Scorpion Research
VICTOR FET
Professor,
Department of Biological Sciences,
Marshall University,
Huntington, West Virginia, USA
Contact
Phone (304) 696-3116
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, Introduction to Biology, DNA Technology, Human Genetics, Cell and Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Arachnology, Biology and Science Fiction, Invertebrate Zoology, Parasitology.
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/barcoding, and genetic engineering. I am also interested in taxonomy, systematics, paleontology, morphology, and various phenomena specific to scorpions, including in particular their sensory organs. I also collaborate on projects in molecular evolution of other animals.
I am actively involved in systematics, faunistics, and taxonomy of scorpions, and published widely on this subject. With my co-authors, I published the Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758-1998) (2000), a “yellow pages” book listing about 1300 species and 170 genera of the existing scorpions, plus about 100 fossil species.
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 have 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 overseas field travels over many years took me to Mexico, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Austria, France, Russia, Slovenia, and New Zealand; I worked with scorpion collections in the natural history museums of the USA, England, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Switzerland, Russia, Greece, and Bulgaria, and studied collections loaned from dozens of other museums. I run a number of cooperative projects with researchers from many countries. In 2005, I was on a sabbatical leave as a Fulbright Scholar Program grant recipient in Bulgaria; and in 2012, on a sabbatical leave as a Fulbright Scholar Program grant recipient in Greece.
I am also the co-editor (together with Frantisek Kovařík and Michael E. Soleglad) of“Euscorpius“, the Occasional Publications in Scorpiology, an online, open-access, peer-reviewed research journal and the only research periodical completely devoted to scorpions, mainly to their systematics.
NOTE THAT ‘Euscorpius’ is now fully migrated to Marshall Digital Scholar:
http://mds.marshall.edu/euscorpius/
Since its inception in 2001, “Euscorpius” published 399 issues authored by 254 zoologists from 53 countries.
In 2002-2024, 426 new species and 30 new genera of scorpions from 81 countries have been described in “Euscorpius”.
My additional interests within biological sciences concern history of biology.
I translated into English a seminal and nearly forgotten Russian work on symbiogenesis by Boris M. Kozo-Polyansky (1924). The book was published in May 2010 by Harvard University Press. This work was co-edited, encouraged and promoted by Professor Lynn Margulis (1938-2011), the leading authority on symbiogenesis and the original author of the serial endosymbiotic theory (SET) of eukaryotic cell origin. On 24 September 2010, Professor Margulis came to Marshall University to celebrate publication of this important book.
Another large translation project embraced an anthology of early writings in human genetics from Russia compiled by V. V. Babkov, 2013. The Dawn of Human Genetics (the original Russian edition published in 2007).
In 2021, with the help of my co-editors Raisa Gorelova and Alexander Kogan, repectively, we published, in Russian, two e-book volumes of memoirs and archive materials about the national parks (zapovedniki) of Turkmenistan, Badghyzskie Arkhivy [The Badghyz Archives], and Danovskiy Arkhiv [The Danov Archive; see below).
PUBLICATIONS:
[for non-biology publications, mainly in Russian, see Other Publications]
BOOKS
Fet, V. & A. Kogan (eds). 2021. The Danov Archive. Published by Marshall University Libraries. 495 pp. E-book. https://mds.marshall.edu/mu_books/3 (in Russian).
Gorelova, R. I. & V. Fet (eds). 2021. The Badkhyz Archives. Vol. I. Published by Marshall University Libraries. 444 pp. E-book. https://mds.marshall.edu/mu_books/1 (in Russian).
Babkov, V. V. 2013. The Dawn of Human Genetics. Translated from Russian by Victor Fet. Edited by James Schwartz. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. 808 pp. Order on Amazon.
Kozo-Polyansky, B. M. 2010. Symbiogenesis: A New Principle of Evolution. Translated from Russian by Victor Fet.Edited by Victor Fet & Lynn Margulis. Introduction by Peter H. Raven. Cambridge–London: Harvard University Press, 198 pp. Order on Amazon.
Fet, V. & A. Popov (eds). 2007. Biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria. Dordrecht-Boston: 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:
2024
Tropea, G., Fet, V., Parmakelis, A., Stathi. 2024. Two new species of Euscorpius (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae) from Bulgaria and Greece. Zoodiversity (Kyiv), 58(1): 1-18. [E. trichasi, E. petarberoni] https://doi.org/10.15407/zoo2024.01.001
Lowe, G. & Fet, V. 2024. A survey of proximal sensilla associated with denticle subrows on scorpion pedipalp fingers (Arachnida: Scorpiones), with observations on scorpion fluorescence. Euscorpius, 382: 1-107. PDF file
Tang, V., Z. Liu, M.R. Graham, V. Fet, F. Kovařík & F. Šťáhlavský. 2024. Revision of the genus Olivierus in Xinjiang, China, with comments on Mesobuthus thersites (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius, 383: 1-58. PDF file
Yağmur, E. A., Kovařík, F., Fet, V., Kurt, R., Hussen, F. S., Al-Khazali, A. M., Kachel, H. S., & Al-Fanharawi, A. A. 2024 . New records of Mesobuthus mesopotamicus (Penther, 1912) in Iraq and Mesobuthus faiki sp. nov. from Turkey (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius, 388: 1-22 PDF file
DeBoer-Ayrey, M., Myers, B. T., Bryson, Jr., R. W., Webber, M. M., Graham, M. R., Lowe, G., Fet, V., & Kovařík, F. 2024. In Memoriam Richard F. Ayrey (1948 – 2024). Euscorpius, 384: 1-11. PDF file
2023
Graham, M. R., W. D. Flint, A.M. Powell, V. Fet & T.K. Pauley. 2023. Phylogeography of the Cow Knob Salamander (Plethodon punctatus Highton): populations on isolated Appalachian mountaintops are disjunct but not divergent. Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science, 1:1175492. http://doi.org/10.3389/famrs.2023.1175492
Kovařík, F., M. Audy, S. M. Sarbu & V. Fet. 2023. Euscorpius sulfur sp. n. (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae), a new cave scorpion from Albania and the northwestern Greece. Euscorpius, 376: 1–14.
2022
Parmakelis, A., Dimitriadou, D., Gkigkiza, E., Karampatsou, L., Stathi, I., Fet, V., Yağmur, E.A. & Kovařík, F. 2022. The evolutionary history of the relict scorpion family Iuridae of the eastern Mediterranean. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution, 177: 107622.
Poverennyi, N.M., Graham, M.R. & Fet, V. 2022. The northernmost Palearctic scorpion. Arthropoda Selecta, 31(2): 213–216.
Kovařík, F., Fet, V., Gantenbein, B., Graham, M.R., Yağmur, E.A., Šťáhlavský, F., Poverennyi, N.M. & Novruzov, N.E. 2022. A revision of the genus Mesobuthus Vachon, 1950, with a description of 14 new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius, 348: 1–189.
Novruzov, N.E., Kovařík, F. & Fet, V. 2022. Mesobuthus zarudnyi sp. n. from Azerbaijan (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius, 347: 1-9.
Tropea, G., Fet, V., Parmakelis, A., Stathi. 2022. Two new species of Euscorpius (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae) from Skyros and Andros Islands, Greece. Zoodiversity (Kyiv), 56(4): 307–322 [E. triantisi, E. simaiakisi] https://doi.org/10.15407/zoo2022.04.307
2021
Fet, V., F. Kovařík, B. Gantenbein & M. R. Graham. 2021. Three new species of Olivierus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Zootaxa, 5006(1): 54-72.
Fet, V. 2021. Lynn Margulis and Boris Kozo-Polyansky: How the Symbiogenesis was translated from Russian. Biosystems. 199, p. 104316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2020.104316.
Ovchinnikova, O.G., M.G. Volkovich & V. Fet. 2021. Remembering Victor Anatolyevich Krivokhatsky (January 20, 1954 – August 18, 2021). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin, 17 (2): 499–509.
Marusik, Y.M. & V. Fet. 2021. Kirill Glebovich Mikhailov: On the occasion of his 60th Birthday (Biography). Zootaxa, 5006(1): 6-12.
2020
Tropea, G., V. Fet, A. Parmakelis, P. Kotsakiozi, I. Stathi & S. Zafeiriou. 2020. Euscorpius lesbiacus sp. n., a new species of scorpion from Lesvos Island, Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 37: 185-195.
Kovařík, F., Fet, V. & Siyam, M. 2020. Тaxonomic position of Orthochirus olivaceus (Karsch, 1881), the type species of the genus Orthochirus Karsch, 1892 (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius, 319: 1-15.
Kovařík, F., Fet, V. & Yağmur, E. A. 2020. Further review of Orthochirus Karsch, 1892 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Asia: taxonomic position of O. melanurus, O. persa, O. scrobiculosus, and description of six new species. Euscorpius, 318: 1-73.
Fet, V. & Kovařík, F. 2020. New scorpion taxa (Arachnida: Scorpiones) described in the journal “Euscorpius” in 2002–2020. Euscorpius, 300: 1-31.
2019
Reznik, S. & V. Fet. 2019. The destructive role of Trofim Lysenko in Russian science. European Journal of Human Genetics, 27: 1324–1325.
Ustyantsev K., Biriukov M., Sukhikh I., Shatskaya N.V., Fet, V., Blinov, A. & Konopatskaya I. D. 2019. Diversity of mariner-like elements in Orthoptera. Vavilov Journal of Genetics and Breeding 23(8):1059-1066
Sukhikh I., Ustyantsev K., Bugrov M., Fet, V. & Blinov, A. 2019. The evaluation of genetic relationships within acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Caelifera, Acrididae) on the subfamily level using molecular markers. Folia Biologica, 67(3).
Graham, M.R., Myers, E.A., Kaiser, R.C. & Fet, V. 2019. Cryptic species and co-diversification in sand scorpions from the Karakum and Kyzylkum deserts of Central Asia. Zoologica Scripta, 48 (6), 801–812.
Fet, V., F. Kovařík & G. Lowe. 2019. Neotype designation for Pectinibuthus birulai Fet, 1984 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Turkmenistan, with remarks on pectine teeth of psammophile scorpions. Euscorpius, 286: 1-14.
Kovařík, F., Štundlová, J., Fet, V., & Šťáhlavský, F. 2019. Seven new Alpine species of the genus Alpiscorpius Gantenbein et al., 1999, stat. n. (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Euscorpius, 287: 1-29.
Kovařík, F., E. A. Yağmur & V. Fet. 2019. Review of Hottentotta described by A. A. Birula, with description of two new species and comments on Birula´s collection (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Euscorpius, 282: 1–30.
Kovařík, F., Yağmur, E. A., Fet, V. & Hussen, F. S. 2019. A review of Orthochirus from Turkey, Iraq, and Iran (Khoozestan, Ilam, and Lorestan Provinces), with descriptions of three new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius, 278: 1-31.
Navidpour, S., Kovařík, F., Soleglad, M. & Fet, V. 2019. Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part X. Alborz, Markazi and Tehran Provinces with a description of Orthochirus carinatus sp. n. (Buthidae). Euscorpius, 276: 1-20.
2018
Fet, V., F. Kovařík, B. Gantenbein, R. C. Kaiser, A.K. Stewart & M. R. Graham. 2018. Revision of the Mesobuthus caucasicus complex from Central Asia, with descriptions of six new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius, 255: 1-77.
Teruel, R., F. Kovařík & V. Fet. 2018. Revision of the Central Asian scorpion genus Anomalobuthus Kraepelin, 1900, with descriptions of three new species and a generic synonymy (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius, 270: 1–45.
Fet, V, Parmakelis A, Stathi I, Tropea G, Kotsakiozi P, Kardaki L, Nikolakakakis M. 2018. Fauna and zoogeography of scorpions in Greece. In: Sfenthourakis S, Pafilis P, Parmakelis A, Poulakakis N, Triantis KA (eds). Biogeography and Biodiversity of the Aegean. In honour of Prof. Moysis Mylonas. Broken Hill Publishers Ltd, Nicosia, Cyprus: 123-134.
2017
Fet, V., M.E. Soleglad, S.L. Zonstein, I. Naaman, S. Lubaton, B. Langford & A. Frumkin. 2017. The second record of a relict Akrav israchanani Levy, 2007 (Scorpiones: Akravidae) from Levana Cave, Israel. Euscorpius, 247: 1-12.
Soleglad, M.E., R.F. Ayrey, M.R. Graham & V. Fet. 2017. Catalinia, a new scorpion genus from southern California, USA and northern Baja California, Mexico (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae). Euscorpius, 251: 1-64.
Tropea, G., V. Fet, A. Parmakelis, P. Kotsakiozi & I. Stathi. 2017. Redescription of Euscorpius tauricus (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae), with the description of two new related species from Greece. Ecologica Montenegrina, 7: 614−638. [E. tauricus, E. amorgensis, E. curcici]
2016
Dunlop, J., D. Legg, P. Selden, V. Fet, J. Schneider & R. Rößler. 2016. Permian scorpions from the Petrified Forest of Chemnitz, Germany. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2016, 16:72.
Fet, V. 2016. Notes on Nabokov’s childhood entomology. In: Fine Lines: Nabokov’s Scientific Art. Ed. by Stephen Blackwell and Kurt Johnson. Yale Univesity Press. Fet, V., M. R. Graham, G. Blagoev, A. Karataş & Ah. Karataş. 2016. DNA barcoding indicates hidden diversity of Euscorpius (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) in Turkey. Euscorpius, 216: 1-20.
Fet, V. & A. Popov. 2016. The scorpion of Vrachanska Planina. Pp. 47-53 in: Bechev D & Georgiev D (eds).Faunistic diversity of Vrachanski Blakan Nature Park. Plovdiv: Plovdiv University, 2016.
Kononov, A., K. Ustyantsev, A. Blinov, V. Fet & Y.N.Baranchikov. 2016. Genetic diversity of aboriginal and invasive populations of four-eyed fir bark beetle Polygraphus proximus Blandford (Coleoptera,Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Agricultural and Forest Entomology (2016), DOI: 10.1111/afe.12161.
Soleglad, M. E., V. Fet, M. R. Graham & R. F. Ayrey. 2016. Graemeloweus, a new scorpion genus from northern California, USA (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae). Euscorpius, 227: 1-38.
Fet, V. 2016. Notes on Nabokov’s childhood entomology. In: Fine Lines: Nabokov’s Scientific Art. Ed. by Stephen Blackwell and Kurt Johnson. Yale Univesity Press, pp. 216-224.
2015
Teruel, R., G. Lowe, V. Fet & K. A. Daniel. 2015. Occurrence of a telson gland in the genus Superstitionia Stahnke, 1940 (Scorpiones: Superstitioniidae). Euscorpius, 204: 1−5.
Tropea, G. & V. Fet. 2015. Two new species of Euscorpius (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) from central-western Greece. Euscorpius, 199: 1−16. [E. giachinoi, E. vailatii]
Tropea, G., V. Fet, A. Parmakelis, P. Kotsakiozi & I. Stathi. 2015a. A new species of Euscorpius (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) from southern Bulgaria. Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 49: 10−20. [E. drenskii]
Tropea, G., V. Fet, A. Parmakelis, P. Kotsakiozi & I. Stathi. 2015b. A new species of Euscorpius from Bulgaria and Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Euscorpius, 207: 1−15. [E. popovi]
Tropea, G., E. A. Yağmur & V. Fet. 2015c. A revision of the Anatolian-Caucasian “Euscorpius mingrelicus complex” (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Euscorpius, 203: 1−32.
Vavilova, V., I. Sormacheva, M. Woyciechowski, N. Eremeeva, V. Fet, A. Strachecka, S.I. Bayborodin & A. Blinov. 2015.Distribution and diversity of Nosema bombi (Microsporidia: Nosematidae) in the natural populations of bumblebees (Bombus spp.) from West Siberia. Parasitol. Res. 114: 3373–3383.
Yağmur, E. A., M. E. Soleglad, V. Fet & F. Kovařík. 2015a. Etudes on iurids, VIII. A new Protoiurus species from the Hidirellez Cave in Antalya, Turkey (Scorpiones: Iuridae). Euscorpius, 200: 1−25.
Yağmur, E. A., F. Kovařík, V. Fet, M. E. Soleglad & F. Yeşilyurt. 2015b. Etudes on iurids, IX. Further analysis of a rare species Protoiurus kadleci (Scorpiones: Iuridae) from Turkey, based on adult males. Euscorpius, 201: 1−18.
2014
Fet, V. 2014. Nabokov’s silverfish. The Nabokovian (University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas), 44.
Fet, V., M.R. Graham, M.M. Webber & G. Blagoev. 2014. Two new species of Euscorpius (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) from Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece. Zootaxa, 3894 (1): 83-105. [E. deltshevi, E. solegladi]
Fet, V., M.E. Soleglad, A. Parmakelis, P. Kotsakiozi & I. Stathi. 2014. Two new species of Euscorpius from Euboea Island, Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Arthropoda Selecta, 23(2): 111-126. [E. birulai, E. mylonasi] https://doi.org/10.15298/arthsel.23.2.03
Kovařík, F., V. Fet & M.E. Soleglad. 2014. Euscorpius yagmuri, a new scorpion species from Epirus, northwestern Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Euscorpius, 193: 1−11.
Tropea, G., V. Fet, A. Parmakelis, P. Kotsakiozi & I. Stathi. 2014. Three new species of Euscorpius (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) from Greece. Euscorpius, 190: 1−22. [E. kinzelbachi, E. stahlavskyi, E. vignai]
Teruel, R., F. Kovařík, S. Navidpour & V.Fet. 2014. The first record of the genus Anomalobuthus Kraepelin, 1900 from Iran, with description of a new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius, 192: 1−10.
2013
Benli, M., E. A. Yağmur & V. Fet. 2013. Etudes on iurids, VII. An SEM study of external morphology ofCalchas birulai Fet et al., 2009 (Scorpiones: Iuridae). Euscorpius, 164: 1−31
Fet, V. 2013a. [Fantastic person, fantastic life]. Fantasticheskie – i chelovek, i sud’ba / Фантастические – и человек, и судьба. Priroda [Nature] (Moscow, Russia), 4: 83-87 (in Russian) [about the life of Raissa L. Berg (1913-2006)].
Fet, V. 2013b. [Notes on scorpions and scorpiologists]. Zametki o skorpionakh i skorpiologakh / Заметки о скорпионах и скорпиологах. Priroda [Nature] (Moscow, Russia), 10: 52-58 (in Russian).
Fet, V. 2013c. [Notes on Nabokov’s childhood entomology]. Zametki o detskoi entomologii Nabokova / Заметки о детской энтомологии Набокова. In: Poberezhye, 21. Philadelphia (in Russian).
Fet, V., M. E. Soleglad, A. Parmakelis, P. Kotsakiozi & I. Stathi. 2013a. Three more species of Euscorpius confirmed for Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Euscorpius, 165: 1−27 [E. scaber, E. ossae, E. candiota] https://doi.org/10.18590/euscorpius.2013.vol2013.iss165.1
Fet, V., M. E. Soleglad, A. Parmakelis, P. Kotsakiozi & I. Stathi. 2013b. A new species of Euscorpius from Tinos Island, Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 23: 3‒10. [E.
Navidpour, S., M.E. Soleglad, V. Fet & F. Kovařík. 2013. Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part IX. Hormozgan Province, with description of Odontobuthus tavighiae sp. n. (Buthidae). Euscorpius, 170: 1−29.
Parmakelis, A., P. Kotsakiozi, G. Tropea, E.A. Yağmur, I. Stathi, V. Fet & M.Е. Soleglad. 2013. DNA markers confirm presence of Euscorpius avcii Tropea et al., 2012 (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) on Samos Island, Greece. Euscorpius, 161: 1−6. https://doi.org/10.18590/euscorpius.2013.vol2013.iss161.1
Parmakelis, A., I. Stathi, P. Kotsakiozi, S. Poulikarakou & V. Fet. 2013. Hidden diversity of Euscorpius (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) in Greece revealed by multilocus species-delimitation approaches. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 110: 728−748. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12170
Tropea, G., V. Fet, A. Parmakelis, P. Kotsakiozi & I. Stathi. 2013. A new species of Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 from Peloponnese, Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Euscorpius, 169: 1−11. [E. erymantheus]
Yağmur, E.A., M.E. Soleglad, V. Fet & F. Kovařík. 2013. Etudes on iurids, VI. Further revision of Calchas Birula, 1899 (Scorpiones: Iuridae), with a description of a new genus and two new species. Euscorpius, 159: 1−37.
2012
Fet, V. 2012. [Slanted truths of Lynn Мargulis]. Nepryamye istiny Lynn Мargulis / Непрямые истины Линн Маргулис. Priroda [Nature] (Moscow, Russia), 8: 67-71 (in Russian).
Fet, V. 2012. [Toward the history of study of symbiogenesis. On the English translation of B. M. Kozo-Polyansky’s A New Principle of Biology (1924) ] K istorii izucheniya simbiogeneza. O perevode na angliiskii yazyk knigi B.M.Kozo-Polyanskogo “Novyy printsip biologii” (1924) / К истории изучения симбиогенеза. O переводe на английский язык книги Б.М. Козо-Полянского «Новый принцип биологии» (1924). Istoriko-biologicheskie issledovaniya [Studies in Historical Biology], St. Petersburg, Russia, 4(2): 125-129 (in Russian, with English summary).
Graham, M.R., V. Oláh-Hemmings & V. Fet. 2012. Phylogeography of co-distributed dune scorpions identifies the Amu Darya River as a long-standing component of Central Asian biogeography (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Zoology in the Middle East, 55: 95−110.
Graham, M.R., P. Stoev, N. Akkari, G. Blagoev & V. Fet. 2012. Euscorpius sicanus (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) from Tunisia: DNA barcoding confirms ancient disjunctions across the Mediterranean Sea. Serket, 25: 16-26.
Graham, M.R., M.M. Webber, G. Blagoev, N. Ivanova & V. Fet. 2012. Molecular and morphological evidence supports the elevation of Euscorpius germanus croaticus Di Caporiacco, 1950 (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) to Euscorpius croaticus stat. nov., a rare species from Croatia. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 21: 41‒50.
Karataş, A., V. Fet & M.M. Gharkheloo. 2012. On the type locality of Mesobuthus vesiculatus (Pocock, 1899) (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius, 147: 1−3.
Navidpour, S., V. Fet, F. Kovařík & M.E. Soleglad. 2012. Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part VIII. Fars Province. Euscorpius, 139: 1−32.
Soleglad, M.E., V. Fet, F. Kovařík & E.A. Yağmur. 2012. Etudes on iurids, V. Further revision of Iurus Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones: Iuridae), with a description of a new genus and two new species. Euscorpius, 143: 1−70.
Soleglad, M.E., F. Kovařík & V. Fet. 2012. A new species of Pseudochactas(Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae) from Afghanistan. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 50: 89−98.
2011
Fet, V. 2011a. [Nabokov’s biogeographic mosaic]. Biogeograficheskaya mozaika Nabokova / Биогеографическая мозаика Набокова. Priroda [Nature] (Moscow, Russia), 10: 88−95 (in Russian).
Fet, V. 2011b. Symbiogenesis in Russia. Pp. 153−158 in: Margulis, L., C.A. Asikainen & W. Krumbein (eds). Chimeras and Consciousness: Evolution of the Sensory Self. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 321 pp.
Fet, V., D.E. Shcherbakov & M.E. Soleglad. 2011. The first record of Upper Permian and Lower Triassic scorpions from Russia (Chelicerata: Scorpiones). Euscorpius, 121: 1−16.
Fet, V., M.E. Soleglad & S.L. Zonstein. 2011. The genus Akrav Levy, 2007 (Scorpiones: Akravidae) revisited. Euscorpius, 134: 1−49.
Kovařík, F., Е.А. Yağmur, V. Fet & S. Navidpour. 2011. On two subspecies of Mesobuthus eupeus (C. L. Koch, 1839) in Turkey (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius, 109: 1−15.
Soleglad, M. E., V. Fet & G. Lowe. 2011. Contributions to scorpion systematics. IV. Observations on the Hadrurus “spadix” subgroup with a description of a new species (Scorpiones: Caraboctonidae). Euscorpius, 112: 1−36.
Navidpour, S., M. Ezatkhah, F. Kovařík, M.E. Soleglad & V. Fet. 2011. Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part VII. Kerman Province. Euscorpius, 131: 1−32.
2010
Fet, V. 2010а. Scorpions of Europe. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 62(1): 3–12.
Fet, V. 2010b. Foreword. P. 5 in: Stockmann, R. & E. Ythier. Scorpions of the World. N.A.P. Editions, 568 pp.
Guerrero, R., L. Margulis & V. Fet. 2010. [Darwin-Wallace Paradigm Shift: Ten days that failed to shake the world]. Sdvig paradigm Darvinom i Uollesom: Desyat’ dnei, kotorye ne potryasli mir. / Сдвиг парадигм Дарвином и Уоллесом: Десять дней, которые не потрясли мир. Istoriko-biologicheskie issledovaniya [Studies in Historical Biology], St. Petersburg, Russia, 2(1): 83-88 (in Russian, translated by V. Fet).
Kovařík, F., V. Fet, M. E. Soleglad & E. A. Yağmur. 2010. Etudes on iurids, III. Revision of the genus Iurus Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones: Iuridae), with a description of two new species from Turkey. Euscorpius, 95: 1–212.
Navidpour, S., H. H. Nayebzadeh, M. E. Soleglad, V. Fet, F. Kovařík & M. H. Kayedi. 2010. Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part VI. Lorestan Province. Euscorpius, 99: 1−23.
Soleglad M. E. & V. Fet. 2010. Further observations on scorpion genera Hadrurus and Hoffmannihadrurus (Scorpiones, Caraboctonidae). ZooKeys, 59: 1−13.
Stathi, I., V. Fet & M. E. Soleglad. 2010. Etudes on iurids, IV. Observations on Calchas gruberi from Megisti Island, Greece (Scorpiones: Iuridae). Euscorpius, 101: 1–9.
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.
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
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.
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: 73–76.
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.
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.
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. (PDF file available upon request)
Fet, V. & M.D. Golubovsky. 2008. Vavilov’s vision for genetics was among Stalin’s many victims. Nature, 455: 27.
Fet, V. & L. Margulis. 2008. [Symbiogenesis and B.M. Kozo-Polyansky]. Simbiogenez i B.M. Kozo-Polyansky / Симбиогенез и Б.M. Козо-Полянский. 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).
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.
Kaltsas, D., I. Stathi & V. Fet. 2008. Scorpions of the Eastern Mediterranean. Pp. 209-246 In: Makarov, S.E. & R.N. Dimitrijević(eds.). Advances in Arachnology and Developmental Biology. Papers dedicated to Prof. Dr. Božidar P.M. Ćurčić. Vienna-Belgrade-Sofia, 517 pp.
Navidpour, S., F. Kovařík, M. E. Soleglad & V. Fet. 2008a. Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part I. Khoozestan Province. Euscorpius, 65: 1–41.
Navidpour, S., M. E. Soleglad, V. Fet & F. Kovařík. 2008b. Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part II. Bushehr Province. Euscorpius, 67: 1–33.
Navidpour, S., V. Fet, F. Kovařík & M. E. Soleglad. 2008c. Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part III. Ilam Province. Euscorpius, 69: 1–29.
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.
Novikova, O., V. Fet & A. Blinov. 2008. Non-LTR retrotransposons in fungi. Functional and Integral Genomics, Aug. 2
Soleglad, M. E. & V. Fet. 2008. Contributions to scorpion systematics. III. Subfamilies Smeringurinae and Syntropinae (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae). Euscorpius, 71: 1–115.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. 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).
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.
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.
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). Russian version: Stranstviya pod sozvezdiem Skorpiona. Nauka iz pervykh ruk, 2006, 6(11): 111–121
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.
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.
Fet, V., M. E. Soleglad & M. S. Brewer. 2006. Laterobasal aculear serrations (LAS) in scorpion family Vaejovidae (Scorpiones: Chactoidea). Euscorpius, 45: 1–19.
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.
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.
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.
Graham, M.R. & V. Fet. 2006. Serrula in retrospect: a historical look at scorpion literature (Scorpiones: Orthosterni). Euscorpius, 48: 1–19.
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.
Kovařík, F. & V. Fet. 2006b. Taxonomic position of the genus Sassanidotus Farzanpay, 1987 (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius, 39: 1–9.
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.
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.
2005
Acosta, L. E. & V. Fet. 2005. Nomenclatural notes in Scorpiones (Arachnida). Zootaxa, 934: 1–12.
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).
Fet, V. & M. E. Soleglad. 2005. Contributions to scorpion systematics. I. On recent changes in high-level taxonomy. Euscorpius, 31: 1–13.
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.
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.
Soleglad, M. E. & V. Fet. 2005a. A new scorpion genus (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) from Mexico. Euscorpius, 24: 1–13.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
Soleglad, M. E. & V. Fet. 2004. The systematics of scorpion subfamily Uroctoninae (Scorpiones: Chactidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 10: 81–128.
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.
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.
Fet, V. 2003b. To spell or not to spell: again on Rowlandius jarmillae Armas & Cockendolpher, 2001 (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnologia, 8: 44.
Fet, V., B. Gantenbein, A. V. Gromov, G. Lowe & W. R. Lourenço. 2003. The first molecular phylogeny of Buthidae (Scorpiones). Euscorpius, 4: 1–10.
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). English translation published in: Entomological Review, 2003, 83, Suppl. 2: 249-252
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fet, V. , M. E. Soleglad, B. Gantenbein, V. Vignoli, N. Salomone, E. V. Fet & P. J. Schembri. 2003. New molecular and morphological data on the “Euscorpius carpathicus” species complex (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) from Italy, Malta, and Greece justify the elevation of E. c. sicanus (C. L. Koch, 1837) to the species level. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 110(2): 355–379.
Gantenbein, B., V. Fet & A. V. Gromov. 2003. The first DNA phylogeny of four species of Mesobuthus Vachon, 1950 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Eurasia. Journal of Arachnology, 31(3): 412–420.
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.
Soleglad, M. E. & V. Fet. 2003a. The scorpion sternum: structure and phylogeny (Scorpiones: Orthosterni). Euscorpius, 5: 1–34. https://doi.org/10.18590/euscorpius.2003.vol2003.iss5.1
Soleglad, M. E. & V. Fet. 2003b. High-level systematics and phylogeny of the extant scorpions (Scorpiones: Orthosterni). Euscorpius, 11: 1–175.
A review of Soleglad & Fet (2003b) by J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson in the Newsletter of British Arachnological Society.
2002
Fet, V. 2002. Correction of the original spelling for Rowlandius jarmillae Armas & Cokendolpher, 2001 (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 5: 90.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2001
Capes, E. M. & V. Fet. 2001. A redescription of the scorpion genus PlesiobuthusPocock, 1900 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Pakistan. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg, 13(164): 295–304.
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.
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 correct family name which should be used now is Hormuridae.
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.
Fet, V., M. Kuntner & B. Sket. 2001. Scorpions 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Soleglad, M. E. & V. Fet. 2001. Evolution of scorpion orthobothriotaxy: a cladistic approach. Euscorpius, 1: 1–38.
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.
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.
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.
Fet, V. 2000k. Gary Allan Polis (1946-2000). Arthropoda Selecta (Moscow), 8(4): 293-295.
Fet, V. 2000l. Gary Allan Polis (1946-2000). Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society, 89: 14-15.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Science, 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.
Sissom, W. D. & V. Fet. 1998. Redescription of Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Southwestern Asia. Journal of Arachnology, 26: 1-8.
Sissom, W. D., V. Fet & M. E. Braunwalder. 1998. Case 3031. ParuroctonusWerner, 1934 (Arachnida, Scorpiones): proposed conservation. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 55(1): 17-19. 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.
Fet, V. 1997b. Note on Euscorpius carpathicus (Linnaeus, 1767) (Scorpiones, Chactidae) from the Crimea. Journal of Arachnology, 25: 106-108.
Fet, V. 1997c. Notes on the taxonomy of some Old World scorpions (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Chactidae, Ischnuridae, Scorpionidae). Journal of Arachnology, 25(3): 245-250.
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: ScorpiobuthusWerner 1939 = Uroplectes Peters 1862 (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Journal of Arachnology, 25(3): 408-409.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fet V. 1993b. The spider genus Cedicus Simon, 1875 (Arachnida, Aranei, Agelenidae) from Middle Asia. Arthropoda Selecta, 2(1): 69-75.
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 I ekologiya paukov i skorpionov [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.
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.
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.
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).
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).
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).
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.
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).
1985
Fet, V. 1985a. Ecological distribution of spiders of Syunt-Khasardagh Reserve. In: Rastitelnost i zhivotnyi mir Zapadnogo Kopetdaga [The Vegetation and Animal Life of Western Kopetdagh], Ashkhabad, Ylym, pp. 271-277 (in Russian).
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: 8th All-Union Zoogeographical Conference, Leningrad, 6-8 February 1985, pp. 258-259 (in Russian).
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).
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).
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 i ekologiya paukoobraznykh [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: Shcherbak, N. N. (ed.) Priroda Central’nogo Kopetdaga [Nature of the Central Kopetdagh]. Ashkhabad: Ylym (in Russian).
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).
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).
Fet, V. & G. L. Kamakhina. 1982. The vegetation of West Kopetdagh. Pp. 32-37 In: Nechaeva, N.T. (ed). Priroda Zapadnogo Kopetdaga [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).
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).
1980
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). published in English in 1981:
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).
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).
1977
Dymshits, G. M. & V. Fet. Protein factor from regenerating rat liver destabilizing secondary DNA structure. Molecular Biology (Moscow), 11(3): 531-536 (in Russian).
Selected Presentations
2021
Kovařík, F., V. Fet & E. A Yağmur. 2021. On the trace of old Russian collectors: genus Orthochirus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Central Asia and Iran. 32d European Congress of Arachnology. Greifswald, Germany, August 2021. (Virtual)
2020
Fet, V. 2020. Fauna and zoogeography of scorpions in Caucasus. American Arachnological Society Meeting. July 2021. (Virtual)
Fet, V. 2020. Fauna and zoogeography of scorpions in Caucasus (invited speaker). International Conference on Arachnology of Caucasus. Tbilisi, Georgia, February 2021. (Virtual)
2019
Fet, V., Parmakelis A., Tropea G., Kotsakiozi P., Stathi I., 2019. Fauna and zoogeography of scorpions in Greece 21st International Congress of Arachnology. Christchurch, New Zealand, February 2019.
2014
Fet, V. Scorpions and their niche: insights for fossil record. Symposium on soil and litter organisms and their habitats – a geological retrospective. 11-12 September 2014, Görlitz, Germany.
Fet, V. et al. Euroscorpion revisited: Not-so-cryptic diversity of Euscorpius (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). 28th European Congress of Arachnology. Turin, Italy, August 2014.
Karampatsou, L., Yağmur E.A, Fet V., KotsakioziP., Soleglad M.E., Terzopoulou S, Balanika K., Vasilopoulou-Kampitsi M., Voutsela A., Parmakelis A. The molecular phylogeny of Iuridae (Scorpiones: Iuida: Iuroidea) in the eastern Mediterranean. 36th Congress of Hellenic Society of Biological Sciences, May 8-10, Ioannina, Greece.
2012
Fet, V. The diverse scorpions of the Aegean. 12th International Congress on the Zoogeography and Ecology of Greece and Adjacent Regions (ICZEGAR), June 18-22, 2012, Athens, Greece.
Parmakelis, A., P. Kotsakiozi, S. Poulikarakou, I. Stathi & V. Fet. 2012. Ancient scorpions of Greece: DNA phylogeny of Euscorpius (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). International Congress on the Zoogeography and Ecology of Greece and Adjacent Regions (ICZEGAR), June 18-22, 2012, Athens, Greece.
2011
Fet, V., M.E. Soleglad & S.L. Zonstein. 2011. The genus Akrav Levy, 2007 (Scorpiones: Akravidae) revisited. 26th European Congress of Arachnology, Sede Boqer, Israel, September 2011.
2010
Fet, V., G. Blagoev, N. Ivanova, M. Komnenov. 2010. DNA barcoding of the Balkan scorpions: preliminary results. 17th International Congress of Arachnology, Siedlce, Poland, July 2010.
Fet, V. 2010. Ecological niches of Professor Fet. August 10, 2010. Eureka Science Cafe, Novosibirsk, Russia (in Russian).
Fet, V. 2010. Scorpion species-level systematics as guided by DNA markers. March 25, 2010. Ontario Biodiversity Institute, Guelph, Canada.
2009
Fet, V. 2009. Scorpions of Greece and adjacent lands: current advances in systematics. 25th European Congress of Arachnology, Alexandroupolis, Greece, August 16-21, 2009.
2008
Fet, V. 2008. Zoological label as literary form. Symposium: 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. Symposium: 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 Science, 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.
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. Electrochaerilus(Scorpiones: Chaerilidae): Another piece in the Mesozoic scorpion puzzle. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 7-10 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, Colorado, 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.
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.
1999
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.
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, Kavala, Greece, May 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.
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.
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.
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 Science. 71(1): 2.
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. 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).
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).
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) .
1985
Fet, V. 1985. Ecological evolution of scorpions. Abstracts of IX International Colloquium on Soil Zoology, Moscow, August 1985 (in Russian).
AVOCATIONS
I published poetry and drama, mostly in Russian language, in books, journals, and on the Web
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.
Other poetry books (all in Russian), Mnogoye neyasno [Many Things Unclear] (2004); Otblesk [A Gleam}, 2008); Izvestnoe nemnogim [Known to a Few] (2013); Po etu storonu [On This Side] (2016), etc
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.
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