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Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of ghost spiders of the genus Tafana Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Dionycha, Anyphaenidae), with the descriptions of twelve new species

  • 1. Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan - Av. Vital Brazil, 1500, 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. & Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, 321, 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
  • 2. Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan - Av. Vital Brazil, 1500, 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

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De Oliveira, Luiz Fernando M., Brescovit, Antonio Domingos (2021): Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of ghost spiders of the genus Tafana Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Dionycha, Anyphaenidae), with the descriptions of twelve new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 742: 1-77, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.742.1291, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.742.1291

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