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Bayram, A., Danışman, T., Yiğit, N., Kunt, K. B. & Sancak, Z. (2008b). A brown widow spider new for the Turkish araneo-fauna: Latrodectus geometricus C.L.Koch, 1841 (Araneae, Theridiidae). Turkish Journal of Arachnology 1(1): 98-103.
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Bayram, A., Kunt, K. B., Özgen, İ., Bolu, H., Karol, S. & Danışman, T. (2009a). A crab spider Tmarus piger (Walckenaer, 1802) (Araneae; Thomisidae) new for Turkish araneofauna. Turkish Journal of Arachnology 1(2, for 2008): 141-144.
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Kunt, K. B., Kaya, R. S., Özkütük, R. S., Danışman, T., Yağmur, E. A. & Elverici, M. (2012). Additional notes on the spider fauna of Turkey (Araneae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 36(5): 637-651. doi:10.3906/zoo-1008-8
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Özkütük, R. S., Marusik, Y. M., Danışman, T., Kunt, K. B., Yağmur, E. A. & Elverici, M. (2013a). Genus Scytodes Latreille, 1804 in Turkey (Araneae, Scytodidae). Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry 41: 9-20.
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Faúndez, E. I., Alvarez-Muñoz, C. X., Carvajal, M. A. & Vargas, C. J. (2020). The recent expansion of Chilean recluse Loxosceles laeta (Nicolet) (Arachnida: Araneae) in southern Patagonia. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 79(2): 56-58. doi:10.25085/rsea.790209
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Siliwal, M., Gupta, N., Sanap, R. V., Mirza, Z. A. & Raven, R. (2011). First record of the genus Tigidia Simon, 1892 (Araneae: Barychelidae) from India with description of three new species from the western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 3(12): 2229-2241. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o2874.2229-41
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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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Bond, J. E., Hamilton, C. A., Godwin, R. L., Ledford, J. M. & Starrett, J. (2020). Phylogeny, evolution, and biogeography of the North American trapdoor spider family Euctenizidae (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) and the discovery of a new 'endangered living fossil' along California's central coast. Insect Systematics and Diversity 4(5, 2): 1-14. doi:10.1093/isd/ixaa010
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Harvey, M. S., Gruber, K., Hillyer, M. J. & Huey, J. A. (2020b). Five new species of the open-holed trapdoor spider genus Aname (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Anamidae) from Western Australia, with a revised generic placement for Aname armigera. Records of the Western Australian Museum 35: 10-38. doi:10.18195/issn.0312-35 3162.35.2020.010-038
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Mammola, S., Arnedo, M. A., Pantini, P., Piano, E., Chiappetta, N. & Isaia, M. (2018). Ecological speciation in darkness? Spatial niche partitioning in sibling subterranean spiders (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Troglohyphantes). Invertebrate Systematics 32(5): 1069-1082. doi:10.1071/IS17090
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Caleb, J. T. D., Sanap, R. V., Prajapati, D. A. & Bambhaniya, P. (2021). Taxonomic notes on two jumping spider species of the genus Epocilla Thorell, 1887 (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini) from India and Pakistan. Arthropoda Selecta 30(2): 221-229. doi:10.15298/arthsel.30.2.09
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Machado, M., Viecelli, R., Guzati, C., Grismado, C. J. & Teixeira, R. A. (2021). Kryptochroma: a new genus of bark-dwelling crab spiders (Araneae, Thomisidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 778: 26-70, 136-137. [incl. Corrigendum 10.5852/ejt.2021.778.1573] doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.778.1565
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Marusik, Y. M., Eskov, K. Y., Logunov, D. V. & Basarukin, A. M. (1993b). A check-list of spiders (Arachnida Aranei) from Sakhalin and Kurile Islands. Arthropoda Selecta 1(4): 73-85.
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Pérez-Miles, F., Gabriel, R., Miglio, L., Bonaldo, A., Gallon, R., Jimenez, J. J. & Bertani, R. (2008). Ami, a new theraphosid genus from Central and South America, with the description of six new species (Araneae: Mygalomorphae). Zootaxa 1915: 54-68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1915.1.3
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Sudhin, P. P., Nafin, K. S., Caleb, J. T. D. & Sudhikumar, A. V. (2021). A new spider species of the genus Carrhotus Thorell, 1891 (Aranei: Salticidae: Salticini) from Western Ghats of India. Arthropoda Selecta 30(4): 551-556. doi:10.15298/arthsel.30.4.11
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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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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020k). The Barychelidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 9 pp. [the 2nd pdf is version 2 from 2022, which differs only slightly and has no different doi] doi:10.5281/zenodo.6033496
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020j). The Atypidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 7 pp. [the 2nd pdf is version 2 from 2022, which differs only slightly and has no different doi] doi:10.5281/zenodo.6032638
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2022h). The Trochanteriidae of South Africa. Version 2. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 18 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6659336
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2022c). The Ctenidae of South Africa. Version 2. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 17 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6090166
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020m). The Cyrtaucheniidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 37 pp. [the 2nd pdf is version 2 from 2022, which differs only slightly and has a different doi: 10.5281/zenodo.6760048] doi:10.5281/zenodo.6090510
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020l). The Cyatholipidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 27 pp. [the 2nd pdf is version 2 from 2022, which differs only slightly and has a different doi: 10.5281/zenodo.6759933] doi:10.5281/zenodo.6090255
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Al-Khazali, A. M., Khalaf, R. Z. & Al-Fayadhi, K. H. (2022). Banded garden spider, Argiope trifasciata (Forskål, 1775), a new record of the family Araneidae in Iraq. Serket 18(4): 511-515.
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2021p). The Mysmenidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 6 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6802505
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020q). The Pisauridae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 61 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7157775
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2021q). The Oecobiidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 19 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6783325
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020r). The Selenopidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 82 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7162139
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2021v). The Segestriidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 22 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7162194
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020s). The Uloboridae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 24 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7162209
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020t). The Tetragnathidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 46 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7578068
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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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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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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Webb, P., Foord, S. H. & Haddad, C. R. (2020a). New locality data for the orb-web spider Araneus coccinella Pocock, 1898 from South Africa (Araneae: Araneidae). SANSA News 36(Supplement): 15-16.
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Oliveira, L. F. M., Alvarenga, J. G. G. de & Brescovit, A. D. (2023). On the Neotropical spider genus Otoniela Brescovit, 1997 (Araneae: Anyphaenidae, Anyphaeninae), with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5383(1): 1-23. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5383.1.1
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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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Ramos, M., Coddington, J. A., Christenson, T. E. & Irschick, D. J. (2005). Have male and female genitalia coevolved? A phylogenetic analysis of genitalic morphology and sexual size dimorphism in web-building spiders (Araneae: Araneoidea). Evolution 59: 1989-1999.
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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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Ruiz, G. R. S., Brescovit, A. D. & Freitas, G. C. C. (2007). Spiders from Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. Part II. Proposal of a new genus and description of three new species of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 24: 771-776.
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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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Kaya, R. S., Kunt, K. B., Marusik, Y. M. & Yağmur, E. A. (2010a). The first record of genus Argyrodes Simon, 1864 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Turkey. Serket 12: 7-12.
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Buckup, E. H., Marques, M. A. L. & Rodrigues, E. N. L. (2012b). Descrição de uma espécie nova de Hentziectypus e da fêmea de H. rafaeli (Araneae, Theridiidae). Iheringia, Série Zoologia 102: 340-342.
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Crespo, L. C., Bosmans, R., Cardoso, P. & Borges, P. A. V. (2013a). On the endemic spider species of the genus Savigniorrhipis Wunderlich, 1992 (Araneae: Linyphiidae) in the Azores (Portugal), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3745: 330-342. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3735.3.2
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Crespo, L. C., Silva, I., Borges, P. A. V. & Cardoso, P. (2013b). Rapid biodiversity assessment, faunistics and description of a new spider species (Araneae) from Desertas Islands and Madeira (Portugal). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 23: 11-23.
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Thaler-Knoflach, B., Hänggi, A., Kielhorn, K.-H. & Broen, B. von (2014). Revisiting the taxonomy of the rare and tiny comb-footed spider Carniella brignolii (Araneae, Theridiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 47: 7-13. doi:10.5431/aramit4702
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Malamel, J. J., Sankaran, P. M., Joseph, M. M. & Sebastian, P. A. (2015a). First record of the wolf spider genus Lysania Thorell, 1890 from India with the description of a new species (Araneae: Lycosidae: Zoicinae). Zootaxa 3904(2): 293-297. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3904.2.8
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Nanayakkara, R. P., Ganehiarachchi, G. A. S. M., Vishvanath, N. & Kusuminda, T. G. T. (2015). Discovery of the critically endangered tarantula species of the genus Poecilotheria (Araneae: Theraphosidae), Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica, from Sri Lanka. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 8: 1-6. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2015.01.002
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Sankaran, P. M., Malamel, J. J., Joseph, M. M. & Sebastian, P. A. (2015a). An updated review of the genus Martensopoda Jäger, 2006 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Zootaxa 3937(3): 577-590. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3937.3.9
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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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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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