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Schwendinger, P. J., Huber, S., Lehmann-Graber, C., Ono, H., Aung, M. M. & Hongpadharakiree, K. (2022). A taxonomic revision of the Liphistius birmanicus-group (Araneae: Liphistiidae) with the description of five new species. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 129(2): 375-424. doi:10.35929/RSZ.0083
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Poy, D., Piacentini, L. N., Lin, S. W., Martínez, L. A., Ramírez, M. J. & Michalik, P. (2023b). Copulatory mechanics of ghost spiders reveals a new self-bracing mechanism in entelegyne spiders. Ecology and Evolution 13(10, e10582): 1-11. doi:10.1002/ece3.10582
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Castanheira, P. de S., Rossi, G. de F. & Baptista, R. L. C. (2023). Two new species in the spider genus Nanometa (Araneae: Tetragnathidae: Nanometinae) from Tasmania. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 38: 1-8. doi:10.54102/ajt.gcxtp
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Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Peñaherrera-R., P., Brescovit, A. D. & Lucas, S. M. (2023j). On the tarantula genus Xenesthis Simon, 1891, with description of a new species from Venezuela (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Taxonomy 3: 509-527. doi:10.3390/taxonomy3040029
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Haddad, C. R., Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Roux, C. & Webb, P. (2022). Observations on the Kalahari ground spider Asemesthes subnubilus Simon, 1887 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). SANSA Newsletter 42: 20-22.
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Lotz, L. N., Roux, C. & Webb, P. (2022m). First records of the white widow spider Latrodectus pallidus O.P.-Cambridge, 1872 from South Africa (Araneae: Theridiidae). SANSA Newsletter 43: 21-22. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7142162
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Chen, H. M., Zhang, J. X., Song, D. X. & Kim, J. P. (2002). A new species of the genus Psechrus from China (Araneae: Psechridae). Korean Arachnology 18: 9-12.
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Dondale, C. D., Redner, J. H., Paquin, P. & Levi, H. W. (2003). The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 23. The orb-weaving spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Uloboridae, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae, Theridiosomatidae). NRC Research Press Ottawa, 371 pp.
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Bonaldo, A. B., Brescovit, A. D., Rocha, P. L. B. da & Costa, M. G. C. (2007). Two new species of ant-mimicking spiders of the genus Ianduba Bonaldo (Araneae, Corinnidae) from southern Bahia, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 24: 817-824.
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Lucas, S. M., Passanha, V., Janini, C. R. V. & Indicatti, R. P. (2008). On the genus Neostothis Vellard (Araneae, Nemesiidae). Journal of Arachnology 36: 472-475.
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Ortega, D. R. M., Nagahama, R. H., Motta, P. C. & Bertani, R. (2013). Three new species of Fufius Simon, 1888 (Araneae, Cyrtaucheniidae) from Brazil with the redescription of Fufius funebris Vellard, 1924 and description of the female of Fufius lucasae Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2004. ZooKeys 352: 93-116. doi:10.3897/zookeys.352.6189
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Ahmed, M., Anam, J., Saikia, M. K., Manthen, S. V. & Saikia, P. K. (2014a). Records of new genus Chrysilla (group spider: sub-order: Araneae: family: Salticidae) in India at agroecosystem, at Sonitpur, Assam. Journal on New Biological Reports 3(1): 38-43.
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Passanha, V., Indicatti, R. P., Brescovit, A. D. & Lucas, S. M. (2014). Revision of the spider genus Pycnothele (Araneae, Nemesiidae). Iheringia, Série Zoologia 104(2): 228-251. doi:10.1590/1678-476620141042228251
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Kim, J. P., Ye, S. H., Kim, T. W. & Kim, D. H. (2015d). One new record species of the genus Neospintharus Exline, 1950 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 31(1): 25-28.
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Vidhel, B. P., Malik, S., Sabata, B. C. & Das, S. K. (2015). A new spider species of the genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillinae) from India. International Journal of Science and Research 4(7): 2332-2336.
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Estrada-Alvarez, J. C., Sánchez-Jasso, J. M. & Medina-Castro, J. P. (2016). Primer registro de Euagrus leones Coyle, 1988 (Araneae: Dipluridae) para el Estado de México. Dugesiana 23(1): 35-36.
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Pedroso, D. R., Castanheira, P. de S. & Baptista, R. L. C. (2016). Redescription and synonymies of Diplura macrura (C.L. Koch, 1841) and D. lineata (Lucas, 1857), with notes on the genus (Araneae, Dipluridae). European Journal of Taxonomy 210: 1-21. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.210
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Fonseca-Ferreira, R., Zampaulo, R. de A. & Guadanucci, J. P. L. (2017). Diversity of iron cave-dwelling mygalomorph spiders from Pará, Brazil, with description of three new species (Araneae). Tropical Zoology 30(4): 178-199. doi:10.1080/03946975.2017.1367590
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Kim, J. P., Namkung, J., Lee, M. C. & Yoo, J. S. (1995). The spider fauna of Kanazawa and Itsukaichi, Japan. Korean Arachnology 11(1): 83-91.
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Yin, C. M., Peng, X. J., Kim, J. P. & Wang, J. F. (1995a). Six new species of the genus Pardosa from China (Araneae: Lycosidae). Korean Arachnology 11(2): 7-20.
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Yin, C. M., Yan, H. M., Gong, L. S. & Kim, J. P. (1996c). Three new species of the spiders of genus Clubiona (Araneae: Clubionidae) from China. Korean Arachnology 12(1): 63-70.
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Zhang, Y. J., Yin, C. M., Bao, Y. H. & Kim, J. P. (1997). Four new species of the genus Clubiona (Arenea [sic]: Clubionidae) from China. Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology 13: 297-302.
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Valdez-Mondragón, A., Cortez-Roldán, M. R., Juárez-Sánchez, A. R. & Solís-Catalán, K. P. (2018). A new species of Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe (Araneae, Sicariidae), with updated distribution records and biogeographical comments for the species from Mexico, including a new record of Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour). ZooKeys 802: 39-66. doi:10.3897/zookeys.802.28445
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Carvalho, L. S., Martins, P. H., Schneider, M. C. & Cabra-García, J. (2017). New records of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from the state of Roraima, northern Brazil. Check List 13(1, 2040): 1-23. doi:10.15560/13.1.2040
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Paquin, P., Dupérré, N., Cokendolpher, J. C., White, K. & Hedin, M. (2008b). The fundamental importance of taxonomy in conservation biology: the case of the eyeless Cicurina bandida (Araneae: Dictynidae) of central Texas, including new synonyms and the description of the male of the species. Invertebrate Systematics 22(2): 139-149. doi:10.1071/IS07044
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Duncan, R. P., Rynerson, M. R., Ribera, C. & Binford, G. J. (2010). Diversity of Loxosceles spiders in northwestern Africa and molecular support for cryptic species in the Loxosceles rufescens lineage. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55(1): 234-248. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.11.026
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Marusik, Y. M., Omelko, M. M., Simonov, P. S. & Koponen, S. (2015). New data about orb-weaving spiders (Aranei: Araneidae and Tetragnathidae) from the Russian Far East. Arthropoda Selecta 24(2): 207-214. doi:10.15298/arthsel.24.2.07
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Caria, M., Pantini, P., Alamanni, F., Ancona, C., Cillo, D. & Bazzato, E. (2021). New records and interesting data for the Sardinian spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae). Fragmenta Entomologica 53(2): 321-331. doi:10.13133/2284-4880/555
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Smith, H. M., Vink, C., Fitzgerald, B. M. & Sirvid, P. J. (2012). Redescription and generic placement of the spider Cryptachaea gigantipes (Keyserling, 1890) (Araneae: Theridiidae) and notes on related synanthropic species in Australasia. Zootaxa 3507: 38-56. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3507.1.2
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Sivayyapram, V., Kunsete, C., Songsangchote, C., Thanoosing, C., Traiyasut, P. & Warrit, N. (2020). Two new species of the Southeast Asian dwarf tarantula genus Phlogiellus Pocock, 1887 (Theraphosidae, Selenocosmiinae) and a discussion on the taxonomic problem of the genus. Zootaxa 4859(4): 487-506, 4869(4): 599-600. , 10.11646/zootaxa.4869.4.7 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4859.4.2
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Castanheira, P. de S., Didham, R. K., Vink, C. J. & Framenau, V. W. (2019c). The scorpion-tailed orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae, Arachnura) in Australia and New Zealand. Zootaxa 4706(1): 147-170. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4706.1.6
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Gonzalez-Filho, H. M. O., Fonseca-Ferreira, R., Brescovit, A. D. & Guadanucci, J. P. L. (2022). Taxonomy of the genus Cyrtogrammomma Pocock, 1895 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) with a description of a new species from Brazil. Zoosystematics and Evolution 98(2): 181-199. doi:10.3897/zse.98.85212
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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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Paquin, P., Arbour, G., Bérard, A., Lapointe, L. & Repentigny, L.-G. de (2022). Observations sur la coloration, la toile et le sac d'oeufs d'Araniella displicata (Hentz 1847) (Araneae: Araneidae). Hutchinsonia 2: 51-55.
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Ng, P. Y. C., Court, D. J., Leguin, E.-A. & Rollard, C. (2022). Notes on the black-and-gold huntsman spider, Thelcticopis orichalcea (Simon, 1880), a charismatic Southeast-Asian species (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparianthinae). Nature in Singapore 15(e2022116): 1-8. doi:10.26107/NIS-2022-0116
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Tyagi, K., Kumar, V., Kundu, S., Pakrashi, A., Prasad, P., Caleb, J. T. D. & Chandra, K. (2019). Identification of Indian spiders through DNA barcoding: cryptic species and species complex. Scientific Reports 9(14033): 1-13 & Supplement. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-50510-8
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Prado, A. W. do, Baptista, R. L. C., Schinelli, H. B. P. & Takiya, D. M. (2022). Solving a running crab spider puzzle: delimiting Cleocnemis Simon, 1886 with implications on the phylogeny and terminology of genital structures of Philodromidae. BMC Zoology 7(51): 1-35. [and Correction: BMC Zoology (2023) 8(2): 1-7. doi: 10.1186/s40850-022-00162-5] doi:10.1186/s40850-022-00136-7
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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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Poy, D., Piacentini, L. N., Michalik, P., Lin, S. W. & Ramírez, M. J. (2023a). MicroCT analysis unveils the role of inflatable female genitalia and male tibial complex in the genital coupling in the spider genus Aysha (Anyphaenidae, Araneae). Journal of Morphology 284(5, e21586): 1-9. doi:10.1002/jmor.21586
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Wiese, L. & Webb, P. (2022l). First record of Leucauge argyrescens Benoit, 1978 from South Africa (Araneae: Tetragnathidae). SANSA Newsletter 43: 11-12. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7142162
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Pérez-Miles, F., Lucas, S. M., Silva Jr., P. I. da & Bertani, R. (1996). Systematic revision and cladistic analysis of Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Mygalomorph 1: 33-68.
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Caleb, J. T. D., Shree, A. D., Kumar, L. & Abhijith, A. P. C. (2024). Reviving Ligdus Thorell, 1895: description of a new species from India, 129 years since the establishment of the genus (Araneae: Salticidae: Ballini). Zootaxa 5448(3): 446-450. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5448.3.8
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Yoo, J. S., Lee, Y. B., Kim, K. Y. & Kim, J. P. (2003). One newly recorded species and genus from Korea (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Korean Arachnology 19: 1-6.
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Davis, S., Sudhikumar, A. V., Sunil Jose, K. & Sebastian, P. A. (2005). New record of the salticid spider Thiania bhamoensis Thorell (Araneae: Salticidae) from Kerala, India with its redescription and field notes on behavior. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 102: 245-249.
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Edwards, G. B., Rinaldi, I. M. P. & Ruiz, G. R. S. (2005). A review of some South American species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) described by Mello-Leitão from Brasil, with resolution of the genus Asaphobelis. Biota Neotropica 5(2): 1-31. Link
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Jung, B. G., Kim, J. P., Song, R. J., Jung, J. W. & Park, Y. C. (2005). A revision of family Gnaphosidae Pocock, 1898 from Korea. Korean Arachnology 21: 163-233.
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Blagoev, G. A., Nikolova, N. I., Sobel, C. N., Hebert, P. D. & Adamowicz, S. J. (2013). Spiders (Araneae) of Churchill, Manitoba: DNA barcodes and morphology reveal high species diversity and new Canadian records. BMC Ecology 13(44): 1-17. doi:10.1186/1472-6785-13-44
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Franzini, P. Z. N., Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Yessoufou, K. & Van der Bank, F. H. (2013). Combined analyses of genetic and morphological data indicate more than one species of Cyrtophora (Araneae: Araneidae) in South Africa. International Journal of Modern Biological Research 1: 21-34.
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Paula, F. dos S., Gabriel, R., Indicatti, R. P., Brescovit, A. D. & Lucas, S. M. (2014). On the Brazilian Amazonian species of Acanthoscurria (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Zoologia (Curitiba) 31(1): 63-80. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702014000100008
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Kim, J. P., Ye, S. H., Kim, T. W. & Kim, D. H. (2015a). One new record species of the genus Neospintharus Exline, 1950 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 31(1): 25-28.
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