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Issue: Vol. 1545 No. 1: 9 Aug. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-08-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1545.1.5
Page range: 59–66
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new species of the spider genus Otiothops MacLeay  (Araneae:  Palpimanidae) from Caxiuanã National Forest, Pará, Brazil

Laboratório de Artrópodes, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Departamento de Zoologia, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Av. Magalhães Barata, 376, Caixa Postal 399,66040-170, Belém, PA, Brazil
Departamento de Zoologia, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Av. Magalhães Barata, 376, Caixa Postal 399,66040-170, Belém, PA, Brazil
Araneae Amazonia Neotropical region taxonomy Haplogynae

Abstract

Two new species of spiders of the genus Otiothops, O. curua sp. nov. and O. puraquequara sp. nov. (family Palpimanidae) are described from Caxiuanã National Forest, Portel/Melgaço, Pará, Brazil. The specimens were collected during structured inventories and natural history remarks are presented.

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