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Issue: Vol. 3476 No. 1: 10 Sep. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-09-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3476.1.1
Page range: 1–54
Abstract views: 125
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New euophryine jumping spiders from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae)

Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
Departments of Zoology and Botany and Beaty Biodiversity Museum, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
Araneae Salticidae Euophryinae new genera new species jumping spider Caribbean Islands

Abstract

Twenty four new species and three new genera of euophryine jumping spiders from two Caribbean Islands, Hispaniolaand Puerto Rico, are described. The new genera are Corticattus (C. guajataca sp. nov. and the type species C. latus sp.nov.), Popcornella (P. furcata sp. nov., P. nigromaculata sp. nov., P. yunque sp. nov. and the type species P. spiniformissp. nov.) and Truncattus (T. cachotensis sp. nov., T. dominicanus sp. nov. and the type species T. flavus sp. nov.). The othernew species belong to the genera Agobardus (A. bahoruco sp. nov., A. cordiformis sp. nov., A. gramineus sp. nov., A.oviedo sp. nov., A. phylladiphilus sp. nov.), Anasaitis (A. adorabilis sp. nov., A. brunnea sp. nov., A. hebetata sp. nov., A.laxa sp. nov.), Antillattus (A. applanatus sp. nov.), Bythocrotus (B. crypticus sp. nov.) and Corythalia (C. broccai sp. nov.,C. bromelicola sp. nov., C. coronai sp. nov., C. peblique sp. nov.). Photographs of living spiders and diagnostic illustrations are provided for all of the new species.

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