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Issue: Vol. 2336 No. 1: 15 Jan. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-01-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2336.1.5
Page range: 61–66
Abstract views: 62
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Two new species of the orb-weaving spider genus Alpaida from Brazil (Araneae: Araneidae)

Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Av. Antônio Carlos 6627, 31270-910, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Av. Antônio Carlos 6627, 31270-910, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Araneae Taxonomy Neotropical region Itacolomi

Abstract

Two new species of Araneidae, Alpaida itacolomi n. sp. and A. tonze n. sp., from Ouro Preto (Minas Gerais, Brazil) are described based on both sexes.

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