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Guadanucci, J. P. L., Fonseca-Ferreira, R., Baptista, R. L. C. & Pedroso, D. R. (2016). An unusual new species of Trechona (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae), from quartzitic caves of the Diamantina Plateau, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with a key to the known species. Journal of Natural History 50(39/40): 2487-2497. doi:10.1080/00222933.2016.1193652
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Ferretti, N., Cavallo, P., Chaparro, J. C., Ríos-Tamayo, D., Seimon, T. A. & West, R. (2018). The Neotropical genus Hapalotremus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with the description of seven new species and the highest altitude record for the family. Journal of Natural History 52(29-30): 1927-1984. doi:10.1080/00222933.2018.1506521
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Pedroso, D. R., Giupponi, A. P. L. & Baptista, R. L. C. (2018). Comments on the genus Diplura C. L. Koch, 1850, with description of two new species (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae). ZooKeys 771: 57-71. doi:10.3897/zookeys.771.24921
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Kim, J. P., Namkung, J., Kim, O. S. & Jun, J. R. (1988). Spiders of Mt. Kyeryongsan, Chungchongnam-do, Korea. Korean Arachnology 4: 137-151.
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Tang, G. M., Bao, Y. H., Yin, C. M. & Kim, J. P. (1999a). One new species of the genus Oxytate and the male supplement of Tibellus zhui from China (Arachnida: Araneae). Korean Arachnology 15(1): 27-31.
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Maddison, W. P., Maddison, D. R., Zhang, J. X. & Szűts, T. (2016). Phylogenetic placement of the unusual jumping spider Depreissia Lessert, and a new synapomorphy uniting Hisponinae and Salticinae (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 549: 1-12. doi:10.3897/zookeys.549.6171
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Meng, Z. Y., Luo, H. P., Xiao, Y. H., Xu, X. & Liu, K. K. (2019). Redescription of Borboropactus jiangyong Yin, Peng, Yan & Kim, 2004 (Araneae, Thomisidae), with the first description of the male. ZooKeys 870: 137-148. doi:10.3897/zookeys.870.35230
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Song, D. X., Xie, L. P., Zhu, M. S. & Wu, K. Y. (1997). Notes on some jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of Hong Kong. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 16(4): 149-152.
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Kim, S. T., Kim, H. S., Jung, M. P. & Lee, J. H. (2006). Two new purse-web spiders of the genus Atypus (Araneae, Atypidae) from Korea. Journal of Arachnology 34(1): 170-175. doi:10.1636/H03-69.1
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Basumatary, P., Caleb, J. T. D., Das, S., Jangid, A. K., Kalita, J. & Brahma, D. (2020a). First record of the genus Vailimia Kammerer, 2006 from India, with the description of two new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippina). Zootaxa 4790(1): 178-186. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4790.1.11
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Bosselaers, J., Dierick, M., Cnudde, V., Masschaele, B., Hoorebeke, L. van & Jacobs, P. (2010). High-resolution X-ray computer tomography of an extant new Donuea (Araneae: Liocranidae) species in Madagascan copal. Zootaxa 2427: 25-35. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2427.1.3
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Lin, Y. J., Mikhailov, K. G., Jäger, P. & Chen, H. F. (2020c). Notes on two Asian species of the spider family Deinopidae (Aranei). Arthropoda Selecta 29(4): 467-469. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.4.08
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Arnedo, M. A., Oromi, P., Múrria, C., Macías-Hernández, N. & Ribera, C. (2007). The dark side of an island radiation: systematics and evolution of troglobitic spiders of the genus Dysdera Latreille (Araneae: Dysderidae) in the Canary Islands. Invertebrate Systematics 21(6): 623-660. doi:10.1071/IS07015
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Lucas, S. M., Indicatti, R. P., Brescovit, A. D. & Francisco, R. C. (2006). First record of the Mecicobothriidae Holmberg from Brazil, with a description of a new species of Mecicobothrium (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). Zootaxa 1326: 45-53. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1326.1.5
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Lan, T. Q., Jäger, P., Zhu, W. H. & Li, S. Q. (2021b). Pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Southeast Asia, with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4963(3): 545-562. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4963.3.8
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Isaia, M., Paschetta, M., Lana, E., Pantini, P., Schönhofer, A. L., Christian, E. & Badino, G. (2011). Subterranean arachnids of the western Italian Alps. Museo Regionale Scienze Naturali Torino, Monografie 47: 1-325.
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Tonini, L., Silva, J. P. da, Filho, A. S. & Freitas, J. (2016). Replacement names for two preoccupied generic names in Arthropoda. Zootaxa 4097(1): 125-126. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4097.1.7
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Framenau, V. W., Vink, C. J., Scharff, N., Baptista, R. L. C. & Castanheira, P. de S. (2021a). Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 97(2): 393-405. doi:10.3897/zse.97.67788
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Marathe, K., Sanap, R., Joglekar, A., Caleb, J. T. D. & Maddison, W. P. (2022). Three new and notes on two other jumping spider species of the genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 (Salticidae: Aelurillina) from the Deccan Plateau, India. Zootaxa 5125(1): 1-19. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5125.1.1
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Yin, C. M., Peng, X. J., Gong, L. S., Chen, Y. F. & Kim, J. P. (1997b). Six new species of the genus Pardosa from China (Araneae: Lycosidae). Korean Arachnology 13(2): 19-31.
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Castanheira, P. de S., Baptista, R. L. C. & Oliveira, F. S. M. (2022). Five new species of the long-jawed orb-weaving spider genus Tetragnatha (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) in South America, with a key to the species from Argentina and Brazil. Evolutionary Systematics 6(2): 175-210. doi:10.3897/evolsyst.6.91418
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Gonzalez-Filho, H. M. O., Guadanucci, J. P. L. & Brescovit, A. D. (2023). On the genus Ammonius Thorell, 1899 (Mygalomorphae, Barychelidae): description of the female of A. pupulus, a new species and new distribution records. European Journal of Taxonomy 861: 113-131. doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.861.2071
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Galleti-Lima, A., Hamilton, C. A., Borges, L. M. & Guadanucci, J. P. L. (2023). Phylogenomics of Lasiodoriforms: reclassification of the South American genus Vitalius Lucas, Silva and Bertani and allied genera (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11(1177627): 1-19. doi:10.3389/fevo.2023.1177627
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Šich, R., Komnenov, M., Trajkovska, M., Just, P., Střeštík, V. & Rückl, K. (2023). New records of Larinia elegans (Araneae: Araneidae) from Czechia and North Macedonia with remarks on its ecology. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 65: 8-12. doi:10.30963/aramit6503
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Van Zyl, J. & Webb, P. (2021a). First record of Eriovixia excelsa (Simon, 1889) from South Africa (Araneae: Araneidae). SANSA Newsletter 39(Supplement): 21-23.
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Ferreira-Sousa, L., Venticinque, E. M., Motta, P. C. & Brescovit, A. D. (2023). The more, the merrier: a new colonial species of the orb weaving spider genus Leucauge White, 1841 (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from the Amazon rainforest. Zootaxa 5383(1): 83-95. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5383.1.7
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Tripathi, R., Kuni, N., Kadam, G., Kumaran, K. P. & Sudhikumar, A. V. (2024). Four new species and five new distribution records of the jumping spider genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 (Salticidae: Aelurillines) from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 930: 124-156. doi:10.5852/ejt.2024.930.2485
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Maddison, W. P., Li, D. Q., Bodner, M., Zhang, J. X., Xu, X., Liu, Q. Q. & Liu, F. X. (2014). The deep phylogeny of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 440: 57-87. doi:10.3897/zookeys.440.7891
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Melic, A., Silva, A., Patanita, M. I., Santos, S. A. P., Benhadi-Marín, J. & Barrientos, J. A. (2016). Three new species of Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae) collected in Iberian Peninsula. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 28: 107-113.
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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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Schwendinger, P. J., Syuhadah, N., Lehmann-Graber, C., Price, L., Huber, S., Hashim, R., Bhassu, S. & Monod, L. (2019). A revision of the trapdoor spider genus Liphistius (Mesothelae: Liphistiidae) in Peninsular Malaysia; part 2. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 126(2): 321-353. [incl. Erratum (2020): Revue suisse de Zoologie 127(1): 243-244] doi:10.5281/zenodo.3463473
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Yin, C. M., Wang, J. F., Zhu, M. S., Xie, L. P., Peng, X. J. & Bao, Y. H. (1997d). Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae. Science Press, Beijing, 460 pp.
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Szűts, T., Zalai, B., Villepoux, O., Buchholz, S., Eichardt, J., Zhukovets, E. M., Oger, P. & Szinetár, C. (2017). On the identity of the Palearctic species of the wolf spider genus Trebacosa (Araneae: Lycosidae). Zootaxa 4216(4): 384-394. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4216.4.6
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Aakra, K., Morka, G. H., Antonson, A., Farlund, M., Wrånes, R. E., Frølandshagen, R., Løvbrekke, H., Furuseth, P., Fjellberg, A., Lemke, M., Pfliegler, W. P., Andersen, S., Olsen, K. M., Aadland, B. & Berggren, K. (2016). Spiders new to Norway (Arachnida, Araneae) with ecological, taxonomical and faunistic comments. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 63(1): 6-43.
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Crespo, L. C., Domènech, M., Enguídanos, A., Malumbres-Olarte, J., Cardoso, P., Moya-Laraño, J., Frías-López, C., Macías-Hernández, N., De Mas, E., Mazzuca, P., Mora, E., Opatova, V., Planas, E., Ribera, C., Roca-Cusachs, M., Ruiz, D., Sousa, P., Tonzo, V. & Arnedo, M. A. (2018). A DNA barcode-assisted annotated checklist of the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) communities associated to white oak woodlands in Spanish National Parks. Biodiversity Data Journal 6(e29443): 1-459. doi:10.3897/BDJ.6.e29443
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Maddison, W. P., Evans, S. C., Hamilton, C. A., Bond, J. E., Lemmon, A. R. & Lemmon, E. M. (2017). A genome-wide phylogeny of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae), using anchored hybrid enrichment. ZooKeys 695: 89-101. doi:10.3897/zookeys.695.13852
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Montes de Oca, L., Indicatti, R. P., Opatova, V., Almeida, M., Pérez-Miles, F. & Bond, J. E. (2022). Phylogenomic analysis, reclassification, and evolution of South American nemesioid burrowing mygalomorph spiders. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 168(107377): 1-19. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107377
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Kim, J. P., Ye, S. H., Chae, J. H., Sung, M. K., Lee, J. J. & Park, J. E. (2013a). Two new record species of the genus Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 29: 17-22.
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Basumatary, P., Chanda, D., Das, S., Kalita, J., Brahma, D., Basumatary, T., Basumatary, B. K. & Daimary, S. (2019). On a new species of the orb-weaving spider genus Eriovixia (Araneae: Araneidae) from India. Arachnology 18(1): 24-27. doi:10.13156/arac.2018.18.1.24
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Valdez-Mondragón, A., Navarro-Rodríguez, C. I., Solís-Catalán, K. P., Cortez-Roldán, M. R. & Juárez-Sánchez, A. R. (2019). Under an integrative taxonomic approach: the description of a new species of the genus Loxosceles (Araneae, Sicariidae) from Mexico City. ZooKeys 892: 93-133. doi:10.3897/zookeys.892.39558
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Liu, K. K., Luo, H. P., Ying, Y. H., Xiao, Y. X., Xu, X. & Xiao, Y. H. (2020d). A survey of Phrurolithidae spiders from Jinggang Mountain National Nature Reserve, Jiangxi Province, China. ZooKeys 946: 1-37. doi:10.3897/zookeys.947.51175
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Greene, A., Breisch, N. L., Boardman, T., Pagac, B. B., Kunickis, E., Howes, R. K. & Brown, P. V. (2009). The Mediterranean recluse spider, Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour): an abundant but cryptic inhabitant of deep infrastructure in the Washington, D.C. Area (Arachnida: Araneae: Sicariidae). American Entomologist 55(3): 158-167. doi:10.1093/ae/55.3.158
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Gonzalez-Filho, H. M. O., Lucas, S. M., Paula, F. dos S., Indicatti, R. P. & Brescovit, A. D. (2012). On the taxonomy of Acanthoscurria Ausserer from southeastern Brazil with data on the natural history of A. gomesiana Mello-Leitão (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae). International Journal of Zoology 721793: 1-11. doi:10.1155/2012/721793
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Lin, Y. J., Shao, L., Hänggi, A., Caleb, J. T. D., Koh, J. K. H., Jäger, P. & Li, S. Q. (2020a). Asianopis gen. nov., a new genus of the spider family Deinopidae from Asia. ZooKeys 911: 67-99. doi:10.3897/zookeys.911.38761
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Řezáč, M., Tessler, S., Heneberg, P., Herrera, I. M. A., Gloríková, N., Forman, M., Řezáčová, V. & Král, J. (2022). Atypus karschi Dönitz, 1887 (Araneae: Atypidae): an Asian purse-web spider established in Pennsylvania, USA. PLoS One 17(7, e0261695): 1-21. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0261695
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Fabiano-da-Silva, W., Guadanucci, J. P. L., Alayón García, G., Lucas, S. M. & Silva, M. B. da (2020). Taxonomy of the genus Cyrtopholis Simon, 1892 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae): Cuban species described by Pelegrín Franganillo Balboa. Zootaxa 4779(1): 79-90. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4779.1.5
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Peñaherrera-R., P., Guerrero-Campoverde, A., León-E., R. J., Pinos-Sanchez, A. & Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. (2023b). A new species of Linothele Karsch, 1879 (Araneae: Dipluridae) from south-eastern Ecuador. Arachnology 19(4): 713-720. doi:10.13156/arac.2023.19.4.713
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Feng, P., Zhang, Y., Wu, X. M., Ma, Y. Y., Yang, T. B., Li, C. G. & Yang, Z. Z. (2016). Four new species of Psechrus from Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Psechridae). Zootaxa 4088(2): 177-200. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4088.2.2
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Barrientos, J. A., Silva, A., Patanita, M. I., Benhadi-Marín, J., Melic, A. & Santos, S. A. P. (2020). Diversidad de arañas (Arachnida, Araneae) en olivares del distrito de Beja (Portugal) en diferentes sistemas de cultivo. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 37: 212-224.
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Murphy, N. P., Framenau, V. W., Donnellan, S. C., Harvey, M. S., Park, Y. C. & Austin, A. D. (2006). Phylogenetic reconstruction of the wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) using sequences from the 12S rRNA, 28S rRNA, and NADH1 genes: implications for classification, biogeography, and the evolution of web building behavior. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38(3): 583-602. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.09.004
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