Systematics of the Madagascar Anelosimus spiders: remarkable local richness and endemism, and dual colonization from the Americas
Despite the alarming rates of deforestation and forest fragmentation, Madagascar still harbors extraordinary biodiversity. However, in many arthropod groups, such as spiders, this biodiversity remains mostly unexplored and undescribed. The first subsocial Madagascan species of the theridiid spider g...
Main Authors: | Ingi Agnarsson, Brian B. Jencik, Giselle M. Veve, Sahondra Hanitriniaina, Diego Agostini, Seok Ping Goh, Jonathan Pruitt, Matjaž Kuntner |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2015-06-01
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Series: | ZooKeys |
Online Access: | http://zookeys.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=5480 |
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