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Feitosa, N. M., Moss, D. F., Ruiz, G. R. S. & Bonaldo, A. B. (2017). Twenty-seven new species of the goblin spider genus Neoxyphinus Birabén, 1953 (Araneae: Oonopidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 4259(1): 1-107. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4259.1.1
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Agnarsson, I., Van Patten, C., Sargeant, L., Chomitz, B., Dziki, A. & Binford, G. J. (2018). A radiation of the ornate Caribbean ‘smiley-faced spiders’, with descriptions of 15 new species (Araneae: Theridiidae, Spintharus). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182(4): 758-790. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx056
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Baptista, R. L. C., Castanheira, P. de S. & Prado, A. W. do (2018). Notes on the orb-weaving spider genus Alpaida (Araneae, Araneidae) with description of four new species from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Zootaxa 4407(3): 321-345. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4407.3.2
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Godwin, R. L., Opatova, V., Garrison, N. L., Hamilton, C. A. & Bond, J. E. (2018). Phylogeny of a cosmopolitan family of morphologically conserved trapdoor spiders (Mygalomorphae, Ctenizidae) using Anchored Hybrid Enrichment, with a description of the family, Halonoproctidae Pocock 1901. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 126: 303-313. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.008
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Malamel, J. J., Nafin, K. S., Sankaran, P. M. & Sebastian, P. A. (2018). First record of the spider genus Wolongia Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997 from India with the description of a new species (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Zootaxa 4407(1): 145-150. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4407.1.13
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Hedin, M., Derkarabetian, S., Alfaro, A., Ramírez, M. J. & Bond, J. E. (2019). Phylogenomic analysis and revised classification of atypoid mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Mygalomorphae), with notes on arachnid ultraconserved element loci. PeerJ 7(e6864): 1-24. doi:10.7717/peerj.6864
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Machado, M., Guzati, C., Viecelli, R., Molina-Gómez, D. & Teixeira, R. A. (2019). A taxonomic review of the crab spider genus Sidymella (Araneae, Thomisidae) in the Neotropics. Zoosystematics and Evolution 95(2): 319-344. doi:10.3897/zse.95.34958
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Marais, P., Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Lyle, R., Anderson, C. & Mathebula, S. (2013). Catalog of the spider types deposited in the National Collection of Arachnida of the Agricultural Research Council, Pretoria (Arthropoda: Arachnida: Araneae). ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, Technical Communication 2013(1, version 1): 1-25.
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Malamel, J. J., Nafin, K. S., Sankaran, P. M. & Sebastian, P. A. (2019a). Taxonomic revision of the monotypic genus Psellonus Simon, 1897 (Araneae, Philodromidae). Zootaxa 4543(3): 442-450. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4543.3.9
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Espejo, Y. M. G. P., Kochalka, J. A. & Barrett, B. R. G. (2019). A new species and two new records of the ground spider genus Apopyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from Paraguay. Zootaxa 4664(4): 594-600. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4664.4.12
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Tan, J., Chan, Z. J., Ong, C. A. & Yong, H. S. (2019a). Phylogenetic relationships of Actinacantha Simon, Gasteracantha Sundevall, Macracantha Hasselt and Thelacantha Simon spiny orbweavers (Araneae: Araneidae) in Peninsular Malaysia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 67: 32-55. doi:10.26107/RBZ-2019-0003
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Sudhin, P. P., Nafin, K. S., Sumesh, N. V. & Sudhikumar, A. V. (2019a). A new spider species of the genus Cocalus C.L. Koch, 1846 (Araneae: Salticidae: Spartaeinae) from Western Ghats of India. Arthropoda Selecta 28(1): 125-130. doi:10.15298/arthsel.28.1.10
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Ponomarev, A. V., Shokhin, I. V., Terskov, E. N. & Shmatko, V. Y. (2018b). Preliminary data on the fauna of spiders (Aranei) of Taman Peninsula and Tuzla Island (Russia). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 14(2): 121-129. doi:10.23885/181433262018142-121129
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Oketch, A. D., Zonstein, S., Kioko, E. N. & Li, S. Q. (2020). Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya. African Invertebrates 61(2): 93-106. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.61.54004
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Özkütük, R. S., Yağmur, E. A., Gücel, S., Shafaie, S., Özden, Ö. & Kunt, K. B. (2020). New records of the East Mediterranean Lachesana (Aranei: Zodariidae), with description of a new species. Arthropoda Selecta 29(3): 334-338. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.3.06
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Kuntner, M., Arnedo, M. A., Trontelj, P., Lokovsek, T. & Agnarsson, I. (2013). A molecular phylogeny of nephilid spiders: evolutionary history of a model lineage. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69: 961-979. [+Appendix A] doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.06.008
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Labarque, F. M., Soto, E. M., Ramírez, M. J. & Arnedo, M. A. (2015). Chasing ghosts: the phylogeny of Amaurobioidinae ghost spiders (Araneae, Anyphaenidae). Zoologica Scripta 44(5): 550-561. doi:10.1111/zsc.12119
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Isaia, M., Mammola, S., Mazzuca, P., Arnedo, M. A. & Pantini, P. (2017). Advances in the systematics of the spider genus Troglohyphantes (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 15(4): 307-326 & Suppl. 1-3. doi:10.1080/14772000.2016.1254304
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Silva, B. A. da, Guerrero, J. C., Bidegaray-Batista, L. & Simó, M. (2020). Description of Latica, a new monotypic spider genus from Uruguay and Argentina (Araneae, Herpyllinae, Gnaphosidae): an integrative approach. Zoologischer Anzeiger 288: 84-96 & Suppl. mat. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2020.07.006
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Řezáč, M., Arnedo, M. A., Opatova, V., Musilová, J., Řezáčová, V. & Král, J. (2018b). Taxonomic revision and insights into the speciation mode of the spider Dysdera erythrina species-complex (Araneae: Dysderidae): sibling species with sympatric distributions. Invertebrate Systematics 32(1): 10-54. doi:10.1071/IS16071
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H., Lotz, L. N. & Webb, P. (2022f). The Araneidae of South Africa. Version 2: part 3 (Ne-U). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 66 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6326991
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020h). The Anyphaenidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 6 pp. [the 2nd pdf is version 2 from 2022, which differs only slightly and has no different doi] doi:10.5281/zenodo.5982411
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020f). The Deinopidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 16 pp. [the 2nd pdf is version 2 from 2022, which differs only slightly and has no different doi] doi:10.5281/zenodo.6326965
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020g). The Agelenidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 23 pp. [the 2nd pdf is version 2 from 2022, which differs only slightly and has no different doi] doi:10.5281/zenodo.5981186
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2021i). The Ischnothelidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 6 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324525
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2021f). The Clubionidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 32 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6622971
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2021m). The Microstigmatidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 11 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6735731
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2022a). The Eresidae of South Africa. Version 2. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 46 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6331366
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Armiach Steinpress, I., Cohen, M., Pétillon, J., Chipman, A. D. & Gavish-Regev, E. (2022). Lycosa Latreille, 1804 (Araneae, Lycosidae) of Israel, with a note on Geolycosa Montgomery, 1904. European Journal of Taxonomy 832: 1-54. doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.832.1877
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Busschere, C. de, Fannes, W., Henrard, A., Gaublomme, E., Jocqué, R. & Baert, L. (2014). Unravelling the goblin spiders puzzle: rDNA phylogeny of the family Oonopidae (Araneae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 72(2): 177-192.
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Habita, A., Benhalima, S., Kherbouche-Abrous, O., Bosmans, R., Brague-Bouragba, N. & Guezoul, O. (2022). Distribution of the genus Anyphaena in the Western Mediterranean region, with the first record of Anyphaena alboirrorata in the Maghreb (Araneae: Anyphaenidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 63: 19-23. doi:10.30963/aramit6306
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Rodrigues, E. N. L., Rodrigues, P. E. S., Brescovit, A. D. & Koh, J. K. H. (2022). An update on the phylogeny of Spintharinae with analysis based on morphological characters and taxonomy of Janula (Araneae, Theridiidae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 22(3): 749-787. doi:10.1007/s13127-022-00547-x
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020i). The Anapidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 12 pp. [the 2nd pdf is version 2 from 2022, which differs only slightly] doi:10.5281/zenodo.6759226
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2021s). The Penestomidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 15 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6813823
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2021x). The Stasimopidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 54 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7162178
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Bailey, A. L., Brewer, M. S., Hendrixson, B. E. & Bond, J. E. (2010). Phylogeny and classification of the trapdoor spider genus Myrmekiaphila: An integrative approach to evaluating taxonomic hypotheses. PLoS One 5(9, e12744): 1-15. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012744.
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Bond, J. E., Hendrixson, B. E., Hamilton, C. A. & Hedin, M. (2012b). A reconsideration of the classification of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Arachnida: Araneae) based on three nuclear genes and morphology. PLoS One 7(6, e38753): 1-11. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038753
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Caleb, J. T. D., Lohit, Y. T., Abhijith, A. P. C. & Packiam, S. M. (2022c). A new species and new synonym in the genus Colopsus Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippina) from India. Arthropoda Selecta 31(4): 470-476. doi:10.15298/arthsel.31.4.07
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2022n). The Drymusidae of South Africa. Version 2. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 10 pp. [N.B.: this is an other version than doi: 10.5281/zenodo.6103059]
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020u). The Thomisidae of South Africa. Part 1 A-Mo. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 62 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7513274
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2021D). The Gnaphosidae of South Africa. Part 3 (T-X). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 65 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7197741
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Tamajón, R., Sánchez-García, I., Pertegal, C., Rodríguez, G. & Pérez-Gómez, Á. (2021). Primeros registros de Erigone dentosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 (Araneae: Linyphiidae) en el sur de la Península Ibérica. Revista de la Sociedad Gaditana de Historia Natural 15: 39-42.
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Peñaherrera-R., P., Guerrero-Campoverde, A., León-E., R. J. & Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. (2023a). First record of Holothele longipes (L. Koch, 1875) (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Ecuador. Check List 19(2): 141-145. doi:10.15560/19.2.141
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Sawers, M. A. R., El-Bishlawy, S. M. O., Hassan, M. F. & Sallam, G. M. S. (2023). The first record of Ero aphana (Araneae: Mimetidae) in Egypt. Arab Journal of Plant Protection 41(1): 15-17. doi:10.22268/AJPP-41.1.015017
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Kamble, S. S., Bodkhe, A. K., Sarkar, I. D. & Kale, S. S. (2018). First record of Pritha nana Simon, 1868 (Aranae: Filistatidae) from India. In: Rao, P. N., Saxena, A., Pandey, B. N. & Kulkarni, G. K. (eds.) Biodiversity and bioprospects: Indian scenario and perspectives. Today & Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers, New Delhi, pp. 145-154.
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Nardi, D., Pantini, P., Rizzo, P., Trespidi, G., Turetta, A., Barbieri, G. & Ballarin, F. (2023). A comprehensive update on the morphology and distribution of the invasive scaffold-web spider Eidmannella pallida (Araneae, Nesticidae) with a focus on new records from Italy. Zootaxa 5351(2): 221-264. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5351.2.3
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Walt, V. van der, Blake, B., Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. & Webb, P. (2022). Notes on the red beetle jumping spider Pachyballus castaneus (Araneae: Salticidae). SANSA Newsletter 41: 7-9.
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Martínez, L., Brescovit, A. D., Villarreal, E. & Oliveira, L. F. M. (2021). An update of morphological and distributional data of the genus Patrera Simon (Araneae: Anyphaenidae: Anyphaeninae) with the description of twenty-five new species from Colombia. Zootaxa 4914(1): 1-64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4914.1.1
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Gawas, V. U., Tripathi, R., Sudhikumar, A. V. & Sawant, N. S. (2024). A new species of Afraflacilla Berland & Millot, 1941 (Araneae, Salticidae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10(1): 125-132. doi:10.61186/jibs.10.1.125
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Michalik, P., Reiher, W., Tintelnot-Suhm, M., Coyle, F. A. & Alberti, G. (2005). Female genital system of the folding-trapdoor spider Antrodiaetus unicolor (Hentz, 1842) (Antrodiaetidae, Araneae): ultrastructural study of form and function with notes on reproductive biology of spiders. Journal of Morphology 263: 284-309.
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