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Issue: Vol. 5397 No. 2: 4 Jan. 2024
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2024-01-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5397.2.11
Page range: 295-300
Abstract views: 245
PDF downloaded: 5

Taczanowskia yasuni new species: A new enigmatic species of spider (Araneidae) from the Ecuadorian Amazon canopy

Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad INABIO; Quito; Ecuador; Fundación Arañas Tropicales - ArachnoTrAC; Bogotá; Colombia; Fundación Uru; Quito; Ecuador
Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo; km 2.5 vía Samborondón; Guayas; Ecuador
Grupo de Investigación en Aracnología & Miriapodología (GAM-UN); Instituto de Ciencias Naturales; Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Bogotá; Fundación Arañas Tropicales - ArachnoTrAC; Bogotá; Colombia; Fundación Uru; Quito; Ecuador
Araneae Araneidae Taczanowskia yasuni new species

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