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Issue: Vol. 4471 No. 3: 6 Sept. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-09-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4471.3.1
Page range: 401–445
Abstract views: 112
PDF downloaded: 1

Sixteen new species of the spider genus Althepus Thorell, 1898 (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae) from Southeast Asia

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
College of Life Sciences, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, China
Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, Ladyao, Jatujak, Bangkok 10903, Thailand
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Araneae taxonomy morphology haplogynae biodiversity diagnosis

Abstract

Sixteen new Althepus species of the spider family Ochyroceratidae are reported from Southeast Asia: A. bamensis Li et Li sp. nov., A. changmao Li et Li sp. nov., A. dongnaiensis Li et Li sp. nov., A. guan Li et Li sp. nov., A. maechamensis Li et Li sp. nov., A. menglaensis Li et Li sp. nov., A. naphongensis Li et Li sp. nov., A. natmataungensis Li et Li sp. nov. (male only), A. phadaengensis Li et Li sp. nov., A. shanhu Li et Li sp. nov., A. suayaiensis Li et Li sp. nov. (male only), A. tadetuensis Li et Li sp. nov., A. tanhuang Li et Li sp. nov., A. thanlaensis Li et Li sp. nov., A. tharnlodensis  Li et Li sp. nov. (female only), and A. viengkeoensis Li et Li sp. nov.

 

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