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Issue: Vol. 5319 No. 1: 24 Jul. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-07-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5319.1.4
Page range: 57-75
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On the symphytognathoid spider genus Mysmenopsis Simon, 1898 (Araneae: Mysmenidae) from the Brazilian Amazonian region: description of five new species and new records

Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi—MPEG; Coordenação de Zoologia; Laboratório de Aracnologia; Avenida Perimetral; 1901; Terra Firme; CEP: 66077-830; Belém; Pará; Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia—Universidade Federal do Pará - Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi—MPEG; Coordenação de Zoologia; Laboratório de Aracnologia; Avenida Perimetral; 1901; Terra Firme; CEP: 66077-830; Belém; Pará; Brazil
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi—MPEG; Coordenação de Zoologia; Laboratório de Aracnologia; Avenida Perimetral; 1901; Terra Firme; CEP: 66077-830; Belém; Pará; Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia—Universidade Federal do Pará - Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Araneae Arachnida Araneoidea Taxonomy Neotropical Region

Abstract

Five new species of Mysmenopsis from the Brazilian Amazonian region are described: M. rodriguesae n. sp. and M. nadineae n. sp. known by males and females, M snethlageae n. sp., M. lopardoae n. sp. and M. regiae n. sp. known only by males. Three species, M. cienaga Müller, 1987 (previously known from Peru and Colombia), M. penai Platnick & Shadab, 1978 (Ecuador and Colombia), and M. shushufindi Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 (Ecuador) are recorded for the first time in Brazilian Amazonian region. An additional record of M. penai from northeastern Brazil is included.

 

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