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

Cladistics, 2019
AbstractWe 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 outgroups and 133 araneid ingroups representing the subfamilies Zygiellinae Simon, 1929, Nephilinae Simon, 1894, and the typical araneids, here informally named the “ARA ...
Scharff, N., Coddington, J.A., Blackledge, T.A., Agnarsson, I., Framenau, V.W., Szűts, T., Hayashi, C.Y., Dimitrov, D.   +7 more
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New findings and an updated checklist of Araneidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Kosovo [PDF]

Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics
In this paper, we provide additional data on the orb-weaver spider fauna (Araneae: Araneidae) of Kosovo. Three species are reported for the first time from this country: Araneus grossus (C.L. Koch, 1844), Argiope lobata (Pallas, 1772) and Cyclosa oculata
Krenare Ibrahimi, Blertina Islami, Blearta Kastrati, Donard Geci, Astrit Bilalli, Halil Ibrahimi   +5 more
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Complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of Argiope perforata (Araneae: Araneidae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
The complete mitogenome of Argiope perforata (GenBank accession number MK512574) is 14,032 bp in length and contains 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and an A + T-rich region.
Wen-Jia Yang, Kang-Kang Xu, Yan Liu, Da-Xing Yang, Can Li   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

<i>Cyclosa</i> Menge, 1866 (Araneidae) Orb-Weavers Build Stabilimenta That Resemble Larger Spiders. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
The orb‐weaving spider Cyclosa longicauda from Peru constructs unique stabilimenta from detritus and silk that visually resemble a larger spider. This previously undescribed behavior likely functions as a sophisticated anti‐predator strategy, with the structure serving as a decoy to misdirect or repel attacks.
Olah G, Torres PJ, Pomerantz AF, Kirby R, Baxter S, Grados J, Reeves LE.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

A Deep Metagenomic Snapshot as a Proof-of-Concept for Resource Generation: Simultaneous Assembly of Host, Food, and Microbiome Genomes From Stingless Bee Larval Food. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This study serves as a proof‐of‐concept, demonstrating that deep shotgun sequencing of a single complex sample—stingless bee larval food—can simultaneously generate multiple genomic resources. From this dataset, we assembled three genomes (a near‐complete bacterium, a draft host mitochondrion, and a fragmented plant chloroplast) with varying ...
Ueira-Vieira C, Santos ACC, Araújo TN, Augusto SC, de Avila NB, Bonetti AM, Dos Santos AR.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Orb-web spider Argiope (Araneidae) as indigenous arrow poison of G/ui and G//ana San hunters in the Kalahari

PLoS ONE, 2023
Hunting has been crucial in early human evolution. Some San (Bushmen) of southern Africa still practice their indigenous hunting. The use of poisons is one remarkable aspect of their bow-and-arrow hunting but the sources, taxonomic identifications of ...
T. Bird, Smith Moeti, R. Hitchcock, Melinda C. Kelly, Lefang L. Chobolo, N. Gotcha, Kgosi K Moatlhodi, Leungo D Mukoka, Emmanuel K Sekopo, C. Chaboo   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Kangaraneus, a new genus of orb-weaving spider from Australia (Araneae, Araneidae)

Zoosystematics and Evolution, 2023
A new Australian genus in the orb-weaving spider family Araneidae Clerck, 1757 is described, Kangaraneusgen. nov., with K. arenaceus (Keyserling, 1886) comb. nov.
P. Castanheira, V. Framenau
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Revision of the new Australasian orb-weaving spider genus Salsa (Araneae, Araneidae)

ZooKeys, 2022
Abstract A new Australasian genus in the orb-weaving spider family Araneidae Clerck, 1757 is described to include seven species: Salsafuliginata (L. Koch, 1871) comb. nov. (type species; = Epeirarubicundula Keyserling, 1887) syn.
V. Framenau, Pedro de S. Castanheira
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A new genus of Australian orb-weaving spider with extreme sexual size dimorphism (Araneae, Araneidae)

Zoosystematics and Evolution, 2022
The new Australian orb-weaving spider genus Mangrovia in the family Araneidae Clerck, 1757 is described. It is characterised by extreme sexual size-dimorphism (eSSD) with females (total length 8–10 mm) ca.
V. Framenau, P. Castanheira
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Single-Island Endemism despite Repeated Dispersal in Caribbean Micrathena (Araneae: Araneidae): An Updated Phylogeographic Analysis

Diversity, 2022
Island biogeographers have long sought to elucidate the mechanisms behind biodiversity genesis. The Caribbean presents a unique stage on which to analyze the diversification process, due to the geologic diversity among the islands and the rich biotic ...
L. Shapiro, G. Binford, I. Agnarsson
semanticscholar   +1 more source