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Type: Article
Published: 2015-05-12
Page range: 451–475
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Descriptions of twelve new species of ochyroceratids (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) from mainland Ecuador

Research Associate, Fundación OTONGA, Calle Rither y Bolivia, Quito, Ecuador. Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA.
Araneae Spider Speocera Ochyrocera Psiloochyrocera Ecuador

Abstract

Twelve new species in three different genera from the spider family Ochyroceratidae are described from mainland Ecuador: Speocera bioforestae sp. n., Speocera violacea sp. n., Speocera musgo sp. n., Ochyrocera rinocerotos sp. n., Ochyrocera callaina sp. n., Ochyrocera italoi sp. n., Ochyrocera minotaure sp. n., Ochyrocera losrios sp. n., Ochyrocera zabaleta sp. n., Ochyrocera otonga sp. n., Ochyrocera cashcatotoras sp. n. and Psiloochyrocera tortilis sp. n. Speocera machadoi Gertsch 1977 is transferred to Ochyrocera.