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Issue: Vol. 3481 No. 1: 13 Sep. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-09-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3481.1.3
Page range: 39–46
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 2

An update on tropical Ctenidae from Jamaica (Arachnida: Araneae)

Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA, 94118, USA
Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil 1500, CEP 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Arachnida Acanthocteninae Caribbean Cteninae Neotropical spiders taxonomy

Abstract

The two known species of Ctenidae from Jamaica are redescribed: Acanthoctenus remotus Chickering, 1960 and Ctenusmalvernensis Petrunkevitch, 1910. One new species is described, Ctenus catherine sp. nov., based on a single male. All three species are known only from Jamaica.

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