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Issue: Vol. 1044 No. 1: 2 Sept. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-09-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1044.1.2
Page range: 17–26
Abstract views: 62
PDF downloaded: 2

Heteropoda dagmarae sp. nov. from Laos—a close relative of Heteropoda javana (Simon 1880) from Indonesia (Arachnida: Araneae: Sparassidae)

Sektion Arachnologie, Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Sektion Arachnologie, Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Araneae Taxonomy zoogeography Heteropodinae species group

Abstract

A new species of Heteropodinae is described from northern Laos: Heteropoda dagmarae sp. nov. From genital as well as somatic characters it seems to be closely related to Heteropoda javana (Simon 1880) from Sumatra and Java. A javana species-group is proposed within Heteropoda Latreille 1804 by means of these two species and several undescribed species.

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