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Issue: Vol. 2785 No. 1: 8 Mar. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-03-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2785.1.3
Page range: 53–60
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of Macutula, a new genus of jumping spiders from Northeastern Brazil (Araneae: Salticidae: Amycoida)

Laboratório de Artrópodes, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brazil, 1500, 05503–900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Araneae Neotropical Region systematics taxonomy

Abstract

Three new species from Northeastern Brazil are described and included in the newly proposed genus Macutula gen. nov. The type species M. aracoiaba sp. nov. and M. caruaru sp. nov. are described based on specimens from the State of Pernambuco, while M. santana sp. nov. is based on specimens from the State of Bahia.

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