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Issue: Vol. 2781 No. 1: 2 Mar. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-03-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2781.1.5
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 1

The Neotropical spider genus Paradossenus (Araneae, Trechaleidae): a new species, taxonomic notes and new records

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Faculdade de Biociências, Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia (MCTP), Laboratório de Aracnologia, Prédio 40, Sala 125, Av. Ipiranga 6681, 90619-900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, 2023 G St. N.W., Washington D.C., 20052 USA
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Faculdade de Biociências, Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia (MCTP), Laboratório de Aracnologia, Prédio 40, Sala 125, Av. Ipiranga 6681, 90619-900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Araneae spiders taxonomy morphology distribution Neotropical region

Abstract

The male of Paradossenus pulcher Sierwald, 1993 and a new species, P. macuxi, from Roraima, Northern Brazil are described and illustrated for the first time. The monotypic genus Magnichela Silva & Lise, 2006 is a junior synonym of Paradossenus F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903. Paradossenus amazonensis Carico & Silva, 2010 is a junior synonym of Magnichela santaremensis Silva & Lise, 2006 (type species). New data on the Brazilian distributions of Paradossenus acanthocymbium Carico & Silva, 2010, P. tocantins Carico & Silva, 2010 and P. pozo Carico & Silva, 2010 are presented.

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