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 …

Repeated diversification of ecomorphs in Hawaiian stick spiders

RG Gillespie, SP Benjamin, MS Brewer, MAJ Rivera… - Current Biology, 2018‏ - cell.com
Insular adaptive radiations in which repeated bouts of diversification lead to phenotypically
similar sets of taxa serve to highlight predictability in the evolutionary process [1]. However …

High species diversity of Phintella and Phintella‐like spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Vietnam revealed by DNA‐based species delimitation analyses

LTH Phung, YC Su, T Yamasaki, YY Li… - Ecology and …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Salticidae (jum** spiders) usually exhibit pronounced sexual dimorphism in adult
morphology, particularly body coloration and size and shape of the first legs. Consequently …

Evolution of spider-and ant-eating habits in crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae)

S Pekár, V Šoltysová, R Booysen… - Zoological Journal of the …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Spiders and ants are infrequent types of prey in the diet of spiders. Both spider-and ant-
eating were found in thomisid (crab) spiders but their origin remains unclear. Our goal was …

Webs: diversity, structure and function

SJ Blamires, S Zhang, IM Tso - … and ecology of spiders: contributions from …, 2017‏ - Springer
Web building has been such a highly successful foraging innovation among spiders that the
vast majority of extant spiders are web builders. The structure of spider webs varies …

Recent Range Expansion and Genomic Admixture in a Kleptoparasitic Spider, Argyrodes lanyuensis: A Case of Adaptive Introgression on Small, Isolated Islands of …

MA Responte, CY Wu, NU Elias, RM Brown… - Molecular …, 2025‏ - Wiley Online Library
Adaptive introgression involves the acquisition of advantageous genetic variants through
hybridisation, which are subsequently favoured by natural selection due to their association …

Behaviour and Ecology of Spiders

C Viera, MO Gonzaga - Contributions from the Neotropical Region, 2017‏ - Springer
Arachnology in the Neotropical region has been greatly benefited by the relatively recent
development and establishment of research groups in Central and South America and …

A shift in the host web occupancy of dew‐drop spiders associated with genetic divergence in the Southwest Pacific

NU Elias, MA Responte, CY Wu, YF Chiu… - Journal of …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim We assessed the population genetic structure of the kleptoparasitic spider Argyrodes
bonadea across the Southwestern Pacific islands. Our aim is to evaluate the impact of …

Kleptoparasites of social spider colonies do not track hosts' subdivided population structure

S Straus, L Avilés - Molecular Ecology, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Organisms with lower dispersal abilities tend to have more genetically dissimilar
populations. The same is true for parasites, whose transmission frequency may depend on …

Environmental filtering and dispersal as drivers of metacommunity composition: complex spider webs as habitat patches

P Fernandez‐Fournier, L Avilés - Ecosphere, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Metacommunity theory has advanced the understanding of the patterns and processes
sha** community structure at multiple scales. Various models have been put forward to …