Vladimir Ovtcharenko

Ph.D., Hostos Community College

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Research Interests

Research Associate of Division of Invertebrate Zoology, AMNH and Assistant Professor of Hostos Community College of the City University of New York. Research interests: taxonomy of ground spiders family Gnaphosidae, goblin spiders family Oonopidae; spiders of northern Asia and Caribbean Islands.

Publications

1977. Ovtsharenko, V. I. The fauna and the distribution of spiders on the territory of the Caucasian Natural Reserve. The Bulletin of the Leningrad University, vol. 2, p.128. 

1978. Ovtsharenko, V. I. Spiders of the family Salticidae (Aranei) of the Great Caucasus. Entomology Review, vol. 57, n.3, pp.682-686. 

1979. Ovtsharenko, V. I. Spiders of the family Gnaphosidae, Thomisidae, Lycosidae (Aranei) of the Great Caucasus. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, vol.85, pp.39-53. 

1979. Ovtsharenko, V. I. The investigation of the morphological peculiarities of the close species of spiders by means of the Scanning Electronic Microscope. In: Structural - functional aspects of cells, tissues and organ investigation, p.167. 

1979. Zyuzin, A. A. and V. I. Ovtsharenko. Taxonomic notes about the Pardosa incerta Nosek (Aranei, Lycosidae), a new species of spiders of the USSR fauna. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, vol.85, pp.60-64. 

1980. Ovtsharenko, V. I. and V. Y. Fet. The fauna and the ecology of the spiders (Aranei) of Badhyz (Turkmen Republic). Entomology Review, vol. 52, n.2, pp.442-447. 

1980. Litvinova, A. N., A. S. Shlachtenok and V. I. Ovtsharenko. Fauna of spiders (Aranei) of Byelorussia. Article published by "VINITI" N 3114-80. 

1980. Litvinova, A. N., A. S. Shlachtenok and V. I. Ovtsharenko. Level distribution of spiders in pine forests. Vestnik of Byelorussia of the Academy of Sciences, ser. biol., n.6, pp.98-102. 

1981. Ovtsharenko, V. I. Morphological structure of pedipalps of the spider Haplodrassus signifer (C. L. Koch)(Aranei, Gnaphosidae). In: Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, vol.106, pp.57-65. 

1982. Ovtsharenko, V. I. Systematic list of spiders of the family Gnaphosidae of the European part of the USSR and the Caucasus. Entomology Review, vol. 61, n.4, pp.830-844. 

1985. Ovtsharenko, V. I. Cuticular microstructure of the spider family Gnaphosidae (Aranei) and its use in the systematics. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, vol.139, pp.27-35. 

1986. Ovtsharenko, V. I. and Y. P. Krasnobaev. The fauna of the spiders (Aranei) of Kuibishev Region. In: Ecological Investigation in the Central Volga Region, pp.89-98. 

1986. Ovtsharenko, V. I. and L. Ojungargal. Spiders of Eastern Mongolia. In: Natural conditions and biological resources of the People's Republic of Mongolia, Moscow, pp.175-176. 

1988. Ovtsharenko, V. I. The faunogenetic composition of spiders of the family Gnaphosidae of the USSR. In: XI Europaisches Arachnologisches Colloquium, Helf. 23, pp.261-266. 

1988. Ovtsharenko, V. I. and Y. M. Marusik. Spiders of the family Gnaphosidae (Aranei) of the North-East of the USSR (The Magadan Province). Entomology Review, vol. 67, n.1, pp.204-217. 

1988. Ovtsharenko, V. I. The modern geographical range of the black widow spider Latrodectus tredecimguttatus (Rossi, 1970) on the territory Palearctic. In: Proceedings of the 5th All-Union meeting "Species and its productiveness in an areal". Tbilisi 10-12, November 1988, pp.203-205. 

1989. Ovtsharenko, V. I. Cuticular microstructure of the Gnaphosidae spiders family (Arachnida, Aranei). In: Fauna and ecology of spiders and scorpions. Arachnological Proceeding. Academy of Sciences of the USSR, "Nauka", Moscow, pp.5-14. 

1989. Ovtsharenko, V. I. Cuticular microstructure of spiders and its usage in the classification of Gnaphosidae family. Reports from the Department of Biology, University of Turku, n.19, p.70. 

1990. Ovtsharenko, V. I. and L. G. Savelyeva. Fauna of spiders of the family Gnaphosidae (Araneae) of Eastern Kazakhstan region. In: Environment Protection and Exploitation of Natural Resources of Priirtishya, Ust-Kamenogorsk, vol.2, pp.194-196. 

1991. Ovtsharenko, V. I. and N. I. Platnick. On the spider genus Fedotovia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). The Journal of Arachnology, vol.19, n.2, pp.102-104. 

1991. Platnick, N. I. and V. I. Ovtsharenko. On Eurasian and American Talanites (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). The Journal of Arachnology, vol.19, n.2, pp.115-121.

1992. Ovtsharenko, V. I. Recent geographic distribution of the tribe Pterotrichini (Aranei, Gnaphosidae) in Palearctic. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, vol.226, pp.129-131. 

1992. Ovtsharenko, V. I. Zoogeography of the genus Gnaphosa  (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North Asia. In: XII International Congress of Arachnology, Brisbane, July 1992. Abstacts. p.59. 

1992. Ovtsharenko, V. I., K. Y. Eskov and Y. M. Marusik. The International Arachnological Congress held in Finland. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, vol.226, pp.138-141. 

1992. Ovtsharenko, V. I. and Y. M. Marusik. Taxonomical notes on spiders (Aranei), described by A.Grube. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, vol.226, pp.70-73. 

1992. Ovtsharenko, V.I. and L. G. Savelyeva. Analysis of the fauna of spiders of the family Gnaphosidae of Eastern Kazakhstan. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, vol.226, pp.194-196. 

1992. Antonov S. M., L. G. Magazanik, V. I. Ovtsharenko, Ch. K. Tarabajev and I. M. Fedorova. Mechanisms of action of spider's venom and their role in taxonomy. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, vol.226, pp.111-112. 

1992. Savelyeva, L. G. and V. I. Ovtsharenko. Fauna and distribution of the spider family Gnaphosidae of the eastern Kazakhstan region. In: XII International Congress of Arachnology, Brisbane, July 1992. Abstacts. p.72. 

1992. Ovtsharenko, V. I., N. I. Platnick, and D. X. SONG. A Review of the North Asian Ground Spiders of the Genus Gnaphosa(Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., n. 212, 88 pp. 

1993. Ovtsharenko, V. I. The Ground Spider of the Genus Synaphosus  (Gnaphosidae): taxonomy and zoogeography. American Arachnology, No. 48, p. 8. 

1994. Ovtsharenko, V. I., G. Levy, and N. I. Platnick. A Review of the Ground Spider Genus Synaphosus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Am. Mus. Novitates., n.3095, 27 pp. 

1994. Ovtsharenko, V. I. The remarkable montane distribution of ground spiders of the genus Parasyrisca (Gnaphosidae) in the Holarctic. American Arachnology, No. 50, p. 7-8. 

1995. Ovtsharenko, V. I., N. I. Platnick, and Y. M. Marusik. A Review of the Holarctic Ground Spider Genus Parasyrisca (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Am. Mus. Novitates., n.3147, 55 pp. 

1995. Ovtsharenko, V. I. Spiders at Home. In: Rotunda, Vol.20, No.3, p.4. 

1995. Ovtsharenko, V. I. Biodiversity of the North Asian Ground Spider Family Gnaphosidae (Araneae). In: XIIIth International Congress of Arachnology, 3rd to 8th September, 1995, Museum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland. Abstracts. p. 41. 

1995. Ovtsharenko, V. I. The Australasian Ground Spiders of the Genus Anzacia (Gnaphosidae): Taxonomy and distribution. American Arachnology, n. 52, p.6. 

1995. Ovtsharenko, V. I. and N. I. Platnick. On the Australasian Ground Spider Genera Anzacia and Adelphodrassus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Am. Mus. Novitates, n. 3154, 16 pp. 

1995. Platnick, N. I. and V. I. Ovtsharenko. An Australian ground spider of the genus Zelotes (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Rec. West. Aust. Mus., 52: 131-133. 

1996. Ovtsharenko, V. I. and Yu. M. Marusik. Additional data on the spiders of the family Gnaphosidae (Aranei) of the North-East of Asia. Entomological studies in the North-East of the USSR, (1991), Vladivostok, pp. 114-130. 

1997. Ovtsharenko, V. I. The North Asian Ground Spiders of the Family Gnaphosidae (Araneae): Current Results. In: XVII European Colloquium of Arachnology, Edinburgh, 14th-18th July, 1997, p.26. 

1998. Ovtsharenko, V. I. and N. I. Platnick. Taxonomical Notes on the Ground Spider Genus Gnaphosa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Am. Mus. Novitates., n.3234, 4 pp. 

1998. Ovtsharenko, V. I. Biodiversity of the Australian ground spider of the family Gnaphosidae: preliminary results. In: XIV International Congress of Arachnology, June 28 to July 3, 1998, The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA. p. 27. 

1999. Ovtsharenko, V. I. The gnaphosid genera Homoeothele and Ceryerda (Araneae) in Australia: biology and taxonomy. In: 18^th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Stara Lesna, July 12 to 17, 1999, Slovakia, p. 42. 

2001. Ovtsharenko, V. I. The Australian Ground Spiders of the Family Gnaphosidae. In XV International Congress of Arachnology, March 26 to 30, 2001, Badplaas, South Africa. p. 123. 

2001. Platnick, N. I., V. I. Ovtsharenko, and J. A. Murphy. A Review of the Ground Spider Genus Scotognapha (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), and its Radiation on the Canary and Salvage Islands. Amer. Mus. Novitates., n. 3338, 22 pp. 

2002. Ovtsharenko, V. The ground spiders (Gnaphosidae) of Australia: SEM ultrastructural data. In: 20^th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Szombathely, July 22 to 26, 2002, Hungary, p. 92. 

2002. Ovtsharenko, V., K. Catley and A. Tanasevitch. Biodiversity of spiders of the Black Rock Forest. In: 20^th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Szombathely, July 22 to 26, 2002, Hungary, p. 93. 

2004. Ovtsharenko, V. The Australasian Ground Spiders Family Gnaphosidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea): a Review at the Generic Level. In: XVI International Congress of Arachnology, Gent University, August 2-7, 2004, Gent, Belgium, p. 118. 

2004. Ovtsharenko, V. Spinnerets Morphology of Ground Spiders of Australia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). In: 28th Annual Meeting of the American Arachnological Society, University of Oklahoma, June 23-27, 2004, Norman, OK, pp. 23-24. 

2005. Ovtsharenko, V. Ground spiders (Gnaphosidae) in Australia: a new characteristic of the subfamily Zelotinae. In: 29th Annual meeting of the American Arachnological Society, July 26-30, 2005, University of Akron, OH, USA, p. 31. 

2005. Fedoryak, M, Ovtcharenko, V. and B. Zakharov. Distribution and relation of ground spider's genus Taieria (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in Australasia. In: 29th Annual meeting of the American Arachnological Society, July 26-30, 2005, University of Akron, OH, USA, p. 24. 

2006. Ovtsharenko, V. I. & M. M. Fedoryak, and B. P. Zakharov "Ground spiders of genus Taieria Forster, 1979 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in New Zealand: taxonomy and distribution". In C. Deltshev & P. Stoev (eds.), European Arachnology 2005. Acta zool. bulg. Suppl. 1: 87-94. 

2006. Fedoryak, M. M., & V. I. Ovtcharenko and B. P. Zakharov. "Distribution and relation of ground spider's genus Taieria (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in Australasia." In: Naukowyi Wisnyk Chernivetskoho Universitetu: Zbirnyk naukovyh prats. - Vol. 297, Biology, Chernivtsy National University, Chernivtsi, pp.160-164. 

2006. Ovtcharenko, V.I. & T.V. Piterkina, and K.G. Mikhailov. "Ground spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) of semi-desert of Western Kazakhstan." In: 30th Annual meeting of the American Arachnological Society, June 17-21, 2006, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA, p. 30. 

2006. Ovtcharenko, V. I. and B. P. Zakharov. "A peculiar Encoptarthria group of ground spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from Australia." In: 30th Annual meeting of the American Arachnological Society, June 17-21, 2006, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA, p. 30. 

2006. Ovtcharenko, V. I. Spiders of subfamily Hemicloeinae (Araneae, Gnaphosidae): Who are they? In: 23^th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Sitges, Barcelona, September 4th to 8th, Spain, p. 85 

2007. Ovtcharenko, V. & K. Polanco. Biodiversity of spiders of Dominican Republic. In: 31st Annual meeting of the American Arachnological Society, July 13-17, 2007, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA, p. 35. 

2007. Ovtcharenko, V. & J. Trachman. Association of Ground spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) with bacterial microorganisms. What we know about it? In: XVII International Congress of Arachnology, August 5-10, 2007, San Pedro, San Paulo, Brazil, p. 253. 

2007. Piterkina T. V. & V .I. Ovtcharenko. Ecology and long-term dynamics of ground spiders (Gnaphosidae, Araneae) in semidesert zone of West Kazakhstan. In: XVII International Congress of Arachnology, August 5-10, 2007, San Pedro, Brazil, p. 181. 

2007. Zakharov, B. & V. Ovtcharenko.    Structure of genital organs and mating process of spider Hemicloea sundevalli Thorell, 1870 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). In: XVII International Congress of Arachnology, August 5-10, 2007, San Pedro, San Paulo, Brazil, p. 143. 

2007. Piterkina T. V. & V .I. Ovtcharenko. Interesting Finding of Spiders of the Families Gnaphosidae and Liocranidae (Aranei) from the Semidesert of the Northern Caspian Lowland Entomological Review, Vol 87, No 9, PP.1317-1324. 

2008. Trachman, J., Ovtcharenko, V.  "Microbial Association with the exterior of certain spiders"  In: In Vivo 29(2): 24. Winter 2008. 

2008. Ovtcharenko, V. “Biodiversity of Spiders of Hudson Highlands” PP.40. In:  Northeast Natural History Conference X April 17-18, 2008: A forum for current research.  Albany, NY. 

2008. Trachman, J. and V. Ovtcharenko. Microbial Carriage by Spiders (Aranae) from Different Rural Habitats of New York. P.55.  In:  Northeast Natural History Conference X  April 17-18, 2008: A forum for current research.  Albany, NY. 

2008. Ovtcharenko V.I. & J.D.Trachman. “Spiders (Aranei) and their association with microorganisms”. Arthropoda Selecta, 17 (3-4), pp. 203-209. 

2008. Piterkina T.V. & V.I. Ovtcharenko. “Fauna and ecology of gnaphosid (Aranei: Gnaphosidae) in clay semidesert of Western Kazakhstan. Arthropoda Selecta, 17 (3-4), pp.175-184. 

2008. Piterkina T.V. & V.I. Ovtcharenko. “Fauna, ecology and long-term dynamics of spiders of the family Gnaphosidae (Aranei) in clay semidesert of Volga-Ural interfluve, In: “The proceedings of 15th All-Russian Colloquium of Soil Zoology”, Nov. 17-21, pp.56-58.