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Issue: Vol. 1397 No. 1: 25 Jan. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-01-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1397.1.6
Page range: 47–53
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 1

Allagelena monticola sp. n. (Araneae: Agelenidae), a new species of funnel-web spiders from northern Thailand

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Technical and Research Department, Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden, P.O. Box 7, Mae Rim, Chiang Mai 50180, Thailand
Araneae Doi Inthanon evergreen hill forest zoogeography taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of the funnel-web spiders from Thailand, Allagelena monticola sp. n., is described and illustrated. The types of this species were collected from remnant patches of pristine evergreen hill forest in the Doi Inthanon National Park, Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand. The new species resembles the widely distributed species A. opulenta (L. Koch), which is known from China, Korea and Japan. This discovery expands the known zoogeographical distribution of the genus Allagelena southwards into tropical Southeast Asia.

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