Phylogenomic analysis of ultraconserved elements resolves the evolutionary and biogeographic history of segmented trapdoor spiders

• Main Authors: Xu, Xin, Su, Yong-Chao, Ho, Simon Y. W., Kuntner, Matjaz, Ono, Hirotsugu, Liu, Fengxiang, Chang, Chia-Chen, Warrit, Natapot, Sivayyapram, Varat, Aung, Khin Pyae Pyae, Pham, Dinh Sac, Norma-Rashid, Y., Li, Daiqin
• Format: Article
• Published: Oxford Univ Press 2021
• Subjects: QH Natural history
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/34582/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

The segmented trapdoor spiders (Liphistiidae) are the sole surviving family of the suborder Mesothelae, which forms the sister lineage to all other living spiders. Liphistiids have retained a number of plesiomorphic traits and their present-day distribution is limited to East and Southeast Asia. Stu...