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Issue: Vol. 4790 No. 1: 10 Jun. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-06-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4790.1.2
Page range: 43–56
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First record of Synagelides Strand, 1906 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Sri Lanka: description of four endemic species from tropical wet forest of the island

National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana road, Kandy, Sri Lanka Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Eastern University, Vantharumoolai, Sri Lanka
National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana road, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Araneae Arachnida Biodiversity ground spiders leaf litter threatened species

Abstract

Synagelides Strand, 1906 is recorded for the first time in Sri Lanka. Four new species are described and illustrated: S. hortonensis sp. nov., S. lakmalii sp. nov., S. rosalindae sp. nov. and S. orlandoi sp. nov. A key to the four new species is given.

 

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