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Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Kaderka, R., Lucas, S. M. & Brescovit, A. D. (2021c). Stabilizing a chaotic taxonomy: redescription and redefinition of the genera Lasiodorides Schmidt & Bischoff, 1997 and Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(8): 893-917. doi:10.13156/arac.2021.18.8.893
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Shafaie, S., Mirshamsi, O., Aliabadian, M., Moradmand, M. & Marusik, Y. M. (2018b). Pardosa colchica Mcheidze, 1946: a first report from West Azerbaijan Province, Iran (Araneae: Lycosidae). Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 13(2, 2017): 199-206. [publ. in July 2018] doi:10.22067/ijab.v13i2.70021
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Zamani, A., Nadolny, A. A., Esyunin, S. L. & Marusik, Y. M. (2021b). New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), part VIII. Zoosystematica Rossica 30(2): 279-297. doi:10.31610/zsr/2021.30.2.279
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Rodrigues, E. N. L., Ott, R. & Mendonça Jr., M. de S. (2012). On two species of the spider genus Sphecozone O.P.-Cambridge and a case of hermaphroditism in Sphecozone personata (Simon, 1864) (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Zootaxa 3162: 60-64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3162.1.4
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Wang, L. Y., Chen, H. M., Zhou, K. X., Zhang, F. & Zhang, Z. S. (2015b). Diversity of spiders in Fanjing Mountain Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China, I: Six new species of Phrurolithidae (Araneae). Zootaxa 4012(3): 447-464. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4012.3.2
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Magalhaes, I. L. F., Aharon, S., Ganem, Z. & Gavish-Regev, E. (2022b). A new semi-cryptic Filistata from caves in the Levant with comments on the limits of Filistata insidiatrix (Forsskål, 1775) (Arachnida: Araneae: Filistatidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 831: 149-174. doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.831.1875
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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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Tripathi, R., Henrard, A., Jangid, A. K., Dutta, S. & Sudhikumar, A. V. (2022). First documentation of Plexippus minor Wesołowska & van Harten, 2010 (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Arachnology 19(1): 66-71. doi:10.13156/arac.2022.19.1.66
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Henriques, S., Miñano, J., Pérez-Zarcos, L., Řezáč, M., Rodríguez, F., Tamajón, R. & Martínez-Avilés, J. (2018). First records of Loureedia (Araneae, Eresidae) from Europe, with the description of a new species and a survey of the genus. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 33: 3-20.
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Kaya, R. S., Zamani, A., Yağmur, E. A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2023b). A new species of Anatextrix Kaya, Zamani, Yağmur & Marusik, 2023 (Araneae, Agelenidae, Textricini) from southern Türkiye, with a remarkable morphology of the male palpal femur. Zoosystematics and Evolution 99(2): 299-305. doi:10.3897/zse.99.103893
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Kaya, R. S., Zamani, A., Yağmur, E. A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2023a). A new genus of Textricini Lehtinen, 1967 (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Anatolia. ZooKeys 1151: 31-45. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1151.100430
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Ma, J. M., Bian, D. J., Tong, Y. F., Yang, Z. Z. & Zhang, Z. S. (2023b). Three new species of the genus Trilacuna Tong & Li, 2007 (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Yunnan Province, China. ZooKeys 1174: 289-300. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1174.106130
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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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Al-Khazali, A. M., Al-Abbad, M. Y. M., Fomichev, A. A. & Kachel, H. S. (2023). New data on the wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) of Iraq. Ecologica Montenegrina 67: 101-116. doi:10.37828/em.2023.67.12
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Zhang, X. Y., Wang, L. Y., Zhou, H. & Zhang, Z. S. (2023f). Callobius changbaishan sp. nov., a newly recorded spider genus and a new species from China. Acta Arachnologica Sinica 32(2): 87-92. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2023.02.004
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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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Brescovit, A. D., Lucas, S. M., Marques-da-Silva, E., Sherwood, D. & Silvério, H. F. (2023a). First description of the female of Psalistopoides fulvimanus Mello-Leitão, 1934 (Araneae: Pycnothelidae). Arachnology 19(5): 802-804. doi:10.13156/arac.2023.19.5.802
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Tso, I. M., Zhu, M. S., Zhang, J. X. & Zhang, F. (2005). Two new and one newly recorded species of Corinnidae and Liocranidae from Taiwan (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Arachnologica 54(1): 45-49. doi:10.2476/asjaa.54.45
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Yang, Z. Z., Zhang, J. X., Zhu, M. S. & Song, D. X. (2003). A new species in the genus Psechrus from China (Araneae: Psechridae). Journal of the Agricultural University Hebei 26(2): 43-45.
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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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Kim, S. T., Namkung, J., Lee, J. H. & Park, H. H. (2004b). One newly recorded spider of the genus Pacifiphantes from Korea (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Korean Journal of Applied Entomology 43(3): 181-183.
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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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Almeida-Silva, L. M., Camacho, A., Brescovit, A. D., Lucas, S. M. & Brazil, T. K. (2008). Redescription and notes on the natural history of the arboreal tarantula Iridopelma seladonium (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Aviculariinae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25: 728-736.
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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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Piacentini, L. N., Ávila C., S. L., Pérez, M. E. & Grismado, C. J. (2013). The first palpimanid spiders from Bolivia: two new species of the genus Otiothops MacLeay, and the female of Fernandezina pulchra Birabén (Araneae: Palpimanidae: Otiothopinae). Zootaxa 3619: 491-500. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3619.4.6
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Miglio, L. T., Harms, D., Framenau, V. W. & Harvey, M. S. (2014). Four new mouse spider species (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Actinopodidae, Missulena) from Western Australia. ZooKeys 410: 121-148. doi:10.3897/zookeys.410.7156
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Gonzalez-Filho, H. M. O., Lucas, S. M. & Brescovit, A. D. (2015). A revision of Neodiplothele (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Barychelidae). Zoologia (Curitiba) 32(3): 225-240. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702015000300007
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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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Ott, R., von Beeren, C., Hashim, R., Witte, V. & Harvey, M. S. (2015b). Sicariomorpha, a new myrmecophilous goblin spider genus (Araneae, Oonopidae) associated with Asian army ants. American Museum Novitates 3843: 1-14. doi:10.1206/3843.1
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Prajapati, D. A., Murthappa, P. S., Sankaran, P. M. & Sebastian, P. A. (2016b). Two new species of Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 from India (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillina). Zootaxa 4171(2): 321-334. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.5
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Özkütük, R. S., Marusik, Y. M., Kunt, K. B. & Elverici, M. (2017a). Taxonomic notes on two sibling species of Metellina from Asia (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). ZooKeys 695: 75-88. doi:10.3897/zookeys.695.13611
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Chen, M. B., Mei, X. G., Zhang, W. S. & Zhu, C. D. (1982). [Description of three species of spider from China (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)]. Journal of the Bethune Medical University 8: 42-43.
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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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Liang, S. P., Peng, X. J., Huang, R. H. & Chen, P. (1999). Biochemical identification of Selenocosmia hainana sp. nov. from south China (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Life Science Research 3: 299-303.
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Soliman, F. E., Moustafa, A. Y., Ismail, T. G. & El-Masry, S. M. (2018). Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Jazirat Shandweel District, Sohag Governorate, Egypt. Serket 16(3): 133-160.
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Metwally, A.-S., Mohafez, M., El-Danasory, M. & El-Gendy, A. (2019). First record of Mexcala monstrata (Araneae: Salticidae) from Egypt. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 58: 4-5. doi:10.30963/aramit5802
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Ott, R., Ubick, D., Bonaldo, A. B., Brescovit, A. D. & Harvey, M. S. (2019). A revision of the New World goblin spider genus Cinetomorpha Simon, 1892 revalidated from Gamasomorpha Karsch, 1881 (Araneae, Oonopidae, Oonopinae). Zootaxa 4641(1): 1-152. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4641.1.1
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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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Deltshev, C., Ćurčić, B., Wang, C. X., Yao, Z. Y., Antić, D., Ćurčić, S. & Rađa, T. (2014). New data on the spiders (Araneae) in the caves of Balkan peninsula. Archives of Biological Science Belgrade 66(2): 465-471. doi:10.2298/ABS1402465D
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Crews, S. C., Garcia, E. L., Spagna, J. C., Van Dam, M. H. & Esposito, L. A. (2020). The life aquatic with spiders (Araneae): repeated evolution of aquatic habitat association in Dictynidae and allied taxa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189(3): 862-920 & Suppl. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz139
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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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Harvey, M. S., Rix, M. G., Hillyer, M. J. & Huey, J. A. (2020a). The systematics and phylogenetic position of the troglobitic Australian spider genus Troglodiplura (Araneae: Mygalomorphae), with a new classification for Anamidae. Invertebrate Systematics 34(8): 799-822. doi:10.1071/IS20034
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Ferretti, N. E., Soresi, D. S., González, A. & Arnedo, M. A. (2019). An integrative approach unveils speciation within the threatened spider Calathotarsus simoni (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Migidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 17(5): 439-457. doi:10.1080/14772000.2019.1643423
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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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Ott, R., Silva, G. O., Marta, K. S. & Rodrigues, E. N. L. (2015a). On the spider genus Neonella (Araneae: Salticidae): new records and taxonomic notes for species from southern South America. Zootaxa 3946(4): 583-586. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3946.4.7
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