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Taxonomic reassessment and rejection of the spider family Fonteferreidae Wunderlich, 2023 (Araneae)

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  Taxonomic reassessment and rejection of the spider family Fonteferreidae Wunderlich, 2023 (Araneae) Abstract The taxonomic validity of the spider family  Fonteferreidae  Wunderlich, 2023 is re-evaluated in light of new morphological evidence. This araneoid family was originally established based on a single specimen, the male holotype, that lacked both distinctive somatic characters and reproductive structures. Upon re-examination, the holotype specimen was found to be a subadult male, and consequently the diagnostic traits previously cited to justify its familial status are found to be unsubstantiated. In absence of the necessary empirical evidence, the erection of the family  Fonteferreidae , the genus  Fonteferrea  Wunderlich, 2023, and  F.   minutissima  Wunderlich, 2023 must be rejected. We recommend that  Fonteferrea   minutissima , the genus  Fonteferrea , and the family  Fonteferreidae  be formally treated a...

Systematics of the Aliatypus erebus Group (Mygalomorphae, F. Antrodiaetidae): Exploring a Possible Ring of Species Around the California Central Valley (Full Text Dissertation or Thesis)

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Integrative taxonomy describes a new species of the genus Dicranolasma Sørensen (Opiliones: Dicranolasmatidae) from Turkey

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Ecological and social contexts of scorpion stings in Manaus, the largest metropolis of the Brazilian Amazon

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Homotypic assortative mating is consistent across temporal scales in the spider Mecynogea lemniscata (Araneidae)

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Letter: Description of Two Cases of Spider Bites Attributed to Loxosceles rufescens (Araneae, Sicariidae) in Albania

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On the discovery of a new polymorphic Happy-Face Spider (Araneae, Theridiidae) from the Western Himalayas, India, with notes on its natural history

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Harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) as Overlooked Predators of Anurans in the Neotropics

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All genera of the world: Order Scorpiones (Animalia: Arthropoda: Arachnida)

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Spiders in the mosaic: How habitat heterogeneity and structure drive local spider diversity in a Mediterranean forest

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Tell Me How Much DNA You Have and I'll Tell You What Your Sex Is: Sex Determination by Flow Cytometry of Spiderlings of Allocosa marindia

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Combining Thiophene-Triazole Hybrids with Bothropic Antivenom to Enhance Its Inhibitory Effect Against the Coagulant Activity of Bothrops Jararaca, B. Neuwiedi, and B. Jararacussu Snake Venoms

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Systematic revision of Dongmoa Roewer (Arachnida: Opiliones: Podoctidae), with reassignment of two Chinese species from Bonea and description of a new species from Vietnam

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First record of bird and spider species preying on dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in the Amazon Forest

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A case of gynandry and intersexuality in Phidippus regius C. L. Koch, 1846 (Araneae: Salticidae)

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Taxonomic revision of the wolf spider genus Artoria (Araneae, Lycosidae, Artoriinae) from Northern Territory and Queensland, with additions to the fauna of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory

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BEYOND SPECIES-LEVEL DIFFERENCES: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF INTRASPECIFIC VENOM PLASTICITY IN SPIDERS

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Tetracycline reprograms inflammatory and regenerative signaling pathways in human keratinocytes exposed to Loxosceles spider venoms and sphingomyelinases

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Morphological and molecular evidence support a new species of the genus Ilocomba Brescovit, 1997 (Araneae, Anyphaenidae, Anyphaeninae) from the Andes of Colombia

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Erranticosa gen. nov.: a New Genus of Wolf Spiders from East Asia with Notes on its Separation from Lycosa and Hogna (Araneae Lycosidae: Lycosinae)

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