The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target‐gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling

We present a phylogenetic analysis of spiders using a dataset of 932 spider species, representing 115 families (only the family Synaphridae is unrepresented), 700 known genera, and additional representatives of 26 unidentified or undescribed genera. Eleven genera of the orders Amblypygi, Palpigradi, Schizomida and Uropygi are included as outgroups. The dataset includes six markers from the mitochondrial (12S, 16S, COI) and nuclear (histone H3, 18S, 28S) genomes, and was analysed by multiple methods, including constrained analyses using a highly supported backbone tree from transcriptomic data. We recover most of the higher-level structure of the spider tree with good support, including Mesothelae,…

• NS
  National Science Foundation

  Awards: EAR‐0228699, DEB‐0613775, DEB‐0072713, DEB‐0413453, DEB‐1144492, DEB‐1457300, BIR‐9531307, DEB‐0640219, BSI‐0103795, DEB‐9296271, DEB‐0328644, DEB‐9712353, DEB‐0613928
• GW
  George Washington University
• FM
  Field Museum
• C
  Carlsbergfondet

  Award: 0537/60
• CN
  Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

  Award: PIP 6502
• CN
  Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
• HS
  Hungarian Scientific Research Fund

  Award: 106241
• NM
  National Museum of Natural History
• FP
  Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica

  Awards: PIP 2008‐03209, PICT 2011‐1007, PICT‐2007‐01393, PEI 6558, PICT 2003‐14092