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Issue: Vol. 3162 No. 1: 17 Jan. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-01-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3162.1.4
Page range: 60–64
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 1

On two species of the spider genus Sphecozone O.P.-Cambridge and a case of hermaphroditism in Sphecozone personata (Simon, 1864) (Araneae: Linyphiidae)

Laboratório de Artrópodes, Instituto Butantan. Av. Vital Brazil, 1500, 05503-900. São Paulo, SP, Brazil Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Araneae Linyphiidae

Abstract

Sphecozone O.P.-Cambridge, 1870 includes small to median spiders with 1.4–4.2 mm body size. Known exclusively from the Americas, 34 species are recognized, 14 of them are present in Brazil (Platnick 2011). The female of S. rostrata Millidge, 1991 is described and illustrated for the first time. The male of S. rostrata and both sexes of S. personata (Simon, 1864) are redescribed. New illustrations are presented together with seasonality abundance data for both species. We also provided illustrations of a bilateral hermaphrodite specimen of S. personata.

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