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Orbiculariae

Known as: Orbicularia 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2017
Highly Cited
2017
Rounding up the usual suspects: a standard target‐gene approach for resolving the interfamilial phylogenetic relationships of ecribellate orb‐weaving spiders with a new family‐rank classification…
We test the limits of the spider superfamily Araneoidea and reconstruct its interfamilial relationships using standard molecular… Expand
2011
2011
The allometry of CNS size and consequences of miniaturization in orb-weaving and cleptoparasitic spiders.
Allometric studies of the gross neuroanatomy of adults from nine species of spiders from six web-weaving families (Orbicularia… Expand
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Silk Genes Support the Single Origin of Orb Webs
The orb web is a spectacular evolutionary innovation that enables spiders to catch flying prey. This elegant, geometric structure… Expand
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Atlas of phylogenetic data for entelegyne spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae: Entelegynae) with comments on their phylogeny
2 Introduction 2 Taxon choice 3 Conventions 5 Materials and methods 5 Specimen preparation 6 Acknowledgments 7 Results 8 The… Expand
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
The phylogenetic basis of sexual size dimorphism in orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Orbiculariae).
Extreme sexual body size dimorphism (SSD), in which males are only a small fraction of the size of the females, occurs only in a… Expand
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Review
2000
Review
2000
Interpretations of orb-web variability: A review of past and current ideas
HEILING A.M., HERBERSTEIN M.E.: Interpretations of orb-web variability: a review of past and current ideas. In GAJDOS P., PEKAR S… Expand
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Towards a Phylogeny of Entelegyne Spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae, Entelegynae)
We propose a phylogeny for all entelegyne families with cribellate members based on a matrix of 137 characters scored for 43… Expand
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Phylogeny of the orb-web building spiders (Araneae, Orbiculariae: Deinopoidea, Araneoidea)
Abstract This phylogenetic analysis of 31 exemplar taxa treats the 12 families of Araneoidea (Anapidae, Araneidae, Cyatholipidae… Expand
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Review
1991
Review
1991
Cladistics and Spider Classification: Araneomorph Phylogeny and the Monophyly of Orbweavers (Araneae: Araneomorphae, Orbiculariae)
Department of Entomology NHB 164, National Museum of Natural History, Smith- sonian Institution, Washington, DC USA 20560… Expand
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Spinneret Silk Spigot Morphology: Evidence for the Monophyly of Orbweaving Spiders, Cyrtophorinae (Araneidae), and the Group Theridiidae Plus Nesticidae
Labelled scanning electron micrographs comprehensively illustrating the spinning fields of Deinopis (Deinopidae), Octonoba… Expand
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