scorpiones: Buthidae) as revealed by the polymerase chain reaction. American
Zoologist, 32(5): 136A.
Nenilin, A. V. & V. Fet. 1992.
Zoogeographical analysis of the world scorpion fauna (Arachnida Scorpiones). Arthropoda
Selecta, 1(2): 3-31 (in Russian, with English abstract). PDF file
Poindexter, B. J. & V. Fet. 1992. PCR
amplification of mitochondrial DNA provides molecular markers for biogeographic
study of desert scorpions. ASB Bull. 39(2): 100-101.
1991
Fet, V. 1991a. Follow the DNA Road: costs,
benefits, and forecast for arachnology. American Arachnology, 44: 5.
Fet, V. 1991b. According to the Red Book of
Turkmenistan. Bulletin of Cape May Geographic Society, 44: 12-13.
Fet, V. 1991c. Review of: G. A. Polis
(Ed.). 1990. Biology of Scorpions, Stanford University Press. Journal of the
Arid Environments (London), 31(2): 254-255.
Zimmerman, E.C., C.M. Jones, V. Fet,
B.L.M. Hogan & M. Magnuson. 1991. Nucleotide sequence of mouse SCIP cDNA, a
POU-domain transcription factor. Nucleic Acids Research, 19 (4):
956.
1990
Fet,
V. & Rechkin, D.V. 1990. Scorpion trichobothriotaxy: a principal component analysis. Rivista
del Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "Enrico Caffi" (Bergamo), 14
(1989): 191-206.
1989
Fet, V. 1989a. A catalog of scorpions
of the USSR. Families Chactidae and Iuridae. In A. B. Lange (ed.). Fauna
and Ecology of Spiders and Scorpions, pp. 76-98. Nauka: Moscow. (in
Russian).
Fet, V. 1989b. A catalogue of scorpions
(Chelicerata: Scorpiones) of the USSR. Rivista del Museo Civico di Scienze
Naturali "Enrico Caffi" (Bergamo), 13(1988): 73-171. PDF file: Part 1
and Part 2
Fet, V., M. E. Dickinson & B. L. M.
Hogan. 1989. Localization of the mouse gene for Spp (2ar,
osteopontine, bone sialoprotein I, 44-kDal bone phosphoprotein, tumor-secreted phosphoprotein)
to chromosome 5, closely linked to Ric (Rickettsia resistance).
Genomics, 5: 375-377.
1988
Fet, V. 1988. Review of: E. N.
Kjellesvig-Waering. A Restudy of the Fossil Scorpionida of the World. Newsletter
of the British Arachnological Society, 52: 6. PDF
file
Fet, V. & R. B. Madge. 1988. Calchas
Birula, 1899, a valid name, not a homonym of Calchas Klug, 1850
(Scorpionida, Iuridae and Coleoptera, Melyridae). Bulletin of the British
Arachnological Society, 7(8): 252. PDF file
1987
Fet, V. 1987a. A new genus and species of a
scorpion from East Karakum: Pectinibuthus birulai Fet n.g. n.sp.
(Scorpiones, Buthidae). Revue d’Entomologie de l'URSS, 66(2): 443-446
(in Russian). PDF
file
Fet, V. 1987b. On Kraepelinia palpator
(Birula) (Scorpiones, Buthidae) found in East Iran. Proc. Acad. Sci. Turkmen.
SSR ser. biol. sci. 1: 79 (in Russian). PDF file
Fet, V. & S. P. Gruodis. 1987.
The first record of a scorpion, Euscorpius italicus (Herbst,
1800) (Scorpioniformes, Chactidae) in Lithuania. Transactions of the Academy
of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR, (C), 4(100): 42-45 (in Russian). PDF file
1986
Fet, V. 1986c. Notes on some Euscorpius
(Scorpiones: Chactidae) from Greece and Turkey. Rivista del Museo Civico di
Scienze Naturali "Enrico Caffi" (Bergamo), 9(1985): 3-11. PDF
file
Fet,V. 1986b. Materials on the spider (Aranei) fauna in the
Turkmenian SSR, USSR. IV. Titanoeca lehtineni, new species. Proc.
Acad. Sci. Turkmen. SSR ser. biol. sci., 6: 65. (in Russian).
Mikhailov, K. G. & V. Fet. 1986. Material on the
spider fauna (Aranei) of Turkmenia. I. Families Anyphaenidae, Sparassidae,
Zoridae, Clubionidae, Micariidae, Oxyopidae. Proc. Zool. Mus. Moscow State
Univ. 24:168-186 (in Russian).
Tanasevitch, A.V. & Fet,V. 1986. Material on the fauna of
spiders (Aranei) from Turkmenistan. 3. Family Linyphiidae. Proc. Acad. Sci.
Turkmen. SSR ser. biol. sci. 1: 33-42 (in Russian). PDF
file
1985
Fet, V. 1985a. Ecological distribution of spiders of
Syunt-Khasardagh Reserve. In: The Vegetation and Animal Life of Western
Kopetdagh, Ashkhabad, Ylym, pp. 271-277 (in Russian). PDF
file
Fet, V. 1985b. Zoogeographical analysis of the spider fauna of
the southwestern Kopetdagh. In: Ovtsharenko, V.I. (Ed.). Fauna and Ecology
of Spiders of the USSR. Proc. Zool. Inst. USSR Acad. Sci., 139:
72-77 (in Russian)
Fet, V. 1985c. Zoogeographical features of the spider fauna of
the southwestern Kopetdagh. In: Ovtsharenko, V.I. (Ed.). Fauna and Ecology
of Spiders of the USSR. 8th All-Union Zoogeographical Coneference, Leningrad,
6-8 February 1985, pp. 258-259 (in Russian) . PDF file
Dunin, P. M. & Fet, V. 1985. Dysdera transcaspica sp.
n. (Aranei, Dysderidae) from Turkmenia. Zool. Zhurnal, 64(2):
298-300 (in Russian).
Nenilin, A. B. & Fet, V. 1985. New species of spiders of the
genus Zodarion (Aranei, Zodariidae) from Turkmenia. Zool. Zhurnal,
64(4): 618-620 (in Russian).
Zonstein, S. L. &
Fet,V. 1985. Materials on spider fauna of Turkmenia. II. Fam. Atypidae. Proc.
Acad. Sci. Turkmen. SSR (ser. biol. sci.), 6: 65-68 (in Russian). PDF file
1984
Fet, V. 1984a. New for the USSR genus and species of scorpions
from Badhyz: Kraepelinia palpator (Birula, 1903) (Scorpiones,
Buthidae). Proc. Acad. Sci. Turkmen. SSR (ser. biol. sci.), 4:
37-43 (in Russian). PDF file
Fet,V. 1984b. A new species of spider from the Turkmen SSR: Brachythele
kopetdaghensis sp. n. (Aranei, Dipluridae). In: Utochkin, A. S.,
Beltyukova, K.N., Minoranski, V.A., Azheganova, N.S., Pakhorukov, N.M. (Eds.), Fauna
and Ecology of Arachnids. Perm, Univ. of Perm, pp. 37-41 (in
Russian).
Kuznetsov, G. T. & Fet, V. 1984. Spiders of the Central Kopetdagh. In: Scherbak, N. N. (ed.) Wildlife of the Central Kopetdagh [Priroda Central’nogo Kopetdaga]. Ashkhabad: Ylym (in Russian). PDF
file
1983
Fet, V. 1983. The fauna of spiders (Aranei) of the southwestern
Kopetdagh. Revue d’Entomologie de l'URSS, 62(4): 835-845 (in
Russian). PDF file
1982
Fet, V. 1982a. New for the USSR spider from Kopetdagh: Oxyptila
tricoloripes Strand 1913 (=O. pickardi Levy 1975, syn. nov.)(Aranei,
Thomisidae). Proc. Acad. Sci. Turkmen. SSR (ser. biol. sci.), 5: 74-75
(in Russian).
Fet, V. 1982b. A problem of conservation of scorpions in the
USSR. Zool. Zhurnal, 61(12): 1911-1913 (in Russian). PDF file
Fet, V. & G. L. Kamakhina. 1982. The vegetation of West
Kopetdagh. Pp. 32-37 In: Nechaeva, N.T. (ed). Nature of West
Kopetdagh. Ashkhabad: Ylym (in Russian).
Krivokhatsky, V. A. & Fet, V. 1982. Spiders (Aranei) from
rodent burrows in East Karakum. Problems of Desert Management, 4: 68-75
(in Russian). PDF file
1981
Krivokhatsky, V. A. & Fet, V. 1981. The characteristics of
distribution of spiders of Badkhyz in the spring period. Proc. Acad. Sci.
Turkmen. SSR (ser. biol. sci.), 1: 45- 51 (in Russian). PDF
file
1980
Ovtsharenko, V. I. & Fet, V. 1980. Fauna and ecology of spiders
(Aranei) of Badhyz (Turkmenian SSR). Revue d’Entomologie de l'URSS,
59(2): 442-447 (in Russian). PDF file
Fet, V. 1980. Ecology of the scorpions (Arachnida, Scorpiones) of the Southeastern Kara-Kum. Revue d’Entomologie de l'URSS, 59(1): 223-228 (in Russian) PDF file; published in English in 1981: PDF file of English version
1979
Fet, V. 1979. On ecology of gall aphids (Homoptera, Aphidoidea)
and a complex of invertebrates bound with them on pistachio (Pistacia vera
L.). Proc. Acad. Sci. Turkmen. SSR (ser. biol. sci.), 3: 67-70 (in
Russian). PDF file
1977
Dymshits,
G. M. & V. Fet. Protein factor from regenerating rat liver destabilizing
secondary DNA structure. Mol. Biol. (Moscow), 11(3): 531-536 (in
Russian).
Selected Presentations
2009
Fet, V. 2009. Scorpions
of Greece and adjacent lands: current advances in systematics. 25th European Congress of Arachnology,
Alexandoupolis, Greece, August 16-21, 2009. Power Point Presentation
2008
Fet, V. 2008. Zoological label as literary form. Academic Evolution and Hybridization: The Sciences and the Arts. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, November 24-25, 2008.
Fet, V. 2008. Russian studies on L-forms and cysts of Treponema pallidum. Spirochaete Co-evolution in the Proterozoic Eon: Ecology, symbiosis, and pathogenesis. Berlin, Germany, May 1, 2008.
2007
Brewer, M., M. Graham, V. Fet & M. Soleglad. 2008. Scorpion
serrula: an enigmatic structure under SEM. West Virginia Academy of
Sciencе, 82nd Annual Session, Marshall University, March 31,
2007.
Fet, V. & A.
Popov. 2007. Biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria (a book presentation).
6th Zoological Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria, May 2007.
2006
Brewer,
M., V. Fet, M. E. Soleglad & D. P. A. Neff. 2006. Constellation
array: a new sensory structure in scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones). American
Arachnological Society 30th Annual Meeting, Baltimore,
Maryland, 17-21 June 2006.
Kabanova,
A., O. Novikova, K. Gunbin, V. Fet & A. Blinov. 2006. Evolutionary relationships
and distribution of the different LTR retrotransposon families in plants.
5th International Conference on Bioinformatics of Genome Regulation
and Structure, Novosibirsk, Russia, 16-22 July 2006.
2005
Brewer,
M., V. Fet, V., E.V.Fet, J. O. Rein & M. Colombo. 2005. New
mitochondrial DNA data for the phylogeny of the Balkan and Aegean Euscorpius
(Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). American Arachnological Society 29th
Annual Meeting, Akron, Ohio, 26-30 June 2005.
2004
Fet,
V.,
M.E. Soleglad & B. Gantenbein. 2004. The
Euroscorpion: genus Euscorpius (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae).
American Arachnological Society 28th
Annual Meeting, Norman, Oklahoma, 23-27 June 2004. Power Point Presentation
Fet,
V., M.E.
Soleglad, B. Gantenbein & E.V.Fet. 2004. Systematics
and molecular phylogeny of Euscorpius from
the Julian Alps of Slovenia (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). American
Arachnological Society 28th Annual
Meeting, Norman,
Oklahoma, 23-27 June 2004.
Fet,
V.,
M.E. Soleglad & A.V. Gromov. 2004. The platypus of a scorpion:
genus Pseudochactas (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae). American
Arachnological Society 28th Annual Meeting, Norman,
Oklahoma, 23-27 June 2004.
Fet,
V.,
M.E. Soleglad, D.P.A. Neff & I. Stathi. 2004. Tarsal spinule clusters and
evolution of the
superfamily Iuroidea (Scorpiones). American Arachnological
Society 28th Annual Meeting,
Norman, Oklahoma, 23-27 June 2004.
Santiago-Blay, J.A., V. Fet, M. E. Soleglad & S.R. Anderson.
2004. A new genus and subfamily of scorpions
from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Scorpiones: Chaerilidae). American
Arachnological Society 28th Annual
Meeting, Norman,
Oklahoma, 23-27 June 2004.
Santiago-Blay, J.A., V. Fet, M. E. Soleglad & S.R. Anderson.
2004. A new genus and subfamily of scorpions
from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Scorpiones: Chaerilidae). Geological
Society of America
Meeting, Denver,
Colorado, 7-10 November 2004.
Santiago-Blay, J.A., V. Fet, M. E. Soleglad & S.R. Anderson.
2004. Electrochaerilus (Scorpiones: Chaerilidae): Another piece in the
Mesozoic scorpion puzzle. Geological Society of America Annual
Meeting, Denver, CO, November 2004.
2003
Fet,
E.V., V.
Fet, B. Gantenbein & V. D. Popa. 2003. Euscorpius carpathicus (Linnaeus, 1767) (Scorpiones:
Euscorpiidae) from Romania: mitochondrial DNA data. Association of
Southeastern Biologists 64th Annual Meeting. Arlington, VA, 9-12 April
2003. Abstract published in
Southeastern Biology, 2003, 50.
Fet,
E. V., D. Neff, M. R. Graham & V. Fet. 2003. Metasoma of Orthochirus
(Scorpiones: Buthidae): are scorpions evolving a new sensory organ? American
Arachnological Society 27th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO,
24-28 July 2003.
Fet, V., B. Gantenbein, A. V. Gromov,
G. Lowe & W. R. Lourenço. 2003. The first molecular phylogeny of Buthidae (Scorpiones). Evolution
2003 (joint meeting of Society for the Study of
Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists, and the American Society of Naturalists), California State University, Chico, CA, USA,
19-24 June 2003.
Fet, V., J. L. Greenwood & A. V.
Gromov. 2003. Mitochondrial DNA data on evolution of the endemic psammophile
scorpion Liobuthus kessleri Birula, 1898 (Scorpiones: Buthidae)
from Central Asia. Association of Southeastern Biologists 64th Annual
Meeting. Arlington, VA, 9-12 April 2003. Abstract published in
Southeastern Biology, 2003, 50.
Price, E. D., V. Fet
& M. E. Soleglad. 2003. Monophyly of the genus Smeringurus Haradon,
1983 (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) from North America confirmed by mitochondrial DNA
data. Association of Southeastern Biologists 64th Annual Meeting.
Arlington, VA, 9-12 April 2003. Abstract published in Southeastern Biology,
2003, 50.
Teruel,
R., V. Fet, J. L. Greenwood, M. R. Graham & E. V. Fet & D. Huber. 2003.
First data on the DNA phylogeny of some Cuban Buthidae (Scorpiones). American
Arachnological Society 27th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO,
24-28 July 2003.
2002
Fet, V.,
M. E. Soleglad, B. Gantenbein, W. I. Towler,
& E. V. Fet. 2002. DNA analysis indicates a new phylogeny of Euscorpius
(Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) from Greece. Association of Southeastern
Biologists 63d Annual Meeting. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC,
10-13 April 2001. Abstract published in Southeastern Biology, 2002,
49(2): 121.
Fet, V.,
M. E. Soleglad, M. C. Estep, R. N. Henson, M. U. Connell, K. Bost, M. D. Barker
& M. Graham. 2002. Preliminary analysis of 16S rRNA gene in the North
American Vaejovidae (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Association of Southeastern
Biologists 63nd Annual Meeting. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC,
10-13 April 2002. Abstract published in Southeastern Biology,
2002, 49(2): 200.
Fet,
V., M. E. Soleglad, B. Gantenbein, V. Vignoli, N. Salomone, E.V. Fet & P.J.
Schembri. 2002. New data on “Euscorpius carpathicus” species complex
(Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) from Italy, Malta, and Greece: evidence from
mitochondrial DNA and morphology. American Arachnological Society 26th
Annual Meeting, Keene State University of California, Riverside, CA, June
2002.
Gantenbein, B.,
M. E. Soleglad & V. Fet. 2002. An endemic
species of scorpion from the Balearic Islands revealed by molecular and
morphological analysis. International Symposium “Phylogeography in
Southern European refugia: Evolutionary perspectives on the origins and
conservation of European biodiversity”. 11-15 March 2002, Vairao, Portugal.
Salomone
N., V. Vignoli, V. Fet & F. Bernini. 2002. Il genere Euscorpius in
Italia: un approccio molecolare. Atti del 63th Congresso
Nazionale Unione Zoologica Italiana, 22-26 September 2002, Rende, Italy.
Stathi,
I., V. Fet, M. E. Soleglad, B. Gantenbein, E.V. Fet & M. Mylonas. 2002.
Mitochondrial DNA phylogeny confirms ancient origin of the Aegean-Anatolian
scorpion genera Iurus and Calchas (Scorpiones: Iuridae). 9th
International Congress on the Zoogeography and Ecology of Greece and Adjacent
Regions (ICZEGAR), May 22-25 2002, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2001
Fet, V., V. I. Ovtsharenko & W. I. Towler.
2001. Sequence analysis of 16S and 28S rRNA genes as a tool for resolving the
phylogeny of ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). WV Academy of Science 76th
Annual Meeting. West Liberty State College, West Liberty, WV, April 2001.
Gantenbein,
B., V. Fet, &
M. D. Barker. 2001. Mitochondrial DNA markers reveal a deep, divergent
phylogeny in Centruroides exilicauda (Wood) (Scorpiones: Buthidae). WV Academy of
Science 76th Annual Meeting, West Liberty State College, West
Liberty, WV, April 2001.
Gantenbein,
B., M. E. Soleglad & V. Fet. 2001. Euscorpius
balearicus Caporiacco, 1950, stat. nov.: molecular (allozymes
and mtDNA) and morphological data support the existence of an endemic scorpion
species on the Balearic Islands (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). American Arachnological Society 25th
Annual Meeting, Keene State College, NH, July 2001.
Huber,
D., B. Gantenbein, V. Fet & B.
Scherabon. 2001. Euscorpius carpathicus (L.) in Austria (Scorpiones:
Euscorpiidae). Arachnologische
Gesellschaft (European German-language Arachnological Society) 8th Meeting,
Saltzburg, Austria, 21-23 September 2001.
Santiago-Blay,
J. A., V. Fet, M. E. Soleglad, L. M. Garibay Romero, P. R. Craig & S.
Chen. 2001. A Tertiary vaejovid scorpion from Mexico and another
non-buthid Cretaceous scorpion from Brazil. Geological Society of America
Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 2001. PDF file
Towler, W. I., T. Lushnikova, T. M. Bailey, H. Payton, II, A. S.
Graphodatsky & V. Fet. 2001. Phylogeny of five Eurasian species of Mustela
(Carnivora: Mustelidae) derived from 16S rRNA gene of mitochondrial DNA. 21st
Annual Midwest Ecology & Evolution Conference. Miami University,
Oxford, Ohio, March 2001.
Towler, W.
I., J. B. Ponce
Saavedra, B. Gantenbein & V.
Fet. 2001. Genetic divergence in Central Mexican Centruroides
limpidus (Karsch, 1879) and C. infamatus (C. L. Koch, 1844)
(Scorpiones: Buthidae) as revealed by 16S mitochondrial DNA. American
Arachnological Society 25th Annual Meeting, Keene State College, NH,
July 2001. Abstract: American Arachnology, 2002, 64: 9.
Towler, W. I., J. B. Ponce Saavedra,
B. Gantenbein & V.
Fet. 2001. Mitochondrial DNA systematics of
Central Mexican Centruroides (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Association of
Southeastern Biologists 62nd Annual Meeting. Tulane / Loyola University,
New Orleans, LA, April 2001. PDF file
1999
Fet,
V., K. Gerlach, W. Gladwell & M. Little. 1999. First mitochondrial DNA
phylogenetic data from blacknose dace (Rhinichthys atratulus)
(Cyprinidae, Osteichthyes) in West Virginia. Proceedings of the West
Virginia Academy of Science, 71(1): 2.
Fet,
V., M. Barker & B. Gantenbein, B. 1999. Species-level variation of the
mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene sequence: use in molecular systematics and
biogeography. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science,
71(1): 15.
Little, M., A. Tennant, V. Fet & D.
Tarter. 1999. The presence of unique forms of the common minnow, Rhinichthys
atratulus, in West Virginia streams. Proceedings of the West Virginia
Academy of Sciencе. 71(1): 2.
Fet, V. & M. E. Braunwalder. 1999. The scorpions (Arachnida,
Scorpiones) of the Aegean area: current problems in taxonomy and biogeography. Proc.
VIII International Congress of Zoogeography of Greece and Adjacent Countries,
Greece, May 1999.
Gantenbein, B., V. Fet, C. Largiader & A. Scholl.
1999. Nuclear and mitochondrial markers result in controversial phylogenies
in Buthus occitanus subspecies (Scorpiones, Buthidae). 7th Congress
of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Barcelona, Spain, 23-28
August 1999. PDF file
Gantenbein, B., V. Fet, C. Largiader &
A. Scholl. 1999. First DNA phylogeny of the genus Euscorpius Thorell
1876 (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae) and its bearing on the taxonomy and
biogeography of this genus. Proc. VIII International Congress of
Zoogeography of Greece and Adjacent Countries, Greece, May 1999.
1998
Atamuradov,
H. I, G. N. Fet, V. Fet, R. Valdez & W. R. Feldman. 1998. Biodiversity,
genetic diversity, and protected areas in Turkmenistan. VII International
Congress of Ecology, Florence, Italy, 19-25 July 1998.
Fet,
V. & P. H. Brownell. 1998. Morphological variation in the pectinal sensory organ in
scorpions. XIV International Congress of Arachnology/22nd Annual Meeting of
the American Arachnological Society (Chicago).
Fet,
V. 1998. Basal node in the scorpion phylogeny confirmed
by 18S ribosomal RNA sequence data. XIV International Congress of
Arachnology/22nd Annual Meeting of the American Arachnological Society
(Chicago).
1987
Fet, V. 1987. Taxonomy and polymorphism of Euscorpius mingrelicus
(Scorpiones, Chactidae) in the Caucasus. Problems of Soil Zoology.
Abstracts of IX All-Union Conference on Soil Zoology, Tbilisi, 1987 (in
Russian) . PDF file.
1985
Fet, V. 1985. Ecological evolution of scorpions. Abstracts of IX
International Colloquium on Soil Zoology, Moscow, August 1985 (in
Russian). PDF file.
Avocations
Reading; history; literature; theatre.
I published poetry and drama, mostly in Russian language, in
books, journals, and on the Web: see my Avgust & Gustav website and also: www.ggause.com, www.litera.ru/slova/fet . See also Other Publications for a detailed Russian
bibliography.
See review of my 2000 poetry book (in English) published in World
Literature Today (2002) at http://www.litera.ru/slova/fet/wlt.html
The second Russian poetry book, Mnogoye neyasno [Many
Things Unclear] has been published in May 2004: http://www.izdatgeo.ru/Contents/Books/BooksRu/Gum/index2004.html
The third Russian poetry book, Otblesk [A Gleam] has been
published in December 2008.
I also serve as an American correspondent for the
Russian-language journal, Literaturnyi evropeets (The Literary
European) (Frankfurt, Germany), where I published poems, essays,
and reviews.
