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Issue: Vol. 697 No. 1: 25 Oct. 2004
Type: Articles
Published: 2004-10-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.697.1.1
Page range: 1–5
Abstract views: 73
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Drymusa Simon, 1891 (Araneae, Drymusidae) from Brazil

Laboratório de Artrópodes, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Departamento de Zoologia, Museu Paraense EmÌlio Goeldi, Av. Magalh„es Barata, 376, Caixa Postal 399, 66040-170, BelÈm, PA, Brazil
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Araneae Drymusidae Drymusa taxonomy Brazil

Abstract

Drymusa canhemabae n. sp. from Juruti, state of Par , Brazil is described and illustrated and details of the internal female genitalia are presented for the first time. This is the second species of Drymusa described from South America and the first one from Brazil.

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