Phylogenomics and genital morphology of cave raptor spiders (Araneae, Trogloraptoridae) reveal an independent origin of a flow‐through female genital system

The monotypic family Trogloraptoridae was only recently described from caves and old-growth forest of Oregon and California (Western USA). These enigmatic spiders are characterized by striking raptorial claws, and based on their spinneret morphology, a close relationship to dysderoid spiders, a large clade within Synspermiata, was suggested. Here, we used a phylogenomic framework using transcriptomes to test the phylogenetic position of...