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Subfamily Erigoninae - Dwarf Spiders


Annotations on two species of linyphiid spiders by the late Wilton Ivie
By P. J. van Helsdingen
Psyche, Camb. 80: 48-61, 1973

Taxonomic revision of the spider genera Agyneta and Tennesseellum (Araneae, Linyphiidae) of North America north of Mexico with a
By Nadine Dupérré
Zootaxa 3674(1):1-198, 2013
The title got cut off; here's the full one: Taxonomic revision of the spider genera Agyneta and Tennesseellum (Araneae, Linyphiidae) of North America north of Mexico with a study of the embolic division within Micronetinae sensu Saaristo & Tanasevitch 1996.

Not open-access, but here's a link to the preview, etc: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2013/3674(1).html (I can share a copy if anyone needs it)

The taxonomy of the Linyphiidae, based chiefly on the epigynal and tracheal characters (Araneae: Linyphiidae)
By A. F. Millidge
Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 6(6):229-267, 1984
Full text is available from the British Arachnological Society, but you need a membership password to access it.

Here's a link to the publication database: http://wiki.britishspiders.org.uk/index.php5?title=BAS_Bulletin_and_Newsletter_Articles

Combining genomic, phenotypic and sanger sequencing data to elucidate the phylogeny of the two-clawed spiders (Dionycha)
By Azevedo et al., 2022
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 166(107327): 1-14, 2022
https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/16099

Systematics and evolution of ground spiders revisited (Araneae, Dionycha, Gnaphosidae). Cladistics
By Azevedo, G. H. F, Griswold, C. E. & Santos, A. J.
Cladistics 34(6): 579-626, 2018
https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/14218

Nearctic genera of the spider family Agelenidae (Arachnida, Araneida)
By Vincent Roth & Patricia Brame
American Museum Novitates 2505: 1-52, 1972
Full Text

I filed this book under Entelegynes because many of the species described in it are no longer part of the Agelenidae.

The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders
By Ramírez, Martín J.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 2014
http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/6537

A revision of the spider genus Zorocrates
By Platnick, Norman I.; Ubick, Darrell
American Museum Novitates, no. 3579, 2007