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Liu, C., Li, F. Y., Li, S. Q. & Zheng, G. (2017a). Five new genera of the subfamily Psilodercinae (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae) from Southeast Asia. Zoological Systematics 42(4): 395-417. doi:10.11865/zs.201717
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Zonstein, S. L. & Marusik, Y. M. (2017a). Descriptions of the two-eyed African spider genera Chedimanops gen. n. and Hybosidella gen. n. (Araneae, Palpimanidae, Chediminae). African Invertebrates 58(1): 23-47. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.58.11448
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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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Esyunin, S. L. (2017a). New data on Aituaria pontica (Spassky, 1932) (Aranei: Nesticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 26(3): 241-243. doi:10.15298/arthsel.26.3.05
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Xu, X., Xu, C., Liu, F. X., Zhang, Z. T. & Li, D. Q. (2017a). Four new species of the trapdoor spider genus Conothele Thorell, 1878 from mainland China and Laos (Araneae, Ctenizidae). ZooKeys 643: 63-74. doi:10.3897/zookeys.643.10543
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Benjamin, S. P. (2017a). Distributional and taxonomic notes on the crab spider genus Epidius with descriptions of five new species (Araneae: Thomisidae). Journal of Natural History 51(9-10): 469-485. doi:10.1080/00222933.2017.1302016
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Rix, M. G., Raven, R. J., Main, B. Y., Harrison, S. E., Austin, A. D., Cooper, S. J. B. & Harvey, M. S. (2017a). The Australasian spiny trapdoor spiders of the family Idiopidae (Mygalomorphae: Arbanitinae): a relimitation and revision at the generic level. Invertebrate Systematics 31(5): 566-634. doi:10.1071/IS16065
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Song, Y., Zhao, H. F., Luo, Y. & Li, S. Q. (2017a). Three new species of Pinelema from caves in Guangxi, China (Araneae, Telemidae). ZooKeys 692: 83-101. doi:10.3897/zookeys.692.11677
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Zonstein, S. L. & Marusik, Y. M. (2017b). A redescription of Chedima purpurea Simon, 1873, with notes on the unique copulative stopper mechanism in females (Aranei: Palpimanidae). Arthropoda Selecta 26(3): 225-232. doi:10.15298/arthsel.26.3.03
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Benjamin, S. P. (2017b). A new species of Angaeus from Malaysia with possible affinity to related genera within Stephanopinae (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 4337(2): 297-300. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.10
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Dong, T. T., Zheng, G., Yao, Z. Y. & Li, S. Q. (2017b). Ten new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa 4306(3): 339-369. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4306.3.3
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Rix, M. G., Bain, K., Main, B. Y., Raven, R. J., Austin, A. D., Cooper, S. J. B. & Harvey, M. S. (2017b). Systematics of the spiny trapdoor spiders of the genus Cataxia (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae) from south-western Australia: documenting a threatened fauna in a sky-island landscape. Journal of Arachnology 45(3): 395-423 & Suppl. 1-3. doi:10.1636/JoA-S-17-012.1
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Xu, X., Xu, C., Li, F., Pham, D. S. & Li, D. Q. (2017b). Trapdoor spiders of the genus Cyclocosmia Ausserer, 1871 from China and Vietnam (Araneae, Ctenizidae). ZooKeys 643: 75-85. doi:10.3897/zookeys.643.10797
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Yu, H., Zhang, J. S. & Chen, J. (2017b). Checklist of the Clubiona japonica-group spiders, with the description of a new species from China (Araneae, Clubionidae). ZooKeys 715: 1-16. doi:10.3897/zookeys.715.14645
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Özkütük, R. S., Elverici, M., Kunt, K. B. & Kiliç, G. (2017b). First faunistic record of Tegenaria vankeerorum Bolzern, Burckhardt & Hänggi, 2013 (Araneae: Agelenidae) from Turkey with description of unknown female. Biological Diversity and Conservation 10(3): 178-183.
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Esyunin, S. L. (2017b). A D.E. Kharitonov’s collection of permanent slides of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae). Part 1. Family Dictynidae. Bulletin of Perm University, Biology 2017(3): 263-276.
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Song, Y., Zhao, H. F., Luo, Y., Kioko, G. M., Kioko, E. N. & Li, S. Q. (2017b). The first record of Telemidae from Kenya, with the description of two new species (Arachnida, Araneae). ZooKeys 725: 1-15. doi:10.3897/zookeys.725.15059
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Caleb, J. T. D., Chatterjee, S., Tyagi, K., Kundu, S. & Kumar, V. (2017c). Two new jumping spiders of the genera Epocilla Thorell, 1887 and Mogrus Simon, 1882 from India (Araneae: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 26(4): 329-334. doi:10.15298/arthsel.26.4.08
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Xu, X., Liu, F. X., Ono, H., Chen, J., Kuntner, M. & Li, D. Q. (2017c). Targeted sampling in Ryukyus facilitates species delimitation of the primitively segmented spider genus Ryuthela (Araneae: Mesothelae: Liphistiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 181(4): 867-909. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx024
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Yu, H., Zhang, J. S. & Chen, J. (2017c). A new and a newly recorded species of genus Clubiona (Araneae: Clubionidae) from China. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 36(6): 692-696. doi:10.11984/j.issn.1000-7083.20170122
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Zamani, A., Mirshamsi, O., Dolejš, P., Marusik, Y. M., Esyunin, S. L., Hula, V. & Ponel, P. (2017c). New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), part IV. Acta Arachnologica 66(2): 55-71. doi:10.2476/asjaa.66.55
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Liu, C., Li, F. Y., Wongprom, P., Zheng, G. & Li, S. Q. (2017c). Eleven new species of the spider genus Althepus Thorell, 1898 (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) from Thailand. Zootaxa 4350(3): 469-499. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4350.3.3
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Xu, X., Liu, F. X., Kuntner, M. & Li, D. Q. (2017d). Four new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Qiongthela from Hainan island, China (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae). ZooKeys 714: 1-11. doi:10.3897/zookeys.714.19858
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Bosmans, R., Kherbouche-Abrous, O., Benhalima, S. & Hervé, C. (2018). The genus Haplodrassus Chamberlin, 1922 in the Mediterranean and the Maghreb in particular (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 4451(1): 1-67. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4451.1.1
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Fukushima, C. S. & Bertani, R. (2018). Two new species of Guyruita Guadanucci et al., 2007 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 4370(4): 395-408. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4370.4.5
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Lomazi, R. L., Araujo, D., Carvalho, L. S. & Schneider, M. C. (2018). Small pholcids (Araneae: Synspermiata) with big surprises: the lowest diploid number in spiders withmonocentric chromosomes. Journal of Arachnology 46(1): 45-49. doi:10.1636/JoA-S-17-033R2.1
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Nae, A., Sarbu, S. M. & Weiss, I. (2018). Kryptonesticus georgescuae spec. nov. from Movile Cave, Romania (Araneae: Nesticidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 55: 22-24. doi:10.30963/aramit5503
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Otto, S. & Japoshvili, G. (2018). The spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Lagodekhi Reserve, Georgia: faunistic results of a transect study and an updated checklist. Arachnology 17(8): 375-391. doi:10.13156/arac.2017.17.8.375
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Özkütük, R. S., Yağmur, E. A., Kunt, K. B., Karakaş Kiliç, G. & Elverici, M. (2018). Türkiye'den bilinen iki Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 (Araneae, Dysderidae) türünün yeniden betimlenmesi [Redescription of two species of Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 (Araneae, Dysderidae) known from Turkey]. Anadolu University Journal of Science and Technology, C 7(1): 20-30. doi:10.18036/aubtdc.335037
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Quasin, S., Siliwal, M. & Uniyal, V. P. (2018). New species of Trachelas (Araneae: Trachelidae) from Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve-Western Himalaya, India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 11(1): 158-160. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2017.11.006
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Salgado, A. & Ruiz, G. R. S. (2018). Two new species of Neonella Gertsch, 1936 (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Zootaxa 4394(4): 537-548. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.4
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Yao, Z. Y., Zhu, K. L., Du, Z. H. & Li, S. Q. (2018). The Belisana spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 4425(2): 243-262. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4425.2.3
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Yao, Z. Y. & Li, S. Q. (2018). Belisana cas, a new spider species from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zoological Systematics 43(3): 334. doi:10.11865/zs.201825
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Zhang, L., Wang, L. Y. & Zhang, Z. S. (2018). The first record of Amaurobius C.L. Koch, 1837 (Araneae, Amaurobiidae) from China, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4402(2): 363-372. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4402.2.8
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Zhang, J. S., Yu, H. & Zhong, Y. (2018). Two new species of the Clubiona corticalis-group from Guizhou Province, China (Araneae: Clubionidae). Zootaxa 4415(2): 393-400. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4415.2.10
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Zhang, J. S., Zhang, G. R. & Yu, H. (2018). Four species of spider genus Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1839 (Araneae, Eutichuridae) from Jinggang Mountains, Jiangxi Province, China. ZooKeys 762: 33-45. doi:10.3897/zookeys.762.23786
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Fomichev, A. A., Marusik, Y. M. & Koponen, S. (2018). New data on spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Iraq. Zoology in the Middle East 64(4): 329-339. doi:10.1080/09397140.2018.1484018
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Tong, Y. F., He, J. H. & Li, S. Q. (2018). A new species of the genus Ischnothyreus Simon, 1893 from Chongqing, China (Araneae, Oonopidae). Journal of Shenyang Normal University (Natural Science edition) 36(1): 10-15.
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FitzPatrick, M. J. & Sebata, S. (2018). The description of the female of Ibala minshullae FitzPatrick, 2009 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Arnoldia Zimbabwe 10(32): 368-371.
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Harrison, S. E., Rix, M. G., Harvey, M. S. & Austin, A. D. (2018). Systematics of the Australian spiny trapdoor spiders of the genus Blakistonia Hogg (Araneae: Idiopidae). Zootaxa 4518(1): 1-76. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4518.1.1
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Yu, H., Li, F. & Zhang, J. S. (2018). A new species of the genus Songthela from Guizhou Province, China (Araneae: Mesothelae: Liphistiidae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 42(6): 715-721. doi:10.3906/zoo-1807-39
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Gaymard, M. & Lecigne, S. (2018). Contribution à la connaissance de l'aranéofaune (Araneae) du Gard et en particulier du massif des Gorges du Gardon (Occitanie, France). Bulletin de l'Association Française d'Arachnologie 1: 1-39.
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Jiang, X. K., Chen, H. M. & Zhang, Z. S. (2018). Spiders' diversity in Fanjing Mountain Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China, IV: Coelotine spiders (Araneae, Agelenidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 27(2): 65-95. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2018.02.001
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Pawaria, S., Bodkhe, A., Kamble, S., Uniyal, V. & Talwar, S. (2018). A new spider species Sphingius delakharae sp. n. (Araneae: Liocranidae) from Delakhari, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh, 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. 161-171.
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Majagi, S. H., Talwar, S., Vijaykumar, K. & Kamble, S. (2018). First record of male Cyrba ocellata Kroneberg, 1875 from India (Araneae: Salticidae). Ecology and Fisheries 11(1): 15-20.
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Marusik, Y. M., Nadolny, A. A. & Koponen, S. (2018). A survey of the Alopecosa cursor species group (Aranei: Lycosidae) from Asia. Arthropoda Selecta 27(4): 348-362. doi:10.15298/arthsel.27.4.12
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Caleb, J. T. D., Acharya, S. & Kumar, V. (2018). From a century ago: a new spartaeine species from the Eastern Himalayas (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 27(3): 232-236. doi:10.15298/arthsel.27.3.06
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Kim, S. T. & Yoo, J. S. (2018). Carniella coreana sp. nov., a new comb-footed spider (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Korea. Journal of Species Research 7(3): 248-250. doi:10.12651/JSR.2018.7.3.248
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Zha, S. (2018). Hersiliidae, Hahniidae, Selenopidae. In: Zhang, F. & Xue, X. F. (eds.) Fauna of Tianmu Mountain. Volume II. Arachnida. Araneae Eriophyoidea. Zhejiang University Press, Hangzhou, pp. 8-10, 85-87, 112-113, pl. 2, 18-19, 23.
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Mi, X. Q. & Wang, C. (2018). Chorizopesoides, a new genus of orb-weaver spider from China (Araneae: Araneidae). Oriental Insects 52(1): 79-87. doi:10.1080/00305316.2017.1347843
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