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Issue: Vol. 4318 No. 3: 8 Sept. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-09-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.3.7
Page range: 548–560
Abstract views: 129
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A new Afromontane species of the ant-eating spider genus Dusmadiores and description of the male of D. deserticola (Araneae: Zodariidae)

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Division Forest, Nature and Landscape, Celestijnenlaan 200E Box 2411, BE-3001 Leuven, Belgium.
Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium.
Araneae Afromontane Region Key to Species Cape Verde Coffee Gardens Mount Elgon

Abstract

Dusmadiores elgonensis sp. nov. (♂♀) is described from the Mount Elgon region, Uganda. It is the first Dusmadiores species found within the eastern Afromontane highlands. D. elgonensis is remarkable by the presence of a conspicuous group of spines on the retrolateral side of the cymbium just in front of the RTA in males. The unknown male of D. deserticola Jocqué, 2011 is described. The type locality of the latter species is corrected to Cabo Verde, Santiago, São Jorge dos Órgãos. An illustrated key to the seven known Dusmadiores species is provided.

 

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