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Issue: Vol. 1275 No. 1: 31 Jul. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-07-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1275.1.5
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 2

Description of two new spider genera of Trechaleidae (Araneae: Lycosoidea) from Northern Brazil

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Biociências, Laboratório de Aracnologia, Prédio 12 C, sala 244, Avenida Ipiranga, 6681, 90619–900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Biociências, Laboratório de Aracnologia, Prédio 12 C, sala 244, Avenida Ipiranga, 6681, 90619–900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
Araneae Spiders taxonomy Neotropical region

Abstract

Two new genera of Trechaleidae are described and illustrated. Amapalea gen. n., type species A. brasiliana sp. n., from Amapá, and Magnichela gen. n., type species M. santeremensis from Pará, both states located in Northern Brazil region. Amapalea presents a tegular projection not found in any other Trechaleidae genera, like Paratrechalea Carico, 2005 and Paradossenus F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1903. Magnichela gen. n. can be distinguished from the other genera and from Amapalea gen. n., by the enlarged and apically expanded chelicerae.

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