Advances in the reconstruction of the Spider Tree of Life: a roadmap for spider systematics and comparative studies

S Kulkarni, HM Wood, G Hormiga - Cladistics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In the last decade and a half, advances in genetic sequencing technologies have
revolutionized systematics, transforming the field from studying morphological characters or …

The role of behavior in the evolution of spiders, silks, and webs

F Vollrath, P Selden - Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst., 2007 - annualreviews.org
Spiders' silks and webs have made it possible for this diverse taxon to occupy a unique
niche as the main predator for another, even more diverse taxon, the insects. Indeed, it might …

The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target‐gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling

WC Wheeler, JA Coddington, LM Crowley… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

[图书][B] Biology of spiders

R Foelix - 2010 - books.google.com
One of the only books to treat the whole spider, from its behavior and physiology to its
neurobiology and reproductive characteristics, Biology of Spiders is considered a classic in …

Spider phylogenomics: untangling the Spider Tree of Life

NL Garrison, J Rodriguez, I Agnarsson, JA Coddington… - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
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 …

The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae)

MJ Ramírez - Bulletin of the american Museum of Natural History, 2014 - BioOne
ABSTRACT A phylogenetic analysis of the two-clawed spiders grouped in Dionycha is
presented, with 166 representative species of 49 araneomorph families, scored for 393 …

Spider families of the world

R Jocqué, AS Dippenaar-Schoeman - 2006 - sea-entomologia.org
El libro tiene una estructura tan simple como su título. Tras unos capítulos iniciales
introductorios, siguen los de claves de identificación y 107 subcapítulos dedicados cada …

Reconstructing web evolution and spider diversification in the molecular era

TA Blackledge, N Scharff… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
The evolutionary diversification of spiders is attributed to spectacular innovations in silk.
Spiders are unique in synthesizing many different kinds of silk, and using silk for a variety of …

Phylogenomics resolves a spider backbone phylogeny and rejects a prevailing paradigm for orb web evolution

JE Bond, NL Garrison, CA Hamilton, RL Godwin… - Current Biology, 2014 - cell.com
Spiders represent an ancient predatory lineage known for their extraordinary biomaterials,
including venoms and silks. These adaptations make spiders key arthropod predators in …

A protocol for digesting internal soft tissues and mounting spiders for scanning electron microscopy

F Álvarez-Padilla, G Hormiga - The Journal of Arachnology, 2007 - BioOne
We describe a simple protocol for digesting the internal soft tissues of spiders using an
enzyme complex known as pancreatin. This technique is preferred over digestions with …