Dmitri Viktorovich Logunov (born 25 May 1962, Volgograd) is a Russian arachnologist.
Biography In 1979, he graduated from school in Batumi. In 1985, he graduated from the Faculty of Biology of Leningrad State University, defending a dissertation on spiders, which became his main field of study.Siberian Zoological Museum, Dmitri Viktorovich LOGUNOV
From 1996 to 2001, he was curator of the arachnid collection at the Zoological Museum of Novosibirsk. In 2001, he moved to Manchester, where he is curator of arthropods at the Manchester Museum of the University of Manchester. He is a member of numerous international associations in the fields of arachnology and entomology. He has authored more than 150 scientific publications, mainly on the systematics, taxonomy, and morphology of spiders, particularly the family Salticidae. He has described 296 spider species and two species of harvestmen, as well as 11 spider genera and three subgenera.Mikhailov, K. G.; Marusik, Yu. M. "Jubilee". // Arthropoda Selecta, 2012. (In Russian)
Eponyms Nineteen spider species, four beetle species, one harvestman, one fossil neuropteran, and one fossil bird species have been named in his honour.
1990: Clubiona logunovi Mikhailov, 1990 1992: Harpactea logunovi Dunin, 1992 1993: Asthenargoides logunovi Eskov, 1993 1994: Styloctetor logunovi (Eskov & Marusik, 1994) 1995: Parasyrisca logunovi Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 1996: Incestophantes logunovi Tanasevitch, 1996 Pellenes logunovi Marusik, Hippa & Koponen, 1996 2000: Cebrennus logunovi Jäger, 2000 Mogrus logunovi Prószynski, 2000 Mughiphantes logunovi Tanasevitch, 2000 2001: Micaria logunovi Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2001 2004: Acantholycosa logunovi Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2004 Aelurillus logunovi Azarkina, 2004 Oreoneta logunovi Saaristo & Marusik, 2004 Phlegra logunovi Azarkina, 2004 Xysticus logunovi Seyfulina & Mikhailov, 2004 2005: Xysticus logunovi Ono & Martens, 2005 2011: Pardosa logunovi Kronestedt & Marusik, 2011 Piratula logunovi Omelko, Marusik & Koponen, 2011 2023: Kovalius logunovi Tchemeris, 2023
Monographs Logunov, D.V., Marusik, Yu.M. (2000). Catalogue of the jumping spiders of northern Asia (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae). Moscow: KMK Sci. Press Ltd. 299 pp. Logunov, D.V., Marusik, Yu.M. (2003). A revision of the genus Yllenus Simon, 1868 (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae). Moscow: KMK Sci. Press Ltd. 167 pp. Marusik, Yu.M., Logunov, D.V., Koponen, S. (2000). Spiders of Tuva. South Siberia. Magadan: IBPN FEB RAS. 252 pp.
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