The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling

Wheeler, W.C.; Coddington, J.A.; Crowley, L.M.; Dimitrov, D.; Goloboff, P.A.; Griswold, C.E.; Hormiga, G.; Prendini, L.; Ramírez, M.J.; Sierwald, P.; Almeida-Silva, L.; Álvarez-Padilla, F.; Arnedo, M.A.; Benavides Silva, L.R.; Benjamin, S.P.; Bond, J.E.; Grismado, C.J.; Hasan, E.; Hedin, M.; Izquierdo, M.A.; Labarque, F.M.; Ledford, J.; Lopardo, L.; Maddison, W.P.; Miller, J.A.; Piacentini, L.N.; Platnick, N.I.; Polotow, D.; Silva-Dávila, D.; Scharff, N.; Szűts, T.; Ubick, D.; Vink, C.; Wood, H.M.; Zhang, J.

Year2017

Source roleprimary-study

DOI / ID10.1111/cla.12182

Fitness and scope

topology · taxonomy

An extensive sampled spider topology, not a fossil range or direct-ancestry result.

Claim ledger

topology · medium

Extensive target-gene and taxon sampling provides a reproducible topology and revised classification for sampled spiders. It does not establish the fossil first appearance, exact crown age or a direct ancestor of Araneae.

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taxonomy · medium

Wheeler et al. use extensive target-gene sampling to revise relationships among living spiders, while Garwood et al. distinguish the Carboniferous Idmonarachne from true spiders by its preserved appendages; the combined classification remains a sampled and revisable hypothesis.

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biogeography · medium

The spider fossil review records Carboniferous and younger occurrences, and Wheeler et al. sample living lineages broadly for target-gene phylogeny; these fossil localities and sampled species do not form a complete geographic distribution of Araneae.

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ecology · high

The cited spider phylogeny and fossil-origin studies test relationships and preserved anatomy rather than diet, habitat use, locomotor performance, body size or ecological guild; those fields remain unassigned for Araneae here.

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