Increasing information content and diagnosability in family-level classifications
Higher-level classifications often must account for monotypic taxa representing depauperate
evolutionary lineages and lacking synapomorphies of their better-known, well-defined sister …
evolutionary lineages and lacking synapomorphies of their better-known, well-defined sister …
Resolving the phylogeny of a speciose spider group, the family Linyphiidae (Araneae)
F Wang, JA Ballesteros, G Hormiga, D Chesters… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2015 - Elsevier
For high-level molecular phylogenies, a comprehensive sampling design is a key factor for
not only improving inferential accuracy, but also for maximizing the explanatory power of the …
not only improving inferential accuracy, but also for maximizing the explanatory power of the …
Converging on the orb: denser taxon sampling elucidates spider phylogeny and new analytical methods support repeated evolution of the orb web
High throughput sequencing and phylogenomic analyses focusing on relationships among
spiders have both reinforced and upturned long‐standing hypotheses. Likewise, the …
spiders have both reinforced and upturned long‐standing hypotheses. Likewise, the …
The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target‐gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling
We present a phylogenetic analysis of spiders using a dataset of 932 spider species,
representing 115 families (only the family Synaphridae is unrepresented), 700 known …
representing 115 families (only the family Synaphridae is unrepresented), 700 known …
[PDF][PDF] Systematics: progress in the study of spider diversity and evolution
I Agnarsson, JA Coddington… - Spider research in the 21st …, 2013 - repository.si.edu
The field of systematics involves at least three major elements: biodiversity exploration
(inventory); taxonomic discovery and description (taxonomy); and the estimation of …
(inventory); taxonomic discovery and description (taxonomy); and the estimation of …
Improving taxonomic practices and enhancing its extensibility—An example from araneology
Planetary extinction of biodiversity underscores the need for taxonomy. Here, we scrutinize
spider taxonomy over the last decade (2008–2018), compiling 2083 published accounts of …
spider taxonomy over the last decade (2008–2018), compiling 2083 published accounts of …
Spider phylogenomics: untangling the Spider Tree of Life
ABSTRACT Spiders (Order Araneae) are massively abundant generalist arthropod
predators that are found in nearly every ecosystem on the planet and have persisted for over …
predators that are found in nearly every ecosystem on the planet and have persisted for over …
Rounding up the usual suspects: a standard target‐gene approach for resolving the interfamilial phylogenetic relationships of ecribellate orb‐weaving spiders with a …
We test the limits of the spider superfamily Araneoidea and reconstruct its interfamilial
relationships using standard molecular markers. The taxon sample (363 terminals) …
relationships using standard molecular markers. The taxon sample (363 terminals) …
Advances in the reconstruction of the Spider Tree of Life: a roadmap for spider systematics and comparative studies
In the last decade and a half, advances in genetic sequencing technologies have
revolutionized systematics, transforming the field from studying morphological characters or …
revolutionized systematics, transforming the field from studying morphological characters or …
Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae using genomic scale data
The infraorder Mygalomorphae is one of the three main lineages of spiders comprising over
3000 nominal species. This ancient group has a worldwide distribution that includes among …
3000 nominal species. This ancient group has a worldwide distribution that includes among …