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Dimitrov, D., Benavides, L. R., Arnedo, M. A., Giribet, G., Griswold, C. E., Scharff, N. & Hormiga, G. (2017). Rounding up the usual suspects: a standard target-gene approach for resolving the interfamilial phylogenetic relationships of ecribellate orb-weaving spiders with a new family-rank classification (Araneae, Araneoidea). Cladistics 33(3): 221-250 & Suppl. doi:10.1111/cla.12165
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Wheeler, W. C., Coddington, J. A., Crowley, L. M., Dimitrov, D., Goloboff, P. A., Griswold, C. E., Hormiga, G., Prendini, L., Ramírez, M. J., Sierwald, P., Almeida-Silva, L. M., Álvarez-Padilla, F., Arnedo, M. A., Benavides, L. R., Benjamin, S. P., Bond, J. E., Grismado, C. J., Hasan, E., Hedin, M., Izquierdo, M. A., Labarque, F. M., Ledford, J., Lopardo, L., Maddison, W. P., Miller, J. A., Piacentini, L. N., Platnick, N. I., Polotow, D., Silva-Dávila, D., Scharff, N., Szűts, T., Ubick, D., Vink, C., Wood, H. M. & Zhang, J. X. (2017). The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling. Cladistics 33(6): 576-616. doi:10.1111/cla.12182
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Ranasinghe, U. G. S. L. & Benjamin, S. P. (2016c). New records of Pelicinus and Xyphinus from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Oonopidae). Indian Journal of Arachnology 5: 71-78.
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Dong, T. T., Zheng, G., Yao, Z. Y. & Li, S. Q. (2016b). Thirteen new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from China. Zootaxa 4170(1): 1-40. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4170.1.1
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Mikhailov, K. G. (2016b). On the synonymy of Micaria modesta (Aranei, Gnaphosidae). Vestnik Zoologii 49(6): 567-568. doi:10.1515/vzoo-2015-0067
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Zhang, X. Q., Zhao, Z., Zheng, G. & Li, S. Q. (2016b). A further study of the spider genus Notiocoelotes (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Hainan Island, China. ZooKeys 601: 75-87. doi:10.3897/zookeys.601.7698
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Ranasinghe, U. G. S. L. & Benjamin, S. P. (2016b). The goblin spider genus Xestaspis in Sri Lanka (Araneae: Oonopidae). Zootaxa 4189(1): 60-80. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4189.1.2
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Mikhailov, K. G. (2016a). On the spider genus Arboricaria with the description of a new species (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). ZooKeys 558: 153-169. doi:10.3897/zookeys.558.6521
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Ranasinghe, U. G. S. L. & Benjamin, S. P. (2016a). A review of Sri Lankan Brignolia including the description of four new species (Araneae: Oonopidae). Zootaxa 4144(4): 451-476. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4144.4.1
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Zhang, X. Q., Zhao, Z., Zheng, G. & Li, S. Q. (2016a). Nine new species of the spider genus Pireneitega Kishida, 1955 (Agelenidae, Coelotinae) from Xinjiang, China. ZooKeys 601: 49-74. doi:10.3897/zookeys.601.7893
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Dong, T. T., Zheng, G., Yao, Z. Y. & Li, S. Q. (2016a). Fifteen new species of the spider genus Pholcus (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa 4136(2): 201-246. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4136.2.1
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Aakra, K., Morka, G. H., Antonson, A., Farlund, M., Wrånes, R. E., Frølandshagen, R., Løvbrekke, H., Furuseth, P., Fjellberg, A., Lemke, M., Pfliegler, W. P., Andersen, S., Olsen, K. M., Aadland, B. & Berggren, K. (2016). Spiders new to Norway (Arachnida, Araneae) with ecological, taxonomical and faunistic comments. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 63(1): 6-43.
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Achitte-Schmutzler, H. C. & Rubio, G. D. (2016). First description of the male of the spider Tibellus paraguensis Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Philodromidae), with new distribution records. Zootaxa 4161(1): 146-150. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4161.1.12
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Deltshev, C., Blagoev, G., Komnenov, M. & Lazarov, S. (2016). Description of Ozyptila balcanica sp. n. from the Balkan Peninsula and its comparison with the closely related O. umbraculorum Simon, 1932 (Araneae: Thomisidae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 68(4): 483-490.
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Feng, P., Zhang, Y., Wu, X. M., Ma, Y. Y., Yang, T. B., Li, C. G. & Yang, Z. Z. (2016). Four new species of Psechrus from Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Psechridae). Zootaxa 4088(2): 177-200. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4088.2.2
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Harrison, S. E., Rix, M. G., Harvey, M. S. & Austin, A. D. (2016). An African mygalomorph lineage in temperate Australia: the trapdoor spider genus Moggridgea (Araneae: Migidae) on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Austral Entomology 55: 208-216. doi:10.1111/aen.12172
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Rubio, G. D., Baigorria, J. E. M. & Edwards, G. B. (2016). First description of the female of the jumping spider Balmaceda nigrosecta Mello-Leitão (Salticidae, Dendryphantini, Marpissina). ZooKeys 563: 11-19. doi:10.3897/zookeys.563.6705
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Agnarsson, I., LeQuier, S. M., Kuntner, M., Cheng, R. C., Coddington, J. A. & Binford, G. (2016). Phylogeography of a good Caribbean disperser: Argiope argentata (Araneae, Araneidae) and a new ‘cryptic’ species from Cuba. ZooKeys 625: 25-44. doi:10.3897/zookeys.625.8729
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Bidegaray-Batista, L., Sánchez-Gracia, A., Santulli, G., Maiorano, L., Guisan, A., Vogler, A. P. & Arnedo, M. A. (2016). Imprints of multiple glacial refugia in the Pyrenees revealed by phylogeography and palaeodistribution modelling of an endemic spider. Molecular Ecology 25(9): 2046-2064 & appendices. doi:10.1111/mec.13585
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Giribet, G., Hormiga, G. & Edgecombe, G. D. (2016). The meaning of categorical ranks in evolutionary biology. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 16: 427-430. doi:10.1007/s13127-016-0263-9
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Jiang, X. K., Guo, X., Yu, Z. G. & Chen, H. M. (2016). A new species of the genus Storenomorpha Simon, 1884 from Guizhou, China (Araneae, Zodariidae). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 35(6): 913-916. doi:10.11984/j.issn.1000-7083-20160215
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Nakayama, T., Baba, Y. G. & Toyama, H. (2016). Records of Oecobius cellariorum and O. navus in the northern Kanto region, Japan. Kishidaia 108: 19-22.
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Rheims, C. A. & Alayón, G. (2016). Neostasina gen. nov., a new genus of huntsman spiders from the Neotropical region (Araneae, Sparassidae, Sparianthinae). Zootaxa 4079(3): 301-344. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4079.3.1
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Ruiz, G. R. S. & Bustamante, A. A. (2016). Edwardsya, a new genus of jumping spiders from South America (Araneae: Salticidae: Freyina). Zootaxa 4184(1): 117-129. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4184.1.7
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Yao, Z. Y., Dong, T. T., Zheng, G., Fu, Y. Z. & Li, S. Q. (2016). High endemism at cave entrances: a case study of spiders of the genus Uthina. Scientific Reports 6(35757): 1-9, I-LII. doi:10.1038/srep35757
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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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Bauer, T., Wendt, I., Holstein, J. & Gabriel, G. (2016). Crossopriza lyoni new to Germany (Araneae: Pholcidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 52: 4-6. doi:10.5431/aramit5202
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Benavides, L. R. & Hormiga, G. (2016). Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical pirate spiders of the genus Gelanor Thorell, 1869 (Araneae, Mimetidae) with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 4046(1): 1-72. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4064.1.1
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Bustamante, A. A. & Ruiz, G. R. S. (2016). Three new species of Kalcerrytus Galiano, 2000 from Brazil (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4066(1): 41-51. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4066.1.2
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Chen, H. M., Yu, Z. G. & Guo, X. (2016). One new spider species of genus Belisana (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Guizhou, China. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 35(2): 227-230. doi:10.11984/j.issn.1000-7083.20150275
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Durán-Barrón, C. G., Pérez, T. M. & Brescovit, A. D. (2016). Two new synanthropic species of Anyphaena Sundevall (Araneae: Anyphaenidae) associated to houses in Mexico City. Zootaxa 4103(2): 189-194. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4103.2.11
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Gunti, P., Srinivasulu, C. & Devender, G. (2016). New locality data for Stegodyphus tibialis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) (Araneae: Eresidae) from Telangana state, India. Check List 12(5, 1960): 1-3. doi:10.15560/12.5.1960
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Kallal, R. J. & Hormiga, G. (2016). Redescription of the Jamaican orb-weaving spider Chrysometa pecki Levi, 1986 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae), including the first description of the male. Zootaxa 4066(1): 95-100. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4066.1.11
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Kovács, G. & Szinetár, C. (2016). Adatok a mintás álkaszáspók [Hoplopholcus forskali (Thorell, 1871)] és a nagy álkaszáspók [Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775)] biológiájához (Araneae: Pholcidae). A Nyme Savaria Egyetemi Központ Tudományos Közleményei XXI. Természettudományok 16: 171-190.
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Lee, J. G., Lee, J. H. & Kim, S. K. (2016). Taxonomic notes on the genus Sinopoda (Araneae, Sparassidae), with descriptions of two new species from Korea. Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity 32(4): 281-292. doi:10.5635/ASED.2016.32.4.038
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Nadolny, A. A., Omelko, M. M., Marusik, Y. M. & Blagoev, G. (2016). A new species of spider belonging to the Pardosa lugubris-group (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Far East Asia. Zootaxa 4072(2): 263-281. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4072.2.8
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Pan, F., Zheng, G. & Li, S. Q. (2016). Wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China. Zoological Systematics 41(4): 404-414. doi:10.11865/zs.201645
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Ruiz, G. R. S. & Sobrinho, A. T. (2016). Three new species and redescription of the type species of Soesilarishius Makhan, 2007 (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Zootaxa 4196(2): 250-260. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4196.2.4
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Pérez-González, A., Rubio, G. D. & Ramírez, M. J. (2016). Insights on vulval morphology in Ochyroceratinae with a rediagnosis of the subfamily and description of the first Argentinean species (Araneae: Synspermiata: Ochyroceratidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 260: 33-44. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2015.12.001
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Naumova, M., Hristovski, S. & Hristov, G. H. (2016). Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Prespa National Park, Albania. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 68(4): 503-511.
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Montes de Oca, L., D'Elía, G. & Pérez-Miles, F. (2016). An integrative approach for species delimitation in the spider genus Grammostola (Theraphosidae, Mygalomorphae). Zoologica Scripta 45(3): 322-333. doi:10.1111/zsc.12152
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Rubio, G. D. & Baigorria, J. E. M. (2016). New species and the first known male of the jumping spider Ceriomura Simon (Araneae: Salticidae: Gophoini) with the faunistic revision of gophoines from Misiones, Argentina. Zoology and Ecology 26(4): 265-274. doi:10.1080/21658005.2016.1199502
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Mammola, S., Hormiga, G., Arnedo, M. A. & Isaia, M. (2016). Unexpected diversity in the relictual European spiders of the genus Pimoa (Araneae: Pimoidae). Invertebrate Systematics 30(6): 566-587. doi:10.1071/IS16017
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Ade, P. P. & Dixit, G. S. (2016). Diversity and ecology of spider of the family Araneid Clerck 1757 from Shivaji College campus, Akola. International Journal of Scientific Research 5(12): 729-732.
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Baba, Y. G., Suguro, T., Naya, N. & Yamauchi, T. (2016). A gynandromorph of the funnel-web spider Allagelena opulenta (Araneae: Agelenidae). Acta Arachnologica 65(1): 11-13. doi:10.2476/asjaa.65.11
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Baba, Y. G. & Yoshitake, H. (2016). A new record of Cheiracanthium taegense (Araneae: Eutichuridae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 65(1): 39-41. doi:10.2476/asjaa.65.39
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Ferretti, N. & Pompozzi, G. (2016). Description of the male of Stenoterommata uruguai (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae) from northeastern Argentina, with notes on its natural history. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87(2): 527-530. doi:10.1016/j.rmb.2015.12.002
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Gall, W. K. & Edwards, G. B. (2016). First records for the jumping spiders Heliophanus kochii in the Americas and Myrmarachne formicaria in New York State (Araneae: Salticidae). Peckhamia 140.1: 1-7.
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Guo, X., Yu, Z. G. & Chen, H. M. (2016). One new spider species of genus Leptonetela (Araneae: Leptonetidae) from cave in Guizhou, China. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 35(3): 395-399. doi:10.11984/j.issn.1000-7083.20150274
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Kuzmin, E. A. & Azarkina, G. N. (2016). Jumping spiders (Aranei: Salticidae) in Ulyanovsk oblast. Biologiya – Tomsk State University Journal of Biology 1(33): 82-101. doi:10.17223/19988591/33/6
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