In the last decade and a half, advances in genetic sequencing technologies have
revolutionized systematics, transforming the field from studying morphological characters or …

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 …

Dating back to almost 400 mya, spiders are among the most diverse terrestrial predators [1].
However, despite considerable effort [1–9], their phylogenetic relationships and …

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 …

High throughput sequencing and phylogenomic analyses focusing on relationships among
spiders have both reinforced and upturned long‐standing hypotheses. Likewise, the …

Natural history collections play a crucial role in biodiversity research, and museum
specimens are increasingly being incorporated into modern genetics‐based studies …

The importance of morphology in the phylogenomic era has recently gained attention, but
relatively few studies have combined both types of information when inferring phylogenetic …

Phylogenomic methods have proven useful for resolving deep nodes and recalcitrant
groups in the spider tree of life. Across arachnids, transcriptomic approaches may generate …

Pseudoscorpiones, with nearly 3700 described species, are an ancient and globally
distributed group of arachnids with a fossil record dating back to the Middle Devonian …

The Alticini comprise 601 genera and 10,000 species, including plant pests. Their
phylogeny remains largely unresolved, inhibiting taxonomic stability, specimen identification …