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Issue: Vol. 4290 No. 2: 7 Jul. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-07-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4290.2.5
Page range: 357–366
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A remarkable new palpigrade (Arachnida) of the Eukoenenia mirabilis group from Spain

Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, 11200 S.W. 8th Street, Miami, FL, 33199, USA
Departamento de Biología y Geología, CITE II-B, Universidad de Almería, Almería, 04120, Spain.
Arachnida Palpigradi Eukoenenia cavernicolous Almería

Abstract

Eukoenenia indalica sp. nov. is described from a female captured in a cave in the mountains of Almeria, in Andalusia, southeastern Spain. It belongs to the E. mirabilis group, which includes species found in the Mediterranean region, Macaronesia, the Caribbean and, in one case, worldwide. The new species is unique within this group in showing cave-dwelling traits, especially the elongation of the legs. Its IVbta is the third largest known for a palpigrade, after those of Eukoenenia draco and E. sagarana. The chaetotaxy and metric data indicate that E. indalica sp. nov. is related to local endogean species.

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