Molecular phylogenetics of nursery web spiders (Araneae: Pisauridae).

Pisauridae Simon, 1890, or nursery web spiders, are a large family with a worldwide distribution and very diverse life history strategies. Despite being named for their nursery webs, similar structures are built by some members of Ctenidae, Trechaleidae, and Oxyopidae. Pisauridae has no known morphological synapomorphies that circumscribe all members of the family, and delineation of subfamilies has been a longstanding issue.

Reassessing the evolutionary relationships of tropical wandering spiders using phylogenomics: A UCE-based phylogeny of Ctenidae (Araneae) with the discovery of a new lycosoid family.

Tropical wandering spiders (Ctenidae) are a diverse family of cursorial predators whose species richness peaks in the tropics. The phylogeny of Ctenidae has been examined using morphology and Sanger-based sequencing data, but these studies have been limited by taxon sampling and have often recovered low branch support for many intrafamilial phylogenetic relationships. Herein, we present the most extensive phylogenetic sampling of this family using genome-scale data, leveraging museum collections of all ctenid subfamilies from across the world.

Systematics, distribution patterns and historical biogeography of the Central America wandering spider genus Polotow & Brescovit, 2018 (Araneae: Ctenidae).

Polotow & Brescovit, 2018 is a Neotropical genus of Ctenidae, with most of its species occuring in Central America. In this study, we review the systematics of and describe five new species and the unknown females of Polotow & Brescovit, 2018 and Polotow & Brescovit, 2018, and the unknown male of Polotow & Brescovit, 2018. In addition, we described the female of which was wrongly assigned as Polotow & Brescovit, 2018 (both species are sympatric).

Molecular phylogeny of the tropical wandering spiders (Araneae, Ctenidae) and the evolution of eye conformation in the RTA clade.

Tropical wandering spiders (Ctenidae) are a diverse group of cursorial predators with its greatest species richness in the tropics. Traditionally, Ctenidae are diagnosed based on the presence of eight eyes arranged in three rows (a 2-4-2 pattern). We present a molecular phylogeny of Ctenidae, including for the first time representatives of all of its subfamilies.

Complete mitochondrial genome of Phoneutria depilata (Araneae, Ctenidae): New insights into the phylogeny and evolution of spiders.

Spiders (Araneae) are the most abundant terrestrial predators and megadiverse on earth. In recent years, the mitochondrial genome of a great diversity of species has been sequenced, mainly for ecological and commercial purposes. These studies have uncovered the existence of a variety of mitochondrial genome rearrangements.

Corrigenda: Morphological and molecular evidence support the taxonomic separation of the medically important Neotropical spiders (Strand, 1909) and (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) (Araneae, Ctenidae). ZooKeys 1022: 13-50. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1022.60571.

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Morphological and molecular evidence support the taxonomic separation of the medically important Neotropical spiders (Strand, 1909) and (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) (Araneae, Ctenidae).

The species of the genus (Ctenidae), also called banana spiders, are considered amongst the most venomous spiders in the world. In this study we revalidate (Strand, 1909), which had been synonymized with (F.O.

Biogeographic regions and events of isolation and diversification of the endemic biota of the tropical Andes.

Understanding the spatial and temporal evolution of biota in the tropical Andes is a major challenge, given the region's topographic complexity and high beta diversity. We used a network approach to find biogeographic regions (bioregions) based on high-resolution species distribution models for 151 endemic bird taxa. Then, we used dated molecular phylogenies of 14 genera to reconstruct the area history through a sequence of allopatric speciation processes.

A geographic distribution database of the Neotropical cassava whitefly complex (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) and their associated parasitoids and hyperparasitoids (Hymenoptera).

Whiteflies (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) are represented by more than 1,500 herbivorous species around the world. Some of them are notorious pests of cassava (Manihot esculenta), a primary food crop in the tropics. Particularly destructive is a complex of Neotropical cassava whiteflies whose distribution remains restricted to their native range.

Potential geographic distribution of two invasive cassava green mites.

The cassava green mites Mononychellus tanajoa and M. mcgregori are highly invasive species that rank among the most serious pests of cassava globally. To guide the development of appropriate risk mitigation measures preventing their introduction and spread, this article estimates their potential geographic distribution using the maximum entropy approach to distribution modeling.

New records and geographical distribution of ctenid spiders (Araneae: Ctenidae) in Colombia.

This study provides new records, geographical distribution extensions and a checklist of the current ctenids species in Colombia based on the review of four arachnological collections and published literature. A total of 15 new records for Ctenidae in Colombia are reported; nine of these species are new records for the country and the distribution of the remaining six is expanded. The genus Centroctenus Mello-Leitão, 1929 (C.