The suborders of spiders : a cladistic analysis (Arachnida, Araneae)

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2607

By

Platnick, Norman I.

Gertsch, Willis John, 1906-

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1976

Notes

Title from caption.

"November 10, 1976."

"The methods of phylogenetic systematics are applied to the problem of the subordinal classification of spiders. Synapomorphies in external morphology, internal morphology, embrylogy, and karyology indicate that the Liphistiidae represent the sister group of all other Recent spiders. The two currently prevailing subordinal classifications of spiders (those of Bristowe and Gertsch) are rejected because they imply sister group relationships (bewteen the Liphistiidae and, in the first case all of, and in the second case some of, the mygalomorph spiders) documented only by symplesiomorphic characters. A return to the earlier classification of Pocock, recognizing two suborders (Mesothelae and Opisthothelae) and two infraorders of Opisthothelae (Mygalomorphae and Araneomorphae), is advocated"--P. [1].

Subjects

Arachnida , Classification , Phylogeny , Spiders

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2607, 1976

Language

English

Identifiers

LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/77350273
OCLC: 2797451