A revision of the New World eximius lineage of Anelosimus (Araneae, Theridiidae) and a phylogenetic analysis using worldwide exemplars

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 453-593

  Agnarsson, Ingi ^a,b,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolution of sociality; Inbreeding; Maternal care; Morphology; Parallel gains; Quasisociality; Subsociality; Taxonomy; Theridiid phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANELOSIMUS; ANELOSIMUS JUCUNDUS; ANELOSIMUS STUDIOSUS; ARANEAE; ARANEAE THERIDIIDAE; CHROSIOTHES; ENOPLOGNATHA; MYA; STEMMOPS; STYPOSIS; THERIDIIDAE; THERIDION;

EID: 33646881561     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00213.x     Document Type: Review

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