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Morphological phylogeny of cobweb spiders and their relatives (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae)

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Agnarsson, Ingi (2004): Morphological phylogeny of cobweb spiders and their relatives (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 141 (4): 447-626, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00120.x, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00120.x

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