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Issue: Vol. 5453 No. 2: 20 May 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-05-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.2.4
Page range: 233-244
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A new species of the spider genus Mexentypesa Raven (Araneae: Nemesiidae) from Hidalgo, Mexico and taxonomic comments on M. chiapas Raven

Maestría en Ciencias en Biodiversidad y Conservación; Instituto de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería; Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. Carretera Pachuca-Tulancingo km 4.5; Mineral de la Reforma; C.P. 42184; Hidalgo; Mexico
Colección de Aracnología (CARCIB); Programa Académico de Planeación Ambiental y Conservación (PLAYCO); Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste CIBNOR; S.C. Km 1 Carretera a San Juan de La Costa “El Comitán”; La Paz; Baja California Sur; C.P. 23205; Mexico
Laboratorio de Sistemática Animal; Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas; Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. Carretera Pachuca-Tulancingo km 4.5; Mineral de la Reforma; C.P. 42184; Hidalgo; Mexico
Araneae Mygalomorphae taxonomy synonym central Mexico cloud forest

Abstract

A new species of the enigmatic spider genus Mexentypesa (Raven, 1987) from a cloud forest in Hidalgo state, Mexico is described: M. hidalguensis sp. nov. The description of the species is based on both male and female adult specimens. This discovery increases the diversity of the genus to two species: Mexentypesa chiapas (Raven, 1987) and the new species described herein. Additionally, Aptostichus sabinae syn. nov. (=M. chiapas), which was previously described as a different species, is formally synonymized.

 

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