The life and adventures of an eight-legged castaway: Colonization and diversification of Philisca ghost spiders on Robinson Crusoe Island (Araneae, Anyphaenidae)
Philisca colonized the Robinson Crusoe Island in a single event. Rapid diversification in Philisca species. Philisca has undergone an adaptive radiation on island, which involved ecological shifts. The ancestral microhabitat was most likely leaf-dwelling. Two independent microhabitat shifts.