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Issue: Vol. 1009 No. 1: 17 Jun. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-06-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1009.1.5
Page range: 51–60
Abstract views: 94
PDF downloaded: 2

Ant-eating spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae) of Portugal: additions to the current knowledge

Department of Zoology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, KotláÍská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Praceta dos Metalúrgicos, 2, 1º Dto., 2835-043 Baixa da Banheira, Portugal. Present address: Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Araneae Amphiledorus Zodarion description faunistics distribution Azores Iberian

Abstract

Three new species of zodariid spiders are described in this paper: Amphiledorus ungoliantae sp. n. and Zodarion bosmansi sp. n. from southern Portugal, and Zodarion atlanticum sp. n. from central Portugal and the Azores. Additional records on another eight taxa from central and southern Portugal are given: Amphiledorus adonis, Zodarion alacre, Z. jozefienae, Z. lusitanicum, Z. maculatum, Z. merlijni, Z. styliferum, and Z. styliferum forma extraneum. To date, there are 19 species (plus one form) of zodariid spiders known from Portugal.

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