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Issue: Vol. 1365 No. 1: 27 Nov. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-11-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1365.1.4
Page range: 49–59
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 1

Four new species of the genus Coelotes (Araneae: Amaurobiidae) from China

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
Araneae Taxonomy Coelotinae epigynum pedipalpus spider

Abstract

Four new Coelotinae species are reported: Coelotes capacilimbus spec. nov., C. conversus spec. nov., C. indistinctus spec. nov. and C. introhamatus spec. nov. A detailed description and illustrations of each new species are presented and differences with related species are discussed. A distribution map of all four new species is provided.

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