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Issue: Vol. 2289 No. 1: 13 Nov. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-11-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2289.1.4
Page range: 48–54
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 1

Four new species of the Neotropical spider genus Enna (Araneae, Lycosoidea, Trechaleidae) from Brazil

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Faculdade de Biociências, Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia (MCTP), Laboratório de Aracnologia, Prédio 40, Sala 125, Av. Ipiranga 6681, 90619-900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Faculdade de Biociências, Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia (MCTP), Laboratório de Aracnologia, Prédio 40, Sala 125, Av. Ipiranga 6681, 90619-900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
Araneae taxonomy new species distribution Brazil

Abstract

Currently, 24 species are known for the spider genus Enna O. Pickard-Cambridge, from North, Central and South America, of which six are known from Brazil. In this study four new species are described and illustrated based on female specimens from the Southeastern and Southern Brazilian states of Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Paraná. Enna trivittata sp. n., E. segredo sp. n., E. meridionalis sp. n. and E. caparao sp. n. can be distinguished from all known species by the general shape of the epigynum. New records in Brazil are presented for E. braslandia Silva, Lise & Carico and E. redundans (Platnick).

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