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Issue: Vol. 1872 No. 1: 8 Sep. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-09-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1872.1.3
Page range: 37–44
Abstract views: 50
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new spider species, Malthonica bozhkovi sp. nov. and Tegenaria paragamiani sp. nov. from Rhodopy Mountains (Bulgaria and Greece) (Araneae: Agelenidae)

Institute of Zoology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel blvd, 1000-Sofia
Araneae Taxonomy Agelenidae campestris domestica species groups new combination

Abstract

Malthonica bozhkovi sp. nov. (male/female) is described and illustrated from several localities in Rhodopy Mountains (South Bulgaria). The new species correspond well to the campestris species group. Tegenaria paragamiani sp. nov. (male/female) is described and illustrated from a cave in Rhodopy Mountain (North Greece). In morphological respect it fits well to the domestica species group. Malthonica ramblae (Barrientos, 1978) comb. nov. is transferred from the genus Tegenaria.

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