From caves to continents: phylogeography and niche shift of an invasive subterranean spider

Francesco Ballarin; Zhixin Zhang; Shuqiang Li; Stefano Mammola

doi:10.3897/arphapreprints.e121786

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Authors

Francesco Ballarin

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Museo Civico di Storia Naturale of Verona, Verona, Italy

Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan

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Zhixin Zhang

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CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Global Ocean and Climate Research Center, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

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Shuqiang Li

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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Stefano Mammola

Molecular Ecology Group (MEG), Water Research Institute National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IRSA), Verbania Pallanza, Italy

NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy

https://www.cnr.it/people/stefano.mammola

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Author contributions

FB, SM, and ZZ conceived the study, analyzed and interpreted the data, and wrote and edited the article. FB collected the data, coordinated the research, and wrote an initial draft of the manuscript. SQ critically revised the study and reviewed the final version of the article. All authors provided critical feedback and helped in shaping the research, analyses and manuscript.

Conflict of interest

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Supporting agencies

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowships JSPS KAKENHI, n° 18F18380 The European Commission, Biodiversa+, the European Biodiversity Partnership under the 2021–2022 BiodivProtect joint call for research proposals (GA N°101052342, N° 31BD30_209583, Switzerland) The Ministry of Universities and Research (Italy), the P.R.I.N. 2022 “DEEP CHANGE” (2022MJSYF8) MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by “ERDF A way of making Europe”, project “FRAGGLE” (PID2021-124640NB-I00) The National Natural Science Foundation of China (42276126) The the Chinese Academy of Sciences, development fund of South China Sea Institute of Oceanology of (SCSIO202208).

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