Taxonomic review of the North American species of the accentuata and celer groups of the genus Anyphaena Sundevall, 1833 (Araneae: Anyphaenidae), with description of eight new species

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  Taxonomic review of the North American species of the accentuata and celer groups of the genus Anyphaena Sundevall, 1833 (Araneae: Anyphaenidae), with description of eight new species Abstract Anyphaena is a diverse spider genus with 66 species distributed in North America. This is the type genus of the family Anyphaenidae and comprises five species groups (accentuata, celer, pacifica, pectorosa and porta), with the celer group having the highest species richness. Here, we conducted an extensive revision of Anyphaena specimens from several North American spider collections, as part of a comprehensive study of the accentuata and celer species groups in the region. As main results, we emended the descriptions with detailed information for male and female genitalia for two the previously proposed species of accentuata group and thirty-two previously proposed species of celer group from North America and describe eight new species from Mexico: A. brescoviti sp. nov., A. estriada sp. ...

The genome sequence of the furrow orbweaver, Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757)

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The genome sequence of the furrow orbweaver, Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757)

Abstract

We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Larinioides cornutus (furrow orbweaver; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Araneae; Araneidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 2,304.58 megabases and 2,295.32 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (98.49%) is scaffolded into 13 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X1 and X2 sex chromosomes. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 14.6 kilobases.

Telfer MG, Crowley LM, Wilding CS et al. The genome sequence of the furrow orbweaver, Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757) [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Wellcome Open Res 2025, 10:267 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24288.1)