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Issue: Vol. 2684 No. 1: 23 Nov. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-11-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2684.1.7
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Ricinulei of the genus Cryptocellus Westwood (Arachnida) from northern Brazil

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Pesquisas em Entomologia (CPEN), INPA, Avenida André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, CEP 69011-970, Cx. Postal 478, Manaus, AM, Brasil
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Coordenação de Zoologia (CZO), Laboratório de Aracnologia, Av. Perimetral, 1901, Terra Firme, CEP 66077-830, Cx. Postal 399, Belém, PA, Brasil
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Coordenação de Zoologia (CZO), Laboratório de Aracnologia, Av. Perimetral, 1901, Terra Firme, CEP 66077-830, Cx. Postal 399, Belém, PA, Brasil
Araneae Neotropics Brazilian Amazonia taxonomy Negro River

Abstract

Cryptocellus iaci sp. nov. is described from an adult female collected during a field campaign organized by the World Wildlife Fund to the median Negro River at the Jauaperí river, in the state of Roraima, northern Brazil.

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