Systematics and evolutionary history of raft and nursery‐web spiders (Araneae: Dolomedidae and Pisauridae)

• Published in: Zoologica scripta Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 421 - 435
• Main Authors: Yu, Kuang‐Ping, Cheng, Ren‐Chung, Haddad, Charles R., Tanikawa, Akio, Pett, Brogan L., Piacentini, Luis N., Yip, Ho Yin, Suzuki, Yuya, Henrard, Arnaud, Painting, Christina J., Vink, Cor J., Hebets, Eileen A., Harvey, Mark S., Kuntner, Matjaž
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oslo Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2025
• Subjects: Bayesian analysis; Bayesian theory; classification; Climate change; divergence time estimation; Dolomedes; Fishing; fishing spiders; Genera; lifestyle evolution; Lycosidae; MCMCtree; Miocene; Morphology; Pisauridae; Probability theory; RelTime; Spiders; Systematics; Taxonomy; Web building; Webs

Pisauridae are a global and heterogeneous assemblage of spider genera with diverse morphologies and lifestyles. So far, the monophyly of Pisauridae and the inclusion of fishing spiders (Dolomedes) in this family have not been thoroughly tested. Here, we amend the systematics and classification of th...