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Issue: Vol. 4646 No. 1: 23 Jul. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-07-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4646.1.11
Page range: 189–200
Abstract views: 100
PDF downloaded: 3

Revision of the spider genus Epiceraticelus (Araneae, Linyphiidae) with a description of a new species

Department of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr., Green Bay, WI 54311.
Department of Biology, University of Indianapolis, 1400 E. Hanna Ave, Indianapolis IN 46227.
Southern Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, 320 Green St., Athens, GA 30602.
Department of Biology, University of Indianapolis, 1400 E. Hanna Ave, Indianapolis IN 46227.
Araneae Erigoninae sheet-web spider money spider dwarf spider Eastern USA

Abstract

The type species of the genus, Epiceraticelus fluvialis Crosby & Bishop, 1931, is herein redescribed since the types are presumed lost. In addition, a new species, Epiceraticelus mandyae n. sp., from the Southeastern United States is described.

 

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