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Issue: Vol. 4137 No. 4: 13 Jul. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-07-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.4.4
Page range: 520–534
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On the genus Cosmopelma Simon, 1889 (Araneae, Barychelidae)

Laboratório Especial de Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto Butantan. Avenida Vital Brazil, 1500, 05503-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Programa de pós-graduação em Sistemática, Taxonomia Animal e Biodiversidade, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo. Avenida Nazaré, 481, 04263-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Laboratório Especial de Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto Butantan. Avenida Vital Brazil, 1500, 05503-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Araneae Bahia Brazil Mygalomorphae redescription Sasoninae spider

Abstract

Among neotropical mygalomorph spider families, Barychelidae is one of the most neglected in taxonomic studies. Most genera have never been revised and only the original descriptions are available. Herein, one of these more obscure genera, Cosmopelma Simon, 1892, with two described species in Brazil and Venezuela, is revised. The type species C. decoratum Simon, 1889 is redescribed, and the male is described for first time. A new species, C. ceplac sp. nov., is described, and new occurrences are presented. Additionally, C. dentatum Fischel, 1927, whose holotype is lost, is considered a nomen dubium. Cosmopelma is an endemic genus, known only from the state of Bahia in northeastern Brazil.

 

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