• DOI:10.1146/ANNUREV.ES.22.110191.003025
Corpus ID: 55647804

Systematics and Evolution of Spiders (Araneae)

@article{Coddington1991SystematicsAE,
  title={Systematics and Evolution of Spiders (Araneae)},
  author={J. Coddington and H. Levi},
  journal={Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics},
  year={1991},
  volume={22},
  pages={565-592}
}

J. Coddington, H. Levi

Published 1991

Biology

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

In the last 15 years understanding of the higher systematics of Araneae has changed greatly. Large classical superfamilies and families have turned out to be polyor paraphyletic; posited relationships were often based on sym­ plesiomorphies. In this brief review we summarize current taxonomic and phylogenetic knowledge and suggest where future efforts might profitably be concentrated. We lack space to discuss fully all the clades mentioned, and the cited numbers of described taxa are only… CONTINUE READING

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