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Issue: Vol. 1698 No. 1: 5 Feb. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-02-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1698.1.4
Page range: 57–64
Abstract views: 68
PDF downloaded: 2

A new ricinuleid of the genus Ricinoides Ewing (Arachnida, Ricinulei) from Ghana

Invertebrate Diversity Initiative, Conservation International, Harvard University, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Arachnida Ricinulei Ricinoides Upland Evergreen Forest Ghana

Abstract

A new species of ricinuleid, Ricinoides atewa n. sp., is described from the Eastern Region of Ghana. This species is the largest known extant ricinuleid. It is associated with undisturbed, closed canopy, mid-elevation evergreen forests. Comparative illustrations are provided for the related species R. afzelii (Thorell, 1892).

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