REVSYS: Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Trapdoor Spider Subfamily Euctenizinae (Araneae: Cyrtaucheniidae)

摘要一笔赠款已被授予博士贾森E。邦德的东卡罗莱纳大学的分类学修订和研究的进化关系的陷门蜘蛛亚科Eutenizinae（Cyrtaucheniidae）。α-分类学是生物学的一个领域，它提供了基本的基础，因此是几乎所有生物学问题的核心;修正系统研究是我们可以应用于研究和保护地球生物多样性的更强大的工具之一。 虽然北美有丰富的狼蛛和活板门蜘蛛动物群，但令人震惊的是，这些物种中有50%尚未被描述，而且这种多样性中的大部分，归因于Euctenizinae的成员，分布在整个加州植物区系省，一个进化中心，是生物多样性的“热点”。该项目建议通过完成其所有属和种（70 - 80）的详尽分类修订，然后使用形态，行为和分子数据重建其物种进化关系，从而正式记录优替尼嗪的多样性。因为这个项目“在所有阶段都利用了现代信息技术”（例如，地理信息系统，数字成像，序列数据的生成和对齐，以及遗传学重建），它是理想的培训学生的方法和概念周围的现代修订工作。学生作为研究的全面合作伙伴将接受培训，以收集和分析分类和系统发育数据，并鼓励他们在会议上提出他们的结果，并作为科学期刊出版物。在这个项目的过程中进行的实地考察将导致收购许多稀有标本，将存放在主要博物馆收藏，供未来研究。这些标本产生的数据将作为项目网站的一部分在万维网上公布。 此外，该项目将提供交互式的，充分说明的分类关键，所有已知的Eutenizinae物种，然后可以使用非蜘蛛专家。

ABSTRACT A grant has been awarded to Dr. Jason E. Bond of East Carolina University to taxonomically revise and study the evolutionary relationships of the trapdoor spider subfamily Euctenizinae (Cyrtaucheniidae). Alpha-taxonomy is a field of biology that provides the underlying foundation, and thus lies at the very core, of almost every biological question; revisionary-systematic studies are one of the more powerful tools we can apply to the study and conservation of our planet's biodiversity. Although North America has a rich tarantula and trapdoor spider fauna it is shocking that 50% of these species remain undescribed and that much of this diversity, attributable to members of the Euctenizinae, is distributed throughout the California Floristic Province, an evolutionary center that is a biodiversity "hotspot". This project proposes to formally document euctenizine diversity by completing exhaustive taxonomic revisions of all of its genera and species (70 - 80) and by then reconstructing its species evolutionary relationships using morphological, behavioral, and molecular data. Because this project "utilizes modern information technology at all stages" (e.g., GIS, digital imaging, sequence data generation and alignment, and phylogeny reconstruction) it is ideal for training students in the methods and concepts surrounding modern revisionary work. Students as full partners in research will be trained to gather and analyze taxonomic and phylogenetic data, and will be encouraged to present their results at meetings and as scientific journal publications. Fieldwork conducted during the course of this project will result in the acquisition of many rare specimens that will be deposited in major museum collections for future study. Data generated from these specimens will be made available on the World Wide Web as part of a project website. Additionally, this project will make available interactive, fully illustrated taxonomic keys to all of the known Euctenizinae species that can be then used by non-spider specialists.