Rudy Jocqué


Rudy Jocqué, abbreviated Jocqué, is a Belgian arachnologist.
He worked at the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren. He is a specialist in spiders of the Afrotropical realm.

Field studies

Part of his arachnological taxonomy studies are focused mainly on the families Zodariidae and Linyphiidae. He has also participated in numerous revisions of genera belonging to the families Ctenidae, Lycosidae, and Corinnidae, and evaluates the habitat consistency of numerous references.
In the field of ethology, he has studied the degree of adaptation of spiders to changing forest conditions in Central Africa and their influence on biological diversity.

Expeditions

In the last decade, he has frequently visited Central Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he founded the Mikembo Sanctuary near Lubumbashi. The sanctuary serves as a school for the study of invertebrate biodiversity and promotes education on collection methods and local awareness of the ecological importance of invertebrates.

Taxa named in his honour

Hahnia jocquei Bosmans, 1982Gallieniella jocquei Platnick, 1984Afrilobus jocquei Griswold & Platnick, 1987Thomisus jocquei Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1988Xevioso jocquei Griswold, 1990Evippa jocquei Alderweireldt, 1991Setaphis jocquei Platnick & Murphy, 1996Goleba jocquei Szüts, 2001Oedignatha jocquei Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001Raecius jocquei Griswold, 2002Cheiramiona jocquei Lotz, 2003Garcorops jocquei Corronca, 2003Habronestes jocquei Baehr, 2003Spermophora jocquei Huber, 2003Selenops jocquei Corronca, 2005Zelotes jocquei FitzPatrick, 2007

Described taxa

Akyttara Jocqué, 1987Amphiledorus Jocqué & Bosmans, 2001Antillorena Jocqué, 1991Antoonops Fannes & Jocqué, 2008Araeoncus malawiensis Jocqué, 1981Araeoncus viphyensis Jocqué, 1981Aschema Jocqué, 1991Asteron Jocqué, 1991Australutica Jocqué, 1995Cameroneta longiradix Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983Cameroneta Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983Cavasteron Baehr & Jocqué, 2000Chilumena Jocqué, 1995