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Issue: Vol. 2266 No. 1: 16 Oct. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-10-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2266.1.4
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 1

On the poorly known genus Anuvinda Lehtinen, 1967 (Araneae: Titanoecidae)

Pós Graduação em Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Laboratório de Artrópodes Peçonhentos, Instituto Butantan. Avenida Vital Brazil, 1500, Butantã, CEP 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Laboratório de Artrópodes Peçonhentos, Instituto Butantan. Avenida Vital Brazil, 1500, Butantã, CEP 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Araneae China Laos Spider Taxonomy Thailand

Abstract

The spider genus Anuvinda includes a single species described from India, Anuvinda escheri (Reimoser), based on a female. The male remained unknown and no other specimens beyond the type specimen are known. In this paper we present the first description of the male of A. escheri and the redescription of the female, based on material recently collected in China, Laos and Thailand. In addition, the distribution range of the species is extended to include these three countries.

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