The fossil record of spiders revisited: implications for calibrating trees and evidence for a major faunal turnover since the Mesozoic

ILF Magalhaes, GHF Azevedo, P Michalik… - Biological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Studies in evolutionary biology and biogeography increasingly rely on the estimation of
dated phylogenetic trees using molecular clocks. In turn, the calibration of such clocks is …

Stop the abuse of time! Strict temporal banding is not the future of rank-based classifications in fungi (including lichens) and other organisms

R Lücking - Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Classification is the most important approach to cataloging biological diversity. It serves as a
principal means of communication between scientific disciplines, as well as between …

Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae using genomic scale data

V Opatova, CA Hamilton, M Hedin… - Systematic …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Increasing information content and diagnosability in family-level classifications

M Kuntner, K Čandek, M Gregorič, E Turk… - Systematic …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Higher-level classifications often must account for monotypic taxa representing depauperate
evolutionary lineages and lacking synapomorphies of their better-known, well-defined sister …

Converging on the orb: denser taxon sampling elucidates spider phylogeny and new analytical methods support repeated evolution of the orb web

RJ Kallal, SS Kulkarni, D Dimitrov, LR Benavides… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
High throughput sequencing and phylogenomic analyses focusing on relationships among
spiders have both reinforced and upturned long‐standing hypotheses. Likewise, the …

DNA barcodes combined with multilocus data of representative taxa can generate reliable higher-level phylogenies

G Talavera, V Lukhtanov, NE Pierce, R Vila - Systematic Biology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Taxa are frequently labeled incertae sedis when their placement is debated at ranks above
the species level, such as their subgeneric, generic, or subtribal placement. This is a …

Spider‐specific probe set for ultraconserved elements offers new perspectives on the evolutionary history of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae)

S Kulkarni, H Wood, M Lloyd… - Molecular Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Phylogenomic methods have proven useful for resolving deep nodes and recalcitrant
groups in the spider tree of life. Across arachnids, transcriptomic approaches may generate …

Phylogeny of the orb‐weaving spider family Araneidae (Araneae: Araneoidea)

N Scharff, JA Coddington, TA Blackledge… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We present a new phylogeny of the spider family Araneidae based on five genes (28S, 18S,
COI, H3 and 16S) for 158 taxa, identified and mainly sequenced by us. This includes 25 …

Spider diversification through space and time

D Dimitrov, G Hormiga - Annual Review of Entomology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Spiders (Araneae) make up a remarkably diverse lineage of predators that have
successfully colonized most terrestrial ecosystems. All spiders produce silk, and many …

Spiders as frog-eaters: a global perspective

M Nyffeler, R Altig - The Journal of Arachnology, 2020 - BioOne
In this paper, 374 incidents of frog predation by spiders are reported based on a
comprehensive global literature and social media survey. Frog-catching spiders have been …