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Issue: Vol. 3338 No. 1: 7 Jun. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-06-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3338.1.3
Page range: 49–59
Abstract views: 66
PDF downloaded: 1

Redescription of five Amazonian species of Ctenus Walckenaer (Araneae, Ctenidae, Cteninae)

Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil 1500, CEP 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Araneae taxonomy spider South America Neotropical region

Abstract

Five species of Ctenus from the Amazon basin are redescribed: C. delesserti (Caporiacco, 1947), C. falconensis Schenkel,1953, C. nigritus F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897, C. serratipes F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 and C. sigma (Schenkel, 1953).Three new synonymies are proposed: Ctenus fulvipes Caporiacco, 1947, C. itatiayaeformis Caporiacco, 1955 and C. scenicusCaporiacco, 1947 with C. serratipes. The female of Ctenus nigritus is described for the first time. The distributional ranges of Ctenus nigritus and C. serratipes are extended. We also present distributional maps of the five redescribed species.

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