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Zonstein, S. (2021). A new species of Raveniola (Araneae, Nemesiidae) from Western Tien-Shan. Zootaxa 5006(1): 208-212. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5006.1.22
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Bopearachchi, D. P. & Benjamin, S. P. (2021). Phylogenetic placement of Flacillula Strand, 1932 with seven new species from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Salticidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59(6): 1255-1272. doi:10.1111/jzs.12485
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Lu, Y., Yang, F. & He, Q. Q. (2021). Pholcus maxian sp. nov., the fifth endemic spider species of Pholcus phungiformes species-group (Araneae: Pholcidae) at the border between Jilin, China and North Korea. Biodiversity Data Journal 9(e72464): 1-7. doi:10.3897/BDJ.9.e72464
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Tharmarajan, M. & Benjamin, S. P. (2021). New records of Coleosoma blandum O. Pickard- Cambridge, 1882 and C. floridanum Banks, 1900 from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Theridiidae). Arachnology 18(8): 833-837. doi:10.13156/arac.2021.18.8.833
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Zonstein, S. & Marusik, Y. M. (2021). The first Western Palearctic record of Euprosthenops Pocock (Araneae, Pisauridae), with description of a new species from Israel. ZooKeys 1065: 13-27. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1065.74119
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Kulkarni, S. & Hormiga, G. (2021). Hooroo mates! Phylogenomic data suggest that the closest relatives of the iconic Tasmanian cave spider Hickmania troglodytes are in Australia and New Zealand, not in South America. Invertebrate Systematics 35(8): 850-856. doi:10.1071/IS21030
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Xu, X., Peng, X. J. & Li, D. Q. (2021). Four new species of the jumping spider genus Portia (Araneae, Salticidae) from China. ZooKeys 1968: 27-40. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1068.72805
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Déjean, S. & Danflous, S. (2021). Deux Scotinotylus (Araneae, Linyphiidae) nouveaux pour la faune de France. Revue Arachnologique (2) 8: 18-25.
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Li, B., Wang, C. & Peng, X. J. (2021). Four new species of the spider genus Synagelides Strand, 1906 from south China (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 1074: 175-189. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1074.72823
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Ponomarev, A. V., Alekseev, S. K., Komarov, Y. E. & Shmatko, V. Y. (2021). Spiders (Aranei) of the Terek River valley in Mozdok District of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 17(2): 351-374. doi:10.23885/181433262021172-351374
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Urfer, K., Spasojevic, T., Klopfstein, S., Baur, H., Lasut, L. & Kropf, C. (2021). Incongruent molecular and morphological variation in the crab spider Synema globosum (Araneae, Thomisidae) in Europe. ZooKeys 1078: 107-134. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1078.64116
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Ledford, J., Derkarabetian, S., Ribera, C., Starrett, J., Bond, J. E., Griswold, C. & Hedin, M. (2021). Phylogenomics and biogeography of leptonetid spiders (Araneae: Leptonetidae). Invertebrate Systematics 35(3): 332-349. doi:10.1071/IS20065
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Rix, M. G., Wood, H. M., Harvey, M. S. & Michalik, P. (2021). Micro-computed tomography reveals a remarkable twin intromittent organ in spiders – a novelty for arachnids with direct sperm transfer. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9(794708): 1-7. doi:10.3389/fevo.2021.794708
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Lotz, L. N. & Bird, T. L. (2021). A review of the spider species Cheiracanthium furculatum (Araneae: Cheiracanthiidae). SANSA Newsletter 39(Supplement): 8-13.
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Wang, Z. Y., Liang, W. & Li, S. Q. (2021). Five new Sinopoda species (Araneae, Sparassidae) from China and Thailand. ZooKeys 1012: 1-19. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1012.59854
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Bertani, R. & Almeida, M. Q. (2021). Yanomamius n. gen., a new genus of tarantula from Brazilian and Venezuelan Amazon (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with description of three new species. Zootaxa 4933(3): 324-340. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4933.3.2
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Irfan, M., Bashir, S. & Peng, X. J. (2021). Acroterius gen. nov. (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Linyphiinae) with twelve new species from Yunnan, China. European Journal of Taxonomy 743: 1-53. doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.743.1293
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Tong, Y. F., Sun, X. C., Li, S. Q. & Bian, D. J. (2021). Taxonomic study of the genus Ischnothyreus (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Xishuangbanna Rainforest, southwestern China. ZooKeys 1034: 165-197. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1034.63388
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Weiss, I. & Sarbu, S. M. (2021). Porrhomma frasassianum spec. nov. from a sulfidic cave, Italy (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 61: 73-76. doi:10.30963/aramit6112
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Schult, J., Preik, O. & Kirschner, S. (2021). The importance of biosemiotics for morphology. Biosemiotics 14(1): 167-179. doi:10.1007/s12304-020-09399-4
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Ruiz, G. R. S., Costa, E. L. S. & Bustamante, A. A. (2021). Revision of Gypogyna Simon, 1900 (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 5057(2): 241-259. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5057.2.5
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Im, J. S., Kim, S. T. & Lee, S. Y. (2021). Bassaniana birudis sp. nov., a new crab spider (Araneae, Thomisidae) from South Korea. Biodiversity Data Journal 9(e73109): 1-7. doi:10.3897/BDJ.9.e73109
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Zhang, S. Y. & Wang, C. B. (2021). Two new species of the genus Latouchia Pocock, 1901 from southeast China (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Halonoproctidae). Biodiversity Data Journal 9(e72456): 1-11. doi:10.3897/BDJ.9.e72456
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Esyunin, S. L., Agafonova, O. V. & Ruchin, A. B. (2021). [Spider fauna (Aranei) of the Mordovian Reserve]. Proceedings of the Mordovia State Nature Reserve 27: 53-133.
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Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. & Whitaker, J. (2021). More on the smallest crab spiders in Africa (Araneae: Thomisidae: Parabomis). SANSA Newsletter 37(Supplement): 25-28.
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Wiese, L. & Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. (2021). Notes on the rare nursery-web spider Walrencea globosa Blandin, 1979 in South Africa (Araneae: Pisauridae). SANSA Newsletter 39(Supplement): 19-20.
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Vertyankin, A. V. & Danilov, S. V. (2021). About the find of the orb-weaver spider Araneus variegatus Yaginuma, 1960 (Araneae: Lycosidae) on the Sakhalin Island. Journal of Sakhalin Museum (4) 37: 97-100.
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Danışman, T., Coşar, İ., Özkütük, R. S. & Kunt, K. B. (2021). Description of the hitherto unknown female of Pelecopsis topcui (Türkeş et. al. 2015), comb.n. (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Entomological News 129(4): 400-405. doi:10.3157/021.129.0408
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Tam, T. V., Huy, L. N. Q., Phuc, N. T., Nhan, V. H. & Khang, L. V. (2021). First record for Brettus cingulatus in Vietnam (Araneae: Salticidae: Spartaeini). Peckhamia 229.1: 1-2.
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Crews, S. C., Galvis, W. & Esposito, L. A. (2021). Gliding canopy flatties and relatives from the Selenops banksi group (Araneae: Selenopidae). Journal of Natural History 54(35-36, 2020): 2343-2365. doi:10.1080/00222933.2020.1844914
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Tripathi, R., Jangid, A. K., Siliwal, M., Dutta, S. & Sudhikumar, A. V. (2021). First record of Menemerus marginatus (Kroneberg, 1875) (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini) from India. Peckhamia 231.1: 1-7.
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Wang, L. Y., Framenau, V. W. & Zhang, Z. S. (2021). A further study on the wolf spider subfamily Artoriinae from China (Araneae: Lycosidae). Zootaxa 4964(3): 571-584. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4964.3.8
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Lin, Y. J. & Li, S. Q. (2021). Four new species of the genus Ectatosticta (Araneae, Hypochilidae) from China. Acta Arachnologica Sinica 30(1): 1-8. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2021.01.001
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Wang, L. Y., Peng, X. J. & Zhang, Z. S. (2021). Serratacosa, a new genus of Lycosidae (Araneae) from the southern slopes of the Eastern Himalayas. European Journal of Taxonomy 762: 96-107. doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.762.1455
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Arizala, S., Labarque, F. M. & Polotow, D. (2021). Revision of the Neotropical spider genus Acanthoctenus (Araneae: Ctenidae: Acanthocteninae). Zootaxa 4920(1): 1-55. [incl. Erratum: Zootaxa 5032(4): 600] doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4920.1.1
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Sheng, H. J., Xu, X., Yin, H. Q. & Irfan, M. (2021). A new species of spider genus Khorata Huber, 2005 from China (Araneae: Pholcidae). Pakistan Journal of Zoology 53(6): 2463-2466. doi:10.17582/journal.pjz/20200309140344
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Wang, C. & Li, S. Q. (2021). On ten species of jumping spiders from Xishuangbanna, China (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 1062: 123-155. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1062.72531
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Paradis, S. & Paquin, P. (2021). Première mention d'Erigone dentosa (O. Pickard-Cambridge 1894) (Araneae: Linyphiidae) au Québec. Hutchinsonia 1: 68-70.
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Irfan, M., Wang, L. Y. & Zhang, Z. S. (2021). Two new species of the spider genus Pimoa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 (Araneae, Pimoidae) from China. Acta Arachnologica Sinica 30(2): 113-117. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2021.02.06
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Verhoogt, K. & IJland, S. (2021). De sepia mierenjager Zodarion rubidum nieuw voor Nederland (Araneae: Zodariidae) [The ant-eating spider Zodarion rubidum new to the Netherlands (Araneae: Zodariidae)]. Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen 57: 7-12.
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Al-Khazali, A. M., Hussen, F. S., Kachel, H. S., Ismail, N. K. & Ahmed, A. I. (2021). Three new and two confirmed records for the Iraqi spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae). Commagene Journal of Biology 5(2): 204-207. doi:10.31594/commagene.1022862
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Ying, Y. H., Yuan, S. L., Sun, W., Xiao, Y. H. & Liu, K. K. (2021). A new Eupoa Zabka, 1985 species from south China (Araneae: Salticidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 30(1): 41-52. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2021.01.007
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Lin, Y. J., Li, S. Q. & Chen, H. F. (2021). A new species of the spider genus Phlogiellus (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Hainan, China. Zootaxa 4915(2): 289-293. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4915.2.9
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Oketch, D. A, Kioko, E. N. & Li, S. Q. (2021). Three new species of the genus Toxoniella (Araneae, Liocranidae) from Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya. African Invertebrates 62(1): 273-286. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.62.62963
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Brescovit, A. D., Sherwood, D. & Lucas, S. M. (2021). First description of the males of Diplura sanguinea (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) and Diplura nigra (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) from Brazilian Amazonia, with notes on biogeography and opisthosomal patterning (Araneae: Dipluridae). Arachnology 18(7): 681-689. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.7.681
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Kanesharatnam, N. & Benjamin, S. P. (2021). Phylogenetic relationships and systematics of the jumping spider genus Colopsus with the description of eight new species from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Salticidae). Journal of Natural History 54(43-44): 2763-2814. doi:10.1080/00222933.2020.1869335
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Choudhury, S. R., Siliwal, M., Das, S. K. & Giroti, A. M. (2021). Description of a new genus and five new species of tube-dwelling spider family Segestriidae (Araneae: Synspermiata) from Odisha, India. Zootaxa 4963(1): 91-114. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4963.1.4
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Bodkhe, A. K., Uniyal, V. P., Kamble, S. S., Quasin, S., Santape, G. B., Chikhale, M. P. & Deshmukh, S. M. (2021). First record of male Tropizodium viridurbium Prajapati, Murthappa, Sankaran & Sebastian, 2016 from Melghat forest (Araneae: Zodariidae) India. Serket 17(4): 413-419.
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Tang, J., Liang, W., Shi, H., Gao, C. X., Li, S. Q. & Zheng, G. (2021). A checklist of spiders from Yongxing Island, South China Sea, with taxonomic notes on four species of goblin spiders. Biodiversity Data Journal 9(e67087): 1-17. doi:10.3897/BDJ.9.e67087
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Lee, S. Y. & Kim, S. T. (2021). A new spider of the genus Yunohamella (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Korea. Species Diversity 26(2): 165-169. doi:10.12782/specdiv.26.165
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