Systematics of the spider genera Mallos and Mexitilia (Arameae: Dictynidae)

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dc.contributor.authorBond, Jason E.en
dc.contributor.committeechairOpell, Brent D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHilu, Khidir W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWest, David A.en
dc.contributor.departmentBiologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:40:21Zen
dc.date.adate2009-07-11en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:40:21Zen
dc.date.issued1995-04-19en
dc.date.rdate2009-07-11en
dc.date.sdate2009-07-11en
dc.description.abstractThis systematic study recognizes 15 species of the genus Mallos Pickard-Cambridge and three species of the genus Mexitilia Lehtinen. Three species of Mallos and one species of Mexitilia are newly described. Two species are placed in synonymy and two species are transferred to Mallos. The males of two Mallos species are described for the first time. A cladistic analysis based on 22 morphological produced a cladogram that supports the monophyly of Mallos and the validity of Mexitilia. For five species of Mallos and one species of Mexitilia mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences were analyzed by restriction digest. The seventeen resulting restriction sites produced a cladogram that agreed with the one based on the morphology of these six species. When morphological and molecular characters were combined they produced a single tree that was identical to that based on molecular data alone. These molecular and morphological characters present the same picture of Mallos and Mexitilia phylogeny.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvi, 189 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-07112009-040550en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07112009-040550/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/43698en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1995.B663.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 34071864en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subjectphylogenyen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1995.B663en
dc.titleSystematics of the spider genera Mallos and Mexitilia (Arameae: Dictynidae)en
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineBiologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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