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Tang, G. M., Urita, Song, D. X. & Zhao, Y. W. (1997b). A new species and a new record of the genus Micaria (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from China. Acta Arachnologica Sinica 6: 13-16.
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Tang, G. M., Oldemtu, Zhao, Y. W. & Song, D. X. (1999b). A new species of the genus Drassodes from Helanshan, Inner Mongolia, China (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 24: 27-29.
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Rix, M. G., Wilson, J. D. & Harvey, M. S. (2019). A revision of the white-headed spiny trapdoor spiders of the genus Euoplos (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae: Arbanitinae): a remarkable lineage of rare mygalomorph spiders from the south-western Australian biodiversity hotspot. Journal of Arachnology 47(1): 63-76. doi:10.1636/0161-8202-47.1.63
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Lin, S. W., Lopardo, L., Haase, M. & Uhl, G. (2019a). Taxonomic revision of the dwarf spider genus Shaanxinus Tanasevitch, 2006 (Araneae, Linyphiidae, Erigoninae), with new species from Taiwan and Vietnam. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 19(2): 211-276. doi:10.1007/s13127-018-00389-6
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Irfan, M., Zhou, G. C. & Peng, X. J. (2019). Zhezhoulinyphia gen. nov. (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Yunnan, China. ZooKeys 862: 43-60. doi:10.3897/zookeys.862.31406
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Ruiz, G. R. S., Maddison, W. P. & Galiano, M. E. (2019). A revision of the concept of Mago O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882, and proposal of a new genus (Araneae: Salticidae: Amycini). Zootaxa 4658(1): 124-140. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4658.1.5
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Brescovit, A. D., Vasconcellos-Neto, J. & Villanueva-Bonilla, G. A. (2020). Notes on the “Pinocchio-cobweb-spider” Craspedisia cornuta (Keyserling, 1891) from southeastern of Brazil (Theridiidae, Pholcommatinae). Zootaxa 4750(2): 211-224. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4750.2.5
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Zhu, M. S., Lian, W. G. & Ono, H. (2004). A new species of the genus Lysiteles (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Hainan Island, China. Acta Arachnologica 53(1): 53-55. doi:10.2476/asjaa.53.53
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Cokendolpher, J. C., Peck, R. W. & Niwa, C. G. (2005). Mygalomorph spiders from southwestern Oregon, USA, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 1058: 1-34. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1058.1.1
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Uhl, G., Sacher, P., Weiss, I. & Kraus, O. (1992). Europäische Vorkommen von Tetragnatha shoshone (Arachnida, Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 33: 247-261.
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Marusik, Y. M., Zheng, G. & Li, S. Q. (2008). A review of the genus Paratus Simon (Araneae, Dionycha). Zootaxa 1965: 50-60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1965.1.2
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Marusik, Y. M., Mikhailov, K. G. & Kuzmin, E. A. (2015). On the synonymy of Tetragnatha qiuae (Aranei: Tetragnathidae). Arthropoda Selecta 24(4): 443-444. doi:10.15298/arthsel.24.4.07
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Chamé-Vázquez, D., Campuzano, E. F. & Ibarra-Núñez, G. (2021). A new species of the genus Phonotimpus Gertsch & Davis (Araneae: Phrurolithidae) from Mexico and the transfer of Gosiphrurus schulzefenai Chamberlin & Ivie to Phonotimpus. Zootaxa 4938(5): 571-580. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4938.5.4
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Zhou, G. C., Irfan, M. & Peng, X. J. (2021). A new species of Denisiphantes Tu, Li & Rollard, 2005 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Yunnan, China.. ZooKeys 1023: 1-12. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1023.62025
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Liu, J. X., Xu, X., Hormiga, G. & Yin, H. Q. (2021d). New species of the pirate spider genus Mimetus Hentz, 1832 from China with a cladistic hypothesis on their phylogenetic placement (Araneae, Mimetidae). Zootaxa 5020(1): 1-30. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5020.1.1
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Hormiga, G., Kulkarni, S., Moreira, T. da Silva & Dimitrov, D. (2021). Molecular phylogeny of pimoid spiders and the limits of Linyphiidae, with a reassessment of male palpal homologies (Araneae, Pimoidae). Zootaxa 5026(1): 71-101. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5026.1.3
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Zhu, M. S., Lian, W. G. & Chen, H. M. (2006). Two new species of the genera Larinia and Cyclosa from China (Araneae: Cybaeidae [sic]). Acta Arachnologica 55(1): 15-18. doi:10.2476/asjaa.55.15
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Duffey, E., Locket, G. H. & Millidge, A. F. (1954). On some spiders collected in East Suffolk and Essex. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12) 7(78): 474-478. doi:10.1080/00222935408656064
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Martínez, L., Brescovit, A. D. & Cuervo, L. G. Q. (2022). Revealing the diversity of ant-eating spiders in Colombia I: morphology, distribution and taxonomy of the barronus group of the genus Tenedos O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 (Araneae: Zodariidae). Zootaxa 5130(1): 1-154. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5130.1.1
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Locket, G. H., Millidge, A. F. & Helsdingen, P. J. van (1978). Proposed use of Plenary Powers to conserve the specific name tenebricola, as published in Linyphia by Wider, 1834, but in the sense of Kulczynski, 1887 (Arachnida). Z.N.(S.) 2143. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 35(1): 44-46.
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Alviola, G. L., Mohagan, A. B. & Janicki, M. (2021). New species of genus Gasteracantha (Araneae: Araneidae) in Mindanao, Philippines. International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Bioresearch 6(2): 11-14. doi:10.35410/IJAEB.2021.5617
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Zamani, A., Al-Yacoub, G. A. A. & Najim, S. A. (2022). New data on Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of Iraq. Evolutionary Systematics 6(2): 143-150. doi:10.3897/evolsyst.6.87158
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Bourque, F., Perreault, J., Arbour, G. & Paquin, P. (2022). Premières mentions canadiennes de Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall 1867) (Pholcidae), une espèce introduite en Amérique du Nord. Hutchinsonia 2: 27-30.
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Locket, G. H., Millidge, A. F. & Merrett, P. (1974). British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp.
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Asima, A., Caleb, J. T. D. & Prasad, G. (2023b). A new species of Pancorius Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Western Ghats, India. Arachnology 19(6): 931-935. doi:10.13156/arac.2023.19.6.931
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Harvey, M. S., Wilson, J. D. & Rix, M. G. (2023a). Three new species of the open-holed trapdoor spider genus Kwonkan (Mygalomorphae: Anamidae) from central Australia. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 21: 1-9. doi:10.54102/ajt.l6he8
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Marusik, Y. M., Mikhailov, K. G. & Zamani, A. (2023). The first case of an abnormally developed bulb in Dictynidae, and the first case of a malformed conductor in spiders (Arachnida: Aranei). Arthropoda Selecta 32(4): 455-458. doi:10.15298/arthsel.32.4.09
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Carvalho, L. S., Braga-Pereira, G. F. & Santos, A. J. (2024). Two new species of Fernandezina Birabén, 1951 (Araneae, Palpimanidae) from cave and epigean habitats in Brazil. Zootaxa 5415(1): 181-192. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5415.1.9
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Huber, B. A., Meng, G. L. & Valdez-Mondragón, A. (2024). Notes on Chisosa (Araneae, Pholcidae), with the description of a new species from Mexico. Zootaxa 5419(2): 217-244. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5419.2.3
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Zhang, M. G., Zhong, Y. & Gong, L. J. (2024). One new species of the Clubiona trivialis-group from Jiugong mountains, Central China (Araneae: Clubionidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 33(1): 38-42. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005 9628.2024.01.005
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Dimitrov, D., Benavides, L. R., Arnedo, M. A., Giribet, G., Griswold, C. E., Scharff, N. & Hormiga, G. (2017). Rounding up the usual suspects: a standard target-gene approach for resolving the interfamilial phylogenetic relationships of ecribellate orb-weaving spiders with a new family-rank classification (Araneae, Araneoidea). Cladistics 33(3): 221-250 & Suppl. doi:10.1111/cla.12165
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Michalik, P., Kallal, R. J., Dederichs, T. M., Labarque, F. M., Hormiga, G., Giribet, G. & Ramírez, M. J. (2019). Phylogenomics and genital morphology of cave raptor spiders (Araneae, Trogloraptoridae) reveal an independent origin of a flow‐through female genital system. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 57(4): 737-747. doi:10.1111/jzs.12315
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Azarkina, G. N., Lyubechanskii, I. I., Trilikauskas, L. A., Dudko, R. Y., Bespalov, A. N. & Mordkovich, V. G. (2018). A check-list and zoogeographic analysis of the spider fauna (Arachnida: Aranei) of Novosibirsk Area (West Siberia, Russia). Arthropoda Selecta 27(1): 73-93. doi:10.15298/arthsel.27.1.11
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Tang, G., Yin, C. M. & Peng, X. J. (2003). Two new species of the genus Chrysso from Hunan Province, China (Araneae, Theridiidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 28: 53-55.
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Tang, G. M., Song, D. X. & Zhang, F. (2003). On one newly recorded species of the genus Zelotes from China (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 12: 18-21.
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Dondale, C. D., Jiménez, M.-L. & Nieto, G. (2005). A new genus of wolf spiders from Mexico and southern United States, with description of a new species from Texas (Araneae: Lycosidae). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 76: 41-44.
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Tang, G., Yin, C. M. & Peng, X. J. (2005a). Two new species of the genus Theridion from Hunan province, China (Araneae, Theridiidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 30: 524-526.
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Bennett, R. G., Fitzpatrick, S. M. & Troubridge, J. T. (2007). Redescription of the rare ground spider Gnaphosa snohomish (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), an apparent bog specialist endemic to the Puget Sound/Georgia Basia area. Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario 137: 13-23.
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Brescovit, A. D., Freitas, G. C. C. & Vasconcelos, S. D. (2008). Spiders from the island of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. Part III: Gnaphosidae (Araneae: Arachnida). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25: 328-332.
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Kim, B. W., Lee, W. & Kwon, J. G. (2008). Note on Drassyllus shaanxiensis of ground gnaphosid spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Gnaphosidae) in Korea. Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology 24: 33-38.
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Deltshev, C., Vrenozi, B., Blagoev, G. & Lazarov, S. (2011b). Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63(2): 125-144.
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Durán-Barrón, C. G., Rosas, M. V. & Contreras-Ramos, A. (2013). Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3666.2.4
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Özkütük, R. S., Kunt, K. B., Gündüz, G. & Elverici, M. (2015c). A new record for Turkish mygalomorph spiders: Atypus muralis Bertkau, 1890 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Atypidae). Biological Diversity and Conservation 8(1): 138-142.
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Deltshev, C., Blagoev, G., Komnenov, M. & Lazarov, S. (2016). Description of Ozyptila balcanica sp. n. from the Balkan Peninsula and its comparison with the closely related O. umbraculorum Simon, 1932 (Araneae: Thomisidae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 68(4): 483-490.
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Fukushima, C. S., Andrade, R. M. G. de & Bertani, R. (2017). Two new Brazilian species of Loxosceles Heinecken & Lowe, 1832 with remarks on amazonica and rufescens groups (Araneae, Sicariidae). ZooKeys 667: 67-94. doi:10.3897/zookeys.667.11369
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Zhou, G. C., Irfan, M. & Peng, X. J. (2017). A new spider species of the genus Holoplatys Simon, 1885 from the Southern China (Araneae: Salticidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 26(1): 1-5. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2017.01.001
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Ranasinghe, U. G. S. L. & Benjamin, S. P. (2018b). Taxonomic descriptions of nine new species of the goblin spider genera Cavisternum, Grymeus, Ischnothyreus, Opopaea, Pelicinus and Silhouettella (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Sri Lanka. Evolutionary Systematics 2: 65-80. doi:10.3897/evolsyst.2.25200
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Schendel, V., Junghanns, A., Bilde, T. & Uhl, G. (2018). Comparative female genital morphology in Stegodyphus spiders (Araneae: Eresidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 273: 240-249. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2018.01.011
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Zhang, J. S., Zhang, G. R. & Yu, H. (2018). Four species of spider genus Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1839 (Araneae, Eutichuridae) from Jinggang Mountains, Jiangxi Province, China. ZooKeys 762: 33-45. doi:10.3897/zookeys.762.23786
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Monga, K., Singh, J. P. & Sadana, G. L. (1989). A new species of Marpissa Koch (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 85: 592-593.
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