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\name{authors}
\alias{authors}
\title{Get species authors from WSC.}
\usage{
authors(tax, order = FALSE)
}
\arguments{
\item{tax}{A taxon name or vector with taxa names.}

\item{order}{Order taxa alphabetically or keep as in tax.}
}
\value{
A data.frame with species and authority names.
}
\description{
Get species authority from the World Spider Catalogue.
}
\details{
This function will get species authorities from the World Spider Catalogue (2026). Higher taxa will be converted to species names.
}
\examples{
\dontrun{
authors("Amphiledorus")
authors(tax = c("Iberesia machadoi", "Nemesia bacelarae", "Amphiledorus ungoliantae"), order = TRUE)
}
}
\references{
World Spider Catalog (2026). World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch. doi: 10.24436/2.
}
