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 …

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 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 …

Combining genomic, phenotypic and Sanger sequencing data to elucidate the phylogeny of the two-clawed spiders (Dionycha)

GHF Azevedo, T Bougie, M Carboni, M Hedin… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
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 …

A novel probe set for the phylogenomics and evolution of RTA spiders

J Zhang, Z Li, J Lai, Z Zhang, F Zhang - Cladistics, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Spiders are important models for evolutionary studies of web building, sexual selection and
adaptive radiation. The recent development of probes for UCE (ultra‐conserved element) …

[HTML][HTML] Huntsman spider phylogeny informs evolution of life history, egg sacs, and morphology

JA Gorneau, CA Rheims, CS Moreau… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Huntsman spiders (Araneae: Sparassidae) are among the most speciose spider
families, with a near-worldwide distribution, diverse habitats, equally diverse life histories …

Early Cretaceous greenhouse pumped higher taxa diversification in spiders

L Shao, S Li - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The Cretaceous experienced one of the most remarkable greenhouse periods in geological
history. During this time, ecosystem reorganization significantly impacted the diversification …

Huntsmen of the Caribbean: Multiple tests of the GAARlandia hypothesis

Y Tong, G Binford, CA Rheims, M Kuntner, J Liu… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The origin of the Caribbean biota remains debated, but amassing evidence suggests
important roles of both dispersal and vicariance events in the colonization the archipelago …

Gene flow and Andean uplift shape the diversification of Gasteracantha cancriformis (Araneae: Araneidae) in Northern South America

FC Salgado‐Roa, C Pardo‐Diaz, E Lasso… - Ecology and …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
The Andean uplift has played a major role in sha** the current Neotropical biodiversity.
However, in arthropods other than butterflies, little is known about how this geographic …

Systematics of cybaeid spiders endemic to the Japanese Archipelago, and their historical biogeographic implications (Araneae: Cybaeidae)

Y Sugawara, Y Ihara, N Koike, HY Seo… - Invertebrate …, 2024‏ - CSIRO Publishing
The epigean and subterranean spiders of the genus Cybaeus L. Koch, 1868 are distributed
in the Holarctic, and are highly diversified in western North America and Japan. More than …