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Issue: Vol. 3780 No. 3: 24 Mar. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-03-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3780.3.6
Page range: 547–557
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New species and distribution records of selenopid spiders of the genus Hovops Benoit in Madagascar (Araneae, Selenopidae)

CONICET-IEBI-FCN (UN.Sa). Instituto para el Estudio de la Biodiversidad de Invertebrados. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales-Universidad Nacional de Salta. Av. Bolivia 5150. CP 4400. Salta. Argentina.
CONICET-IEBI-FCN (UN.Sa). Instituto para el Estudio de la Biodiversidad de Invertebrados. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales-Universidad Nacional de Salta. Av. Bolivia 5150. CP 4400. Salta. Argentina.
Wall crab spiders taxonomy endemism Afrotropical Region

Abstract

Hovops Benoit is a heterogeneous genus of selenopid spiders that was prior to this study represented by seven species that are endemic to Madagascar. Here, we describe four new species: H. antakarana sp. n. (♀), H. ikongo sp. n. (♀), H. menabe sp. n. (♀), and H. vezo sp. n. (♀). A map of the new species is provided as well as new records on two of the known species H. pusillus (Simon, 1897) and H. legrasi (Simon, 1887).

How to Cite

Artigas, S.M.R. & Corronca, J.A. (2014)

New species and distribution records of selenopid spiders of the genus Hovops Benoit in Madagascar (Araneae, Selenopidae)

. Zootaxa, 3780 (3), 547–557. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3780.3.6