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Lüddecke, T., Krehenwinkel, H., Canning, G., Glaw, F., Longhorn, S. J., Tänzler, R., Wendt, I. & Vences, M. (2018). Discovering the silk road: Nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data resolve the phylogenetic relationships among theraphosid spider subfamilies. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 119: 63-70. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.015
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Harvey, M. S., Hillyer, M. J., Main, B. Y., Moulds, T. A., Raven, R. J., Rix, M. G., Vink, C. J. & Huey, J. A. (2018). Phylogenetic relationships of the Australasian open-holed trapdoor spiders (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae: Anaminae): multi-locus molecular analyses resolve the generic classification of a highly diverse fauna. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184(2): 407-452. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx111
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Cazanove, G. & Begue, J.-F. (2018). Observation d'une variabilité morphologique chez Arachnura scorpionoides Vinson, 1863 à La Réunion (Aranea, Araneidae). Revue Arachnologique (2) 5: 22-29.
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Lavery, A. H. & Snazell, R. G. (2018). Notiomaso spei (Araneae: Linyphiidae), a new spider species from South Georgia. Arachnology 17(8): 402-405. doi:10.13156/arac.2017.17.8.402
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Baba, Y. G. & Tanikawa, A. (2018). Two new spider species of the genera Glenognatha and Pachygnatha (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 67(1): 39-42. doi:10.2476/asjaa.67.39
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Gallon, R. C. & Farr, G. (2018). Kryptonesticus eremita (Simon, 1880), a Nesticidae spider new to Britain from Flat Holm Island. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 141: 13-15.
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Kioko, G. M., Kioko, E. N., Li, S. Q. & Li, L. Q. (2018). On four species of the genus Mistaria Lehtinen, 1967 (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Kenya. African Invertebrates 59(2): 111-126. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.59.26617
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Kovács, G. & Szinetár, C. (2018). Adatok a nagy faggyúpók (Steatoda grossa [C. L. Koch, 1838]) biológiájához (Araneae: Theridiidae) [Data on the biology of the cupboard spider: Steatoda grossa (C. L. Koch, 1838), (Araneae, Theridiidae)]. Biológia Savaria Természettudományi és Sporttudományi Közlemények 17: 91-108.
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Yang, Z. B., Zhao, Y., Zhang, C. G. & Yang, Z. Z. (2018). Two new species of the genus Macrothele from the southwest of China (Mygalomorphae: Macrothelidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 27(2): 96-102. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2018.02.002
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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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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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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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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., Pravalikha, G. B., Johnson, B. E., Manyu, M., Mungkung, S. & Mathai, M. T. (2017a). Hersilia aadi Pravalikha, Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu, 2014 a junior synonym of Hersilia savignyi Lucas, 1836 (Araneae: Hersiliidae). Zootaxa 4254(3): 396-400. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4254.3.11
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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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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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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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Benavides, L. R., Giribet, G. & Hormiga, G. (2017). Molecular phylogenetic analysis of "pirate spiders" (Araneae, Mimetidae) with the description of a new African genus and the first report of maternal care in the family. Cladistics 33(4): 375-405. doi:10.1111/cla.12174
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Danışman, T. & Rubio, G. D. (2017). A new species of Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 (Araneae: Zodariidae) from Turkey. Entomological News 127(2): 178-183. doi:10.3157/021.127.0214
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Dixit, G. S. & Ade, P. P. (2017). Revision of spiders from the genus Cyclosa (Araneae: Araneidae) with description of three new species and the first record of male of C. conica and C. purnai from India. International Journal of Researches in Biosciences, Agriculture and Technology 5(Special Issue 2): 945-953.
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Fukushima, C. S., Andrade, R. M. G. de & Bertani, R. (2017). Two new Brazilian species of Loxosceles Heinecken & Lowe, 1832 with remarks on amazonica and rufescens groups (Araneae, Sicariidae). ZooKeys 667: 67-94. doi:10.3897/zookeys.667.11369
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Hormiga, G. (2017). The discovery of the orb-weaving spider genus Pinkfloydia (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) in eastern Australia with description of a new species from New South Wales and comments on the phylogeny of Nanometinae. Zootaxa 4311(4): 480-490. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4311.4.2
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Ott, R., Ruiz, G. R. S., Brescovit, A. D. & Bonaldo, A. B. (2017). Amazoonops, a new genus of goblin spiders (Araneae: Oonopidae) from the Brazilian Amazon. Zootaxa 4236(2): 244-268. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.2
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Zhou, G. C., Irfan, M. & Peng, X. J. (2017). A new spider species of the genus Holoplatys Simon, 1885 from the Southern China (Araneae: Salticidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 26(1): 1-5. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2017.01.001
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Naumova, M., Blagoev, G., Dimitrov, D., Lazarov, S. & Deltshev, C. (2017). New data on the spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae) of Bulgaria. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 69(4): 477-481.
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Baba, Y. G. & Tanikawa, A. (2017). A new species of the genus Anyphaena (Araneae: Anyphaenidae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 66(1): 31-33. doi:10.2476/asjaa.66.31
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Gündüz, G. (2017). A new cribellate spider for Turkey, Titanoeca caucasica Dunin, 1985 (Araneae: Titanoecidae). Serket 15(3): 135-137.
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Hormiga, G. & Dimitrov, D. (2017). The discovery of the spider genus Putaoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) in Taiwan with the description of a new species, including its web architecture. Zootaxa 4341(1): 97-104. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4341.1.8
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Karakaş Kiliç, G. & Özkütük, R. S. (2017). Dysderocrates tanatmisi sp. n., a new spider species from Turkey (Araneae, Dysderidae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 41(6): 1072-1075. doi:10.3906/zoo-1612-22
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Rubio, G. D., Galvis, W. & Nadal, M. F. (2017). Description of the female of Lyssomanes miniaceus, with a new distribution record for L. belgranoi (Araneae: Salticidae). Caldasia 39(2): 239-246. doi:10.1544 6/caldasia.v39n2.60499
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Cazanove, G. (2017). Découverte de Zygiella x-notata (Araneae, Araneidae) sur l'île de La Réunion (Océan Indien). Revue Arachnologique (2) 4: 22-25.
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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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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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Nakano, T., Ihara, Y., Kumasaki, Y., Baba, Y. G. & Tomikawa, K. (2017). Evaluation of the systematic status of geographical variations in Arcuphantes hibanus (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae), with descriptions of two new species. Zoological Science 34(4): 331-344. doi:10.2108/zs160168
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Smith, H. M., Harvey, M. S., Agnarsson, I. & Anderson, G. J. (2017). Notes on the ant-mimic genus Anatea Berland (Araneae: Theridiidae) and two new species from tropical Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 69(1): 1-13. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1672
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Baba, Y. G., Katayama, N. & Tanikawa, A. (2017). New records of the pirate spider Ero aphana (Araneae: Mimetidae) from Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana 34: 11-14.
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Pekár, S., Petráková, L., Corcobado, G. & Whyte, R. (2017). Revision of eastern Australian ant-mimicking spiders of the genus Myrmarachne (Araneae, Salticidae) reveals a complex of species and forms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179(3): 642-676 & Suppl. doi:10.1111/zoj.12439
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Simó, M., Lise, A. A., Pompozzi, G. & Laborda, Á. (2017). On the taxonomy of southern South American species of the wolf spider genus Allocosa (Araneae: Lycosidae: Allocosinae). Zootaxa 4216(3): 261-278, 4254(5): 599-600. , 10.11646/zootaxa.4254.5.10 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4216.3.4
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Baba, Y. G., Ohno, S., Rie, U.-H. & Tanikawa, A. (2017). A new record of the wall spider, Oecobius marathaus (Araneae: Oecobiidae), from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 66(1): 17-18. doi:10.2476/asjaa.66.17
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Bustamante, A. A. & Ruiz, G. R. S. (2017). Systematics of Thiodinini (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae), with description of a new genus and twelve new species. Zootaxa 4362(3): 301-347. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4362.3.1
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Costa, E. L. S. & Ruiz, G. R. S. (2017). On four new species of the jumping spider genus Mago O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 from South America (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4329(6): 584-593. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4329.6.4
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Jiang, X. K., Guo, X., Yu, Z. G. & Chen, H. M. (2017). First description of the male of the eyeless spider Draconarius tortus Chen, Zhu & Kim 2008 from China (Araneae: Agelenidae: Coelotinae). Zootaxa 4294(1): 141-144. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4294.1.11
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Maya-Morales, J., Jiménez, M. L., Murugan, G. & Palacios-Cardiel, C. (2017). Four new genera of funnel-web spiders (Araneae: Agelenidae) from the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. Journal of Arachnology 45(1): 30-66. doi:10.1636/JoA-S-16-024.1
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Mikhailov, K. G., Otto, S. & Japoshvili, G. (2017). A new species from the Clubiona caerulescens group from the Caucasus (Araneae: Clubionidae). Zoology in the Middle East 63(4): 362-368. doi:10.1080/09397140.2017.1361188
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Zhang, X. Q., Zhao, Z., Zheng, G. & Li, S. Q. (2017). A survey of five Pireneitega species (Agelenidae, Coelotinae) from China. ZooKeys 663: 45-64. doi:10.3897/zookeys.663.11356
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Gál, J., Kovács, G., Bagyó, R., Vári, G. & Prazsák, I. (2017). A new Loureedia species on overgrazed former cork oak forest in Morocco (Araneae: Eresidae). Animal welfare, ethology and housing systems 12(1, 2016): 11-19. [published in March 2017] doi:10.17205/SZIE.AWETH.2016.1.011
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Edwards, G. B. (2017). Revision of Misumessus (Thomisidae: Thomisinae: Misumenini), with observations on crab spider terminology. Journal of Arachnology 45(3): 296-323. doi:10.1636/JoA-S-17-025.1
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Huang, G. Q., Zhang, Z. S. & Liu, Y. H. (2017). Review of the comb-tailed spider genus Hahnia C.L. Koch 1841 (Hahniidae) from Gaoligong Mountains in Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 4344(3): 444-464. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4344.3.2
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Salgado, A. & Ruiz, G. R. S. (2017). Ten new species of Amphidraus Simon, 1900 (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini) and three new combinations. Zootaxa 4312(3): 401-437. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4312.3.1
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