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Issue: Vol. 3420 No. 1: 13 Aug. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-08-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3420.1.2
Page range: 38–40
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of the spider genus Pomboa Huber (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Colombia

Colección Nacional de Arácnidos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). 3er. Circuito exterior s/n. Apartado Postal 70-153, C.P. 04510, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, México
Araneae Pholcidae

Abstract

The spider genus Pomboa Huber, 2000 (Pholcidae: Modisiminae), includes three species, all from Colombia: P. cali Huber; P. pallida Huber; and P. quindio Huber (Platnick, 2012). The spiders are medium-size (1.7-3.3 mm), and show only slight sexual dimorphism (Huber, 2000). The monophyly of the genus is supported by the widely curved procursus. In P. pallida and P. quindio, the procursus bears a dorsoproximal spine that is accompanied by membranous fringes (Huber, 2000). The relationships of the genus are not yet clear (Huber, 2011). In this paper a fourth species of Pomboa is described.

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