Scholarship 09/01870-3 - Análise cladística, Aranhas - BV FAPESP
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GENERIC-LEVEL REVISION AND CLADISTIC ANALYSIS OF MACROBUNINAE (ARANEAE: AMAUROBIIDAE).

Grant number: 09/01870-3
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
Start date until: July 01, 2009
End date until: February 28, 2013
Field of knowledge:Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
Principal Investigator:Antonio Domingos Brescovit
Grantee:Lina Maria Almeida Silva
Host Institution: Instituto Butantan. Secretaria da Saúde (São Paulo - Estado). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The family Amaurobiidae includes 738 species, distributed in 74 genera characterized by the presence of dorsal and retrolateral apophysis on the male palpal tibia and a divided cribellum. Although traditionally considered closely related to Stiphididae Dalmas, the relationships between Amaurobiidae and the remaining spider families are still poorly known. The first attempt of a suprageneric classification for Amaurobiidae genera divided the family into nine subfamilies, of which only four are currently considered valid: Altellopsinae Lehtinen, Amaurobiinae Thorell, Coelotinae F. O. P. Cambrigde and Macrobuninae Petrunkevitch. Macrobuninae includes 71 species distributed in 19 genera, of which 12 are Neotropical, three Holartic, three Afrotropical and one Afrotropical and Neotropical. The relationships between Macrobuninae genera are still poorly known, but the inclusion of some species in more ample cladistic analysis suggests that the subfamily is paraphyletic. The aim of this study is to test the monophyly of Macrobuninae and elucidate the relationships between it's genera, based on a cladistic analysis of morphological data. In Addition,we are going to present detailed descriptions on the old and new Macrobuninae genera found during this study.

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Scientific publications
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ALMEIDA-SILVA LINA, M.; GRISWOLD CHARLES, E.; BRESCOVIT ANTONIO, D.. Revision of Emmenomma Simon (Amaurobiidae, Macrobuninae). Zootaxa, v. 3931, n. 3, p. 387-400, . (09/01870-3)
Academic Publications
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SILVA, Lina Maria Almeida. Cladistic analysis of Macrobunidae Petrunkevitch, 1928 new rank and revision of Macrobuninae (Araneae).. 2013. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IBIOC/SB) São Paulo.

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