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Phylogenetic analysis of Micrathena and Chaetacis spiders (Araneae: Araneidae) reveals multiple origins of extreme sexual size dimorphism and long abdominal spines

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Magalhães, Ivan L. F., Santos, Adalberto J. (2012): Phylogenetic analysis of Micrathena and Chaetacis spiders (Araneae: Araneidae) reveals multiple origins of extreme sexual size dimorphism and long abdominal spines. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166 (5): 14-53, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00831.x, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00831.x

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