A comparative morphology of trichobothrial bases in araneoid spiders and its significance for the phylogeny and system of the superfamily Araneoidea (Arachnida, Araneae)

Bothrial morphology was studied by SEM in 137 araneoid genera representing all 22 currently recognized extant families and all 42 conventional subfamilies of the Araneoidea. The ancestral type in the superfamily Araneoidea is a ‘hooded’ bothrium with a single well-developed transverse ridge, dividin...

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Main Authors: Kirill Y. Eskov, Yuri M. Marusik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2024-11-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/133002/download/pdf/
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