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Issue: Vol. 4329 No. 4: 6 Oct. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-10-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.4.4
Page range: 375–391
Abstract views: 140
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The spider family Dysderidae in the Balearic Islands

Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
Natural History Museum Aarhus, Wilhelm Meyers Allé 210, Universitetsparken, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
University Research Institute CIBIO, Alicante University, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain.
Araneae Woodlouse spiders new species biodiversity endemism Majorca Minorca Ibiza Formentera

Abstract

The spider family Dysderidae in the Balearic Islands counts 6 species, which have all been revised. Dysdera arnedoi Lissner n. sp. and Parachtes riberai Bosmans n. sp. are newly described species from Majorca, where they seem to be confined. A neotype is designated for Dysdera balearica Thorell, 1873 and D. mordax L. Koch, 1882 is considered a junior synonym of the former. Dysdera lata Reuss, 1834 is cited for the first time in Majorca. Dysdera crocata C. L. Koch, 1838 and Harpactea dufouri (Thorell, 1873) occur on all the main Balearic Islands. Harpactea corticalis (Simon, 1882) and H. hombergi (Scopoli, 1763) were misidentified in the past and are deleted from the Balearic Islands list.

 

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