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Wilson, J. D., Rix, M. G., Schmidt, D. J., Hughes, J. M. & Raven, R. J. (2021a). Systematics of the spiny trapdoor spider genus Cryptoforis (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae: Euoplini): documenting an enigmatic lineage from the eastern Australian mesic zone. Journal of Arachnology 49(1): 28-90. doi:10.1636/JoA-S-18-100
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Agnarsson, I., LeQuier, S. M., Kuntner, M., Cheng, R. C., Coddington, J. A. & Binford, G. (2016). Phylogeography of a good Caribbean disperser: Argiope argentata (Araneae, Araneidae) and a new ‘cryptic’ species from Cuba. ZooKeys 625: 25-44. doi:10.3897/zookeys.625.8729
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Soliman, F. E., Moustafa, A. Y., El-Masry, S. M. & Ismail, T. G. (2022). Redescription of Cheiracanthium isiacum (Arachnida: Araneae: Cheiracanthiidae) from Jazirat Shandweel District, Sohag Governorate, Egypt. Sohag Journal of Sciences 7(2): 47-60. doi:10.21608/sjsci.2022.233690
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Rix, M. G., Wood, H. M., Harvey, M. S. & Michalik, P. (2021). Micro-computed tomography reveals a remarkable twin intromittent organ in spiders – a novelty for arachnids with direct sperm transfer. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9(794708): 1-7. doi:10.3389/fevo.2021.794708
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Rodrigues, E. N. L., Brescovit, A. D., Freitas, G. C. C. & Vasconcelos, S. D. (2008). Spiders of Fernando de Noronha Island. Part I: Linyphiidae. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 14(5): 247-252. doi:10.13156/arac.2008.14.5.247
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Sahoo, S., Mishra, G., Seth, J. K., Murmu, L. K. & Goud, S. (2023). New record of the Mediterranean recluse spider Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour) from eastern India. Indian Journal of Entomology 85(1): 222-224. doi:10.55446/IJE.2022.803
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Rossi, G. de F., Castanheira, P. de S., Baptista, R. L. C. & Framenau, V. W. (2023). Venomius, a new monotypic genus of Australian orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae). Evolutionary Systematics 7(2): 285-292. doi:10.3897/evolsyst.7.110022
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Yang, Z. Z., Zhang, Z. S., Zhang, Y. G. & Kim, J. P. (2009b). Two new species of the genus Allozelotes Yin & Peng, 1998 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from China. Korean Arachnology 25: 105-111.
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Bonaldo, A. B., Ruiz, G. R. S., Brescovit, A. D., Santos, A. J. & Ott, R. (2014). Simlops, a new genus of goblin spiders (Araneae, Oonopidae) from northern South America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 388: 1-60. doi:10.1206/829.1
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Gómez-Rodríguez, J. F., Montaño, H., Ibarra-Núñez, G. & Salazar O., C. A. (2014). Arácnidos (excepto ácaros) de Tamaulipas: listado actualizado y algunos registros nuevos. In: Correa S., A., Horta V., J. V., García J., J. & Barrientos L., L. (eds.) Biodiversidad Tamaulipeca Vol. 2, Núm. 2. Tecnológico Nacional de México - Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Victoria Tamaulipas, México, pp. 51-57, 64-74.
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Azarkina, G. N., Esyunin, S. L., Kuzmin, E. A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2016). On the synonymy of two wolf spider species of the genus Alopecosa (Araneae, Lycosidae) from the steppe zone of Russia. Zootaxa 4205(4): 339-348. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4205.4.2
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Dong, T. T., Zheng, G., Yao, Z. Y. & Li, S. Q. (2016a). Fifteen new species of the spider genus Pholcus (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa 4136(2): 201-246. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4136.2.1
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Kunt, K. B., Özkütük, R. S., Elverici, M., Marusik, Y. M. & Karakaş, G. (2016). Harpactea karaschkhan sp. n., a new cave-dwelling blind spider species from the Mediterranean region of Turkey. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 78(1): 36-40. doi:10.4311/2015LSC0106
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Moss, D. F., Feitosa, N. M., Bonaldo, A. B. & Ruiz, G. R. S. (2016). Description of eleven new species of the goblin spider genus Neoxyphinus Birabén, 1953 (Araneae, Oonopidae). Zootaxa 4098(1): 95-133. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4098.1.4
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Liu, C., Li, F. Y., Wongprom, P., Zheng, G. & Li, S. Q. (2017c). Eleven new species of the spider genus Althepus Thorell, 1898 (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) from Thailand. Zootaxa 4350(3): 469-499. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4350.3.3
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Song, Y., Zhao, H. F., Luo, Y., Kioko, G. M., Kioko, E. N. & Li, S. Q. (2017b). The first record of Telemidae from Kenya, with the description of two new species (Arachnida, Araneae). ZooKeys 725: 1-15. doi:10.3897/zookeys.725.15059
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Kioko, G. M., Kioko, E. N., Li, S. Q. & Li, L. Q. (2018). On four species of the genus Mistaria Lehtinen, 1967 (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Kenya. African Invertebrates 59(2): 111-126. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.59.26617
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Rix, M. G., Main, B. Y., Raven, R. J. & Harvey, M. S. (2018a). Systematics of the spiny trapdoor spiders of the genus Eucanippe (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae: Aganippini) from south-western Australia: documenting a poorly-known lineage from Australia's biodiversity hotspot. Journal of Arachnology 46(1): 133-154 & Appendix "Atlas of male morphology spiny trapdoor spiders (genus Eucanippe)". doi:10.1636/JoA-S-17-030.1
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Ashmole, N. P., Locket, G. H., Lodhi, A. Q. K., Smith, C. J. & Sudd, J. H. (1978). Pityohyphantes phrygianus (C. L. Koch), a possible recent colonist of Britain (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 279-284.
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Yang, Z. B., Zhao, Y., Zhang, C. G. & Yang, Z. Z. (2018). Two new species of the genus Macrothele from the southwest of China (Mygalomorphae: Macrothelidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 27(2): 96-102. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2018.02.002
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Aisenberg, A., Costa, F. G., González, M., Postiglioni, R. & Pérez-Miles, F. (2010). Sexual dimorphism in chelicerae, forelegs and palpal traits in two burrowing wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) with sex-role reversal. Journal of Natural History 44(19-20): 1189-1202. doi:10.1080/00222931003632716
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Irfan, M., Zhou, G. C., Bashir, S., Mukhtar, M. K. & Peng, X. J. (2020). Yuelushannus gen. nov. (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from China. European Journal of Taxonomy 642: 1-17. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.642
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Harvey, M. S., Main, B. Y., Rix, M. G. & Cooper, S. J. B. (2015). Refugia within refugia: in situ speciation and conservation of threatened Bertmainius (Araneae: Migidae), a new genus of relictual trapdoor spiders endemic to the mesic zone of south-western Australia. Invertebrate Systematics 29(6): 511-553. doi:10.1071/IS15024
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Lan, T. Q., Yao, Z. Y., Ali, A., Zheng, G. & Li, S. Q. (2020c). Two new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa 4820(1): 177-185. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4820.1.9
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Dupérré, N., Francisco, C., Santana-Propper, E., Agnarsson, I. & Binford, G. J. (2020). Heteroonops (Araneae, Oonopidae) spiders from Hispaniola: the discovery of ten new species. ZooKeys 964: 1-30. doi:10.3897/zookeys.964.51554
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Zhu, M. S., Tang, G. M., Zhang, F. & Song, D. X. (2006a). Revision of the spider family Trochanteriidae from China (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Zootaxa 1140: 31-51. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1140.1.2
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Magalhaes, I. L. F., Azevedo, G. H. F, Michalik, P. & Ramírez, M. J. (2020a). The fossil record of spiders revisited: implications for calibrating trees and evidence for a major faunal turnover since the Mesozoic. Biological Reviews 95(1): 184-217. doi:10.1111/brv.12559
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Yao, Z. Y., Kioko, G. M., Kioko, E. N. & Li, S. Q. (2019). Three new species of the spider family Pholcidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Taita-Taveta, Kenya. Zootaxa 4651(1): 114-124. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4651.1.7
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Tang, G., Yin, C. M., Peng, X. J., Ubick, D. & Griswold, C. (2008b). The crab spiders of the genus Lysiteles from Yunnan Province, China (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 1742: 1-41. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1742.1.1
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Pedroso, D. R., Miranda, G. S. de & Baptista, R. L. C. (2019). Further advancements in the taxonomy of Trechona spiders (Araneae: Dipluridae): two new species, redescription of Trechona uniformis Mello‐Leitão, 1935, additions to descriptions of Trechona rufa Vellard, 1924 and Trechona venosa (Latreille, 1832) and key to the species. Austral Entomology 58(1): 204-219. doi:10.1111/aen.12364
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Locket, G. H., Millidge, A. F. & La Touche, A. A. D. (1958). On new and rare British spiders. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (13) 1(2): 137-146. doi:10.1080/00222935808650930
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Rubio, G. D., Lo-Man-Hung, N. F. & Iuri, H. A. (2014). A revision of the Neotropical genus Austrohahnia Mello-Leitão (Araneae, Hahniidae). Zootaxa 3894(1): 106-116. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3894.1.8
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Lee, J. G., Lee, H. M., Cho, Y. K. & Kim, J. P. (2021c). A newly recorded species of the Clubiona zilla-group (Araneae: Clubionidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 37(1-2): 1-6.
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Andrade, R. M. G. de, Bertani, R., Nagahama, R. H. & Barbosa, M. F. R. (2012). Loxosceles niedeguidonae (Araneae, Sicariidae) a new species of brown spider from Brazilian semi-arid region. ZooKeys 175: 27-36. doi:10.3897/zookeys.175.2259
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Huber, B. A., Meng, G. L., Dupérré, N., Herrera, M., Inclán, D. J. & Wipfler, B. (2023a). Humpback spiders from Ecuador: relationships, prosoma 'inflation', and genital asymmetry (Araneae: Pholcidae: Mecolaesthus). Invertebrate Systematics 37(2): 117-151. doi:10.1071/IS22052
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Pittella, R. S., Bassa, P. G., Zefa, E. & Bianchi, F. P. (2023). Using the integrative approach to update a gap of one century: redescription and new distribution records of the South American tarantulas Grammostola pulchra (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae). Zoological Studies 62(5): 1-15. doi:10.6620/ZS.2023.62-05
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Zhao, F. Y., Yang, L., Li, S. Q., Zheng, G. & Yao, Z. Y. (2023d). A further study on the Belisana spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 5351(5): 543-558. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5351.5.3
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Huber, B. A., Meng, G. L., Král, J., Ávila Herrera, I. M. & Izquierdo, M. A. (2023e). of the South American Ninetinae genus Guaranita (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 900: 32-80. doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.900.2301
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Aharon, S., Ballesteros, J. A., Gainett, G., Hawlena, D., Sharma, P. P. & Gavish-Regev, E. (2023). In the land of the blind: exceptional subterranean speciation of cryptic troglobitic spiders of the genus Tegenaria (Araneae: Agelenidae) in Israel. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 183(107705): 1-28. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107705
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Huber, B. A., Meng, G. L., Dederichs, T. M., Michalik, P., Forman, M. & Král, J. (2024a). Castaways: the Leeward Antilles endemic spider genus Papiamenta (Araneae: Pholcidae). Invertebrate Systematics 38(IS23052): 1-32. doi:10.1071/IS23052
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Yoo, J. S., Lee, Y. B., Choi, Y. G. & Kim, J. P. (2004a). A redescription of the male of Eldonia kayaensis (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 20: 1-5.
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Snow, L. S. E., Abdel-Mesih, A. & Andrade, R. M. G. de (2006). Broken copulatory organs are low-cost adaptations to sperm competition in redback spiders. Ethology 112: 379-389.
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Yang, Z. Z., Chen, Y. Q., Chen, Y. L. & Zhang, Y. G. (2009a). Two new species of the genus Pseudopoda from Yunnan, China (Araneae: Sparassidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 18: 18-22.
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Ferretti, N., Pompozzi, G., Copperi, S., González, A. & Pérez-Miles, F. (2010). Arañas Mygalomorphae de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina: clave para la determinación de especies. BioScriba 3: 15-34.
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Saturnino, R., Cafofo, E. G., Neto, M. B. A., Ricetti, J. & Bonaldo, A. B. (2013). Description of the male of Mangora brokopondo (Araneae, Araneidae), with notes on Mangora species from Brazilian Oriental Amazon. Iheringia, Série Zoologia 103: 51-56. doi:10.1590/s0073-47212013000100008
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Kim, J. P., Lee, J. G., Lee, J. H. & Hong, S. H. (2015b). A new species of the genus Sinopoda Jäger, 1999 (Araneae, Sparassidae) in Korea. Korean Arachnology 31(2): 37-44.
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Azevedo, G. H. F, Ott, R., Griswold, C. E. & Santos, A. J. (2016). A taxonomic revision of the ground spiders of the genus Apopyllus (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 4178(3): 301-327. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4178.3.1
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Nadolny, A. A., Omelko, M. M., Marusik, Y. M. & Blagoev, G. (2016). A new species of spider belonging to the Pardosa lugubris-group (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Far East Asia. Zootaxa 4072(2): 263-281. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4072.2.8
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Bodkhe, A., Uniyal, V., Kamble, S., Manthen, S., Santape, G. & Chikhale, M. (2017). A new species, Pandava aruni (Araneae: Titanoecidae) from Lonar Crater Sanctuary, India. Serket 15(3): 119-123.
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Dong, T. T., Zheng, G., Davlatov, A., Yao, Z. Y. & Li, S. Q. (2017a). Two new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Tajikistan, with the first description of female Pholcus sidorenkoi Dunin, 1994. European Journal of Taxonomy 301: 1-14. doi:10.5852/ejt.2017.301
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