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Correctly mating: on the actual female of Hibana talmina Brescovit and the description of H. labonita sp. n. (Araneae, Anyphaenidae) by Galvis, William, Brescovit, Antonio D

“…Brescovit (1993), in the revision of the genus Hibana, described H. talmina, based on males from Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana and northern Brazil…”
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Sampling effort and species richness assessment: a case study on Brazilian spiders by Oliveira, Ubirajara, Brescovit, Antonio D., Santos, Adalberto J.

“…The knowledge on the geographical distribution of species is essential for building biogeographical and macroecological hypotheses. However, information on…”
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Kiekie, a new Neotropical spider genus of Ctenidae (Cteninae, Araneae) by Polotow, Daniele, Brescovit, Antonio D

“…Kiekie gen. nov. is newly proposed to accommodate 11 Neotropical Ctenidae species. With the exception of one species from Colombia, they are all distributed in…”
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Six new species of Aphilodon centipedes (Geophilidae: Aphilodontinae) from Brazil by Calvanese, Victor C, Brescovit, Antonio D

“…After recent sampling in the Southeast and Northeast of Brazil, six new species of Aphilodon are described and illustrated based on males and females. From the…”
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On the Neotropical spider Subfamily Masteriinae (Araneae, Dipluridae) by Passanha, Victor, Brescovit, Antonio D

“…The Neotropical species of the diplurid subfamily Masteriinae are revised and redefined. Masteriinae now comprises four genera, Masteria L. Koch, 1893,…”
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Tidying things up: Tropicosa, a new Neotropical wolf spider genus (Araneae: Lycosidae: Lycosinae) by Paredes-Munguía, Williams, Brescovit, Antonio D, Teixeira, Renato A

“…The new genus Tropicosa is proposed based on species of some controversial Neotropical genera of lycosids. These spiders present a longitudinal dark stripe…”
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A new species of Mecophilus (Geophilidae: Aphilodontinae), with the first report of the genus from the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Calvanese, Victor C, Brescovit, Antonio D

“…Mecophilus carioca n. sp. is described based on males and females recently sampled in the Parque Nacional de Itatiaia, and is the first record of the genus…”
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A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical spider genus Xiruana Brescovit 1997 (Araneae: Anyphaenidae, Anyphaeninae) by Oliveira, Luiz Fernando M, Brescovit, Antonio D

“…The genus Xiruana Brescovit, 1997 is currently composed of four South American species…”
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A revision of the Neotropical spider genus Nops MacLeay (Araneae: Caponiidae) with the first phylogenetic hypothesis for the Nopinae genera by SÁnchez-Ruiz, Alexander, Brescovit, Antonio D

“…The spider genus Nops MacLeay is revised, with redescriptions of 22 previously known species and descriptions of 12 new species. A new diagnosis for the genus…”
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Phylogenetic analysis of the tropical wolf spider subfamily Cteninae (Arachnida, Araneae, Ctenidae) by Polotow, Daniele, Brescovit, Antonio D.

“…A cladistic analysis based on parsimony was performed to test the monophyly of Cteninae. The data matrix comprises 72 terminal taxa scored for 88 characters…”
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A New Genus of Prodidominae Cave Spider from a Paleoburrow and Ferruginous Caves in Brazil (Araneae: Prodidomidae) by Cizauskas, Igor, Zampaulo, Robson de A., Brescovit, Antonio D.

“…A new monotypic genus of Prodidominae, Paleotoca gen. n., is proposed to include one cave species collected in a paleoburrow and ferruginous caves from…”
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Two new species of the Neotropical spider genus Umuara Brescovit (Araneae, Anyphaenidae, Anyphaeninae) from Brazil by Oliveira, Luiz Fernando M, Brescovit, Antonio D

“…Two new species of the genus Umuara are described from Brazil: Umuara freddyi, from the states of Bahia, Minas Gerais and São Paulo and Umuara xingo, from the…”
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Six new species of the spider genus Centroctenus Mello-Leitão from the Neotropical region (Ctenidae, Cteninae) by Brescovit, Antonio D, Torres, Richard A, Rego, Felipe N A A, Polotow, Daniele

“…The species of the genus Centroctenus can be distinguished from other Ctenidae genera by the presence of a long tibiae and the absence of a retrolateral…”
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Revision of the Neotropical species of Aphilodontinae (Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae), with eight new species and a first phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily by Calvanese, Victor C, Brescovit, Antonio D, Bonato, Lucio

“…Aphilodontinae are a well distinct but poorly known group of soil centipedes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Geophilidae) inhabiting two disjunct areas in South…”
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Notes on the "Pinocchio-cobweb-spider" Craspedisia cornuta (Keyserling, 1891) from southeastern of Brazil (Theridiidae, Pholcommatinae) by Brescovit, Antonio D, Vasconcellos-Neto, João, Villanueva-Bonilla, German Antonio

“…Craspedisia cornuta (Keyserling, 1891), is redescribed on the basis of SEM data after more than fifty years after its last records. We also provide information…”
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The first two blind troglobitic spiders of the genus Ochyrocera from caves in Floresta Nacional de Carajás, state of Pará, Brazil (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) by Brescovit, Antonio D, Zampaulo, Robson de A, Cizauskas, Igor

“…The first two anophthalmic species of spiders of the genus Simon, 1892, are described for caves located in the iron formation of Floresta Nacional (FLONA) de…”
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Five new species of the Ghost Spider genus Anyphaenoides Berland from Colombia (Araneae: Anyphaenidae: Anyphaeninae) by Martinez, Leonel, Brescovit, Antonio D, Martinez, Neis

“…Five new species of the ghost spider genus Anyphaenoides Berland from Colombia are described and illustrated: A. sierraensis sp. nov. (based on male and…”
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The alien synanthropic Salticidae in Brazil (Araneae) by Pupin, Giovanni B., Brescovit, Antonio D.

“…ABSTRACT Salticidae is the most diverse family of Araneae and in Brazil, there are 667 species. Among these species, five are synanthropic exotics: Plexippus…”
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Phylogeny of Sicariidae spiders (Araneae: Haplogynae), with a monograph on Neotropical Sicarius by Magalhaes, Ivan L. F., Brescovit, Antonio D., Santos, Adalberto J.

“…Sicariids are an infamous spider family containing two genera: the poorly known Sicarius Walckenaer and the medically important Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe. We…”
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Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the orb-weaving spider genus Glenognatha Simon, 1887 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) by Cabra-García, Jimmy, Brescovit, Antonio D

“…A taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the spider genus Glenognatha Simon, 1887 is presented. This analysis is based on a data set including 24…”
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