Marek Michał Żabka


Katedra Zoologii,
Instytut Biologii Akademii Podlaskiej
ul. B. Prusa 12, 08-110 Siedlce
Poland
tel.+48 25 643 12 10, +48 25 643 12 09
e-mail: marekzabka@ap.siedlce.pl



Born in 1955. In 1978 graduated with MSc in Wyzsza Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna, Siedlce, Poland for the thesis on Salticidae of Vistula river slopes in Plock area. In 1983 graduated with PhD at the University of Poznan, Poland, for the monograph on Salticidae of Viet-Nam (supervised by J. Proszynski). In in 1991 awarded with DSc degree for taxonomic and zoogeographical research on Salticidae of Australia and Pacific islands. Employed in the Department of Zoology of Akademia Podlaska, Siedlce, Poland. Research interests: taxonomy and biogeography of Salticidae of the Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions. Publications: about 50 revisions of genera and regional studies (Viet-Nam, Australia, New Guinea). Current projects: Salticidae of Australia and New Zealand.

Publications:

  • Zabka M. 1980. Salticidae from the Nepal Himalayas. Chalcoscirtus Bertkau 1880 and Euophrys C. L. Koch 1834 (Arachnida: Araneae). Senckenbergiana biologica, Frankfurt a. M., 60: 359-369.
  • Zabka M. 1980. Salticidae from the Nepal Himalayas. New species of Yaginumaella Proszynski 1976 (Arachnida: Araneae). Senckenbergiana biologica, Frankfurt a. M., 60: 371-380.
  • Zabka M. 1980. Salticidae from the Nepal Himalayas. Sitticus niveosignatus (Simon 1880) (Araneae). Senckenberiana biologica, Frankfurt a. M., 60: 241-247.
  • Zabka M. 1981. New species of Yaginumaella Proszynski 1976 and Helicius Proszynski 1976 (Araneae: Salticidae from Bhutan and Burma. Entomologica Basiliensia, Basel, 6: 5-41.
  • Zabka M. 1981. Salticidae from Kashmir and Ladakh (Arachnida: Araneae). Senckenbergiana biologica, Frankfurt a. M., 61: 407-413.
  • Zabka M. 1985. Systematic and zoogeographic study on the family Salticidae (Araneae) from Viet-Nam. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 39: 197-485.
  • Zabka M. 1987. Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, I. Genera Clynotis and Tara. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 40: 437-450.
  • Zabka M. 1987. Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, II. Genera Lycidas and Maratus. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 40: 451-482.
  • Zabka M. 1988. Fossil Eocene Salticidae (Araneae) from the collection of the Museum of Earth in Warsaw. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 41: 415-420.
  • Zabka M. 1988. Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, III. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 41: 421-480.
  • Zabka M. 1989. Remarks on Salticidae (Araneae) of Australia. Abstracts, XIth International Congress of Arachnology, Turku, p. 115.
  • Zabka M. 1989. Salticidae from the Nepal and Bhutan Himalayas. Genera Pancorius Simon 1902, Plexippus C. L. Koch 1846 and Pseudamycus Simon 1885 (Arachnida: Araneae). Senckenbergiana biologica, Frankfurt a. M., 70: 161-178.
  • Zabka M. 1990. Remarks on Salticidae (Araneae) of Australia. Annales Zoologici Fennici, Helsinki, 190: 415-418.
  • Zabka M. 1990. Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, IV. Genus Ocrisiona Simon 1901. Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney, 42: 27-43.
  • Zabka M. 1991. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, V. Genus Holoplatys Simon 1885. Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney, 43; 171-240.
  • Zabka M. 1991. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, VI. Mopsolodes, Abracadabrella and Pseudosynagelides - new genera from Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, 30: 621-644.
  • Zabka M. 1991. Studium taksonomiczno-zoogeograficzne nad Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) Australii. Rozprawy 32, WSR-P Siedlce.
  • Zabka M. 1991. Uwagi u zoogeografii Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) Australii. Abstrakty, XV Zjazd P. T. Zool., Morski Instytut Rybacki, Gdynia, p. 98.
  • Zabka M. 1992. Orsima Simon (Araneae: Salticidae), a remarkable spider from Africa and Malaya. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, London, 9: 10-12.
  • Zabka M. 1992. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, VII. Grayenulla and Paraplatoides - new genera from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney, 44: 167-183.
  • Zabka M. 1992. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, VIII. A new genus from Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Perth, 15: 673-684.
  • Zabka M. 1993. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of New Guinea - a zoogeographic account. Bolletino dell' Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali, Catania, 26: 389-394.
  • Zabka M. 1993. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of New Guinea, Australia and adjacent areas. Abstracts, 14th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Catania.
  • Zabka M. 1993. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, IX. Genera Afraflacilla Berland & Millot 1941 and Evarcha Simon 1902. Invertebrate Taxonomy, Melbourne, 7: 279-295.
  • Zabka M. 1994. Remarks on Evolution of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae). Abstracts, 15th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Ceske Budejowice, p. 48.
  • Zabka M. 1994. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, X. Genus Simaetha Thorell. Records of the Western Austalian Museum, Perth, 16: 499-534.
  • Zabka M. 1995. A new genus of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Papua New Guinea. Abstracts, XIIIth International Congress of Arachnology, Geneve, p. 58.
  • Zabka M. 1995. Remarks on evolution of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae). Proceedings of the 15th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Ceske Budejovice, p. 195-201.
  • Zabka M. 1995. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, XI. A new genus of Astiae from Western Australia. Records of the Western Austalian Museum, Suppl., Perth, 52: 159-164.
  • Zabka M. 1995. Uwagi o pokrewienstwach i pochodzeniu Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae). Abstrakty, XVI Zjazd P. T. Zool., Uniwersytet Łodzki, Łodź, p. 197.
  • Zabka M. 1996. Bulolia, a new genus of Salticidae from Papua New Guinea. Revue Suisse Zoologie, Geneve, vol. horse ser.: 701-707.
  • Zabka M. 1997. (Ed.). Proceedings of the 16th European Colloquium of Arachnology. Siedlce, p. 1-334.
  • Zabka M. 1997. Salticidae - pająki skaczące (Arachnida: Araneae) [Salticidae of Poland, with the English key]. Fauna Poloniae, Warszawa.
  • Zabka M. 1999. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, XII. Genus Marengo Peckham and Peckham 1892 from Papua New Guinea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, 43: 893-905.
  • Zabka M. 2000. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, XIII: the genus Sandalodes Keyserling. Invertebrate Taxonomy, Melbourne, 14: 695-704.
  • Zabka M. 2001. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, XIV. The genus Adoxotoma Simon. Records of the Western Austalian Museum, Perth, 20: 323-332.
  • Zabka M. 2002. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from the Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, XV. New species of Astieae from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 54: 257-268.
  • Zabka M. 2003. Salticidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, XVII. Paraphilaeus, a new genus from Australia. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 53: 489-507. [Available as PDF file]
  • Zabka M. 2004 Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of New Zealand. Genus Adoxotoma Simon, 1909. Annales Zoologici, 54: 301-304.[Available as PDF file]
  • Zabka M. 2004. In Search of Southern Jumping Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Abstracts, IVth Southern Connection Congress, Cape Town.
  • Zabka M., Gray M. 2002 Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, XVI. New species of Grayenulla and Afraflacilla. Records of the Australian Museum, 54: 269-274.
  • Zabka M., Gray M. 2004. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, XVII. Huntiglennia - a new genus from Australia. Annales Zoologici, 54: 297-300. [Available as PDF file]
  • Zabka M., Kovac D. 1996. Paracyrba wanlessi - a new genus and species of Spartaeinae from Peninsular Malaysia, with notes on biology (Arachnida: Areneae: Salticidae). Senckenbergiana biologica, Frankfurt a. M., 76: 153-161.
  • Zabka M., Kupryjanowicz J. 1997. Redescription and notes on biology and distribution of Talavera westringi (Simon, 1868) comb. nov. (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus, Wrocław, 8: 169-173.
  • Zabka M., Nentwig W. 2000. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Krakatau Islands (Indonesia) - a preliminary approach. Ekologia, Bratislava, Suppl. 3, 19: 293-306.
  • Zabka M., Nentwig W. 2001. Are the Krakatau Islands (Indonesia) a good Model-area for the equilibrium theory? A Salticidae (Araneae) perspective. Abstracts, 15th International Congress of Arachnology, Badplaas, p. 186.
  • Zabka M., Nentwig W. 2002. The Krakatau Islands (Indonesia) as a model-area for zoogeographical study, a Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) perspective. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 52: 465-474. [Available as PDF file]
  • Zabka M., Patoleta B. 2004. In Search for Southern Jumping Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Abstracts, IV Southern Connection Congress, Cape Town.
  • Zabka M., Pollard S. 2001. Zoogeography of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of New Zealand - first approach. Abstracts, Abstracts, 15th International Congress of Arachnology, Badplaas, p. 187.
  • Zabka M., Pollard S. 2002. A check-list of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, 16: 73-82.
  • Zabka M., Pollard S. 2002. Hinewaia, a new genus of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from New Zealand. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 52: 597-600. [Available as PDF file]
  • Zabka M., Pollard S. 2002. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of New Zealand: genus Hypoblemum Peckham & Peckham, 1886. Records of the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, 16: 64-72.
  • Zabka M., Pollard S., Anstey M. 2002. Zoogeography of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of New Zealand - first approach. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 52: 459-464. [Available as PDF file]
  • Zabka M., Proszynski J. 1997. Middle European Euophrys C. L. Koch 1434 (Araneae: Salticidae) - one, two or three genera? Abstracts, 17th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Edinburgh, p. 36.
  • Zabka M., Proszynski J. 1998. Middle European Euophrys C. L. Koch 1434 (Araneae: Salticidae) - one, two or three genera? In: Selden P. A. (ed): Proceedings of the 17th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Edinburgh, 1997, pp. 115-120.
  • Zabka M., Richardson B. 2004. Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of different floristic formations in Australia. Abstracts, 16th International Congress of Arachnology, Ghent, p. 185.
  • Zabka M., B. Patoleta & J. Gardzinska. 2007. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Western Pacific Area Revisited. Abstracts, 17th International Congress of Arachnology, Sao Paulo.
  • Davies T. V., Zabka M. 1989. Illustrated keys to the genera of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, 27: 189-266.
  • Gardzińska J., Żabka M. 2005. A revision of spider genus Chalcolecta Simon, 1884 ()Araneae: Salticidae). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 55(3): 437-448 [Available as PDF file]
  • Gardzińska J., Żabka M. 2006. A revision of spider genus Diolenius Thorell 1870 (Araneae: Salticidae). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 56(2): 387-433. [Available as PDF file]
  • Kozlowski M., Zabka M. 2006. Nuptial Feeding in Sitticus terebratus (Clerck, 1757) (Araneae: Salticidae)? Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society, Luton, 105: 6-7.
  • Patoleta B., Zabka M. 1998. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of islands off Australia. Abstracts, XIVth International Congress of Arachnology, Chicago, p. 28.
  • Patoleta B., Zabka M. 1999. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of islands off Australia. Journal of Arachnology, New York, 27: 229-235.
  • Proszynski J., Zabka M. 1980. Remarks on Oligocene Spiders of the Family Salticidae. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, Warszawa, 25: 213-223.
  • Proszynski J., Zabka M. 1983. Genus Tomocyrba (Aranei, Salticidae) - hypothetic survivor of the Amber fauna. Systematic study with description of four new species. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, Krakow, 26: 563-578.
  • Richardson B.J., Zabka M. 2003. Salticidae. In, The Australian Faunal Directory, Arachnida: Araneomorphae. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources www.australasian-arachnology.org/ arachnology/araneae/salticidae/
  • Richardson B.J., Żabka M., Gray M, Milledge G. 2006. Distributional patterns of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia. Journal of Biogeography, Oxford, 33: 707-719.
  • Richardson B. J., Zabka M., Gray M. R., Milledge G.2006. Distributional patterns of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia. Journal of Biogeography 33: 707–719. [Available as PDF file]
  • Stanska M., Hajdamowicz I., Zabka M. 2002. Epigeic spiders of alder swamp forests in Eastern Poland. European Arachnology 2000. W: Toft S., Scharff N. (ed.) Proceedings of the 19th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Aarhus 2000, Aarhus University Press; 191-197.

    Popular articles:
  • Zabka M. 1995. Wielka Rafa Koralowa. Poznaj Świat, 7/8, pp. 11-16.
  • Zabka M. 1998. W papuaskiej duszy. Focus Natura, 2, pp. 54-61.
  • Zabka M. 2000. Piękny jak pająk. Wiedza i Życie, 10, 16-23.
  • Zabka M. 2001. Kochanie, połknąłem dzieciaki. Wiedza i Życie, 5, pp. 18-22
  • Nowakowska M., Zabka M. 1999. Wataha z zaświatów. Gazeta Wyborcza.