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Issue: Vol. 5399 No. 2: 11 Jan. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-01-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.2.4
Page range: 155-162
Abstract views: 175
PDF downloaded: 5

Discovery of three new species of Thiratoscirtus (Araneae: Salticidae: Thiratoscirtinae) from Central African rainforest

SpiDivERse; Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation npo (BINCO); 3380 Walmersumstraat; Glabbeek; Belgium; Centre for Ecology and Conservation; College of Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Exeter; Penryn Campus; Penryn; Cornwall; TR10 9FE; U.K.
WWF DRC;14; Avenue Sergent Moke; Q. Socimat; Kinshasa; D.R. Congo
WWF DRC;14; Avenue Sergent Moke; Q. Socimat; Kinshasa; D.R. Congo
Araneae Salonga National Park D.R. Congo jumping spiders leaf litter

Abstract

Three new species of Thiratoscirtus are described from Salonga National Park, D.R. Congo: Thiratoscirtus iyomii (♂♀), T. kalisia (♀) and T. khonvoum (♀). All species were caught on the forest floor during a rapid biodiversity inventory and represent the second report of spider collections from the largest protected tropical rainforest reserve in Africa.

 

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