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A targeted gene phylogenetic framework to investigate diversification in the highly diverse yet geographically restricted red devil spiders (Araneae, Dysderidae).
Cladistics : the international journal of the Willi Hennig Society - 1 Dec 2024
Adrián-Serrano Silvia, Pavlek Martina, Arnedo Miquel A
Abstract excerpt
The family Dysderidae is a highly diverse group of nocturnal ground-dwelling and active-hunter spiders. Dysderids are mostly restricted to the Western Palearctic, and particularly rich and abundant around the Mediterranean region. Interestingly, the distribution of species richness among its 24 genera and three subfamilies is highly biased-80% of its 644 documented species belong to just two genera, Dysdera (326)...
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