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. 2013 May 1;8(5):e62682. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062682

Figure 3. Evolution of hairy adhesive pads and web loss in spiders.

Figure 3

A. Phylogenetic relationships among the Araneae, adapted from the most recent literature survey (see [30] for details), and the distribution of adhesive (spatulae-bearing) setal pads and web abandoning. Character traces follow the Ancestral State Reconstruction performed with the Mesquite software. B. Combined character traces of pad type distribution in the RTA-clade. The model clearly suggests an early origin of scopulae and the derived state of claw tufts.