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Issue: Vol. 4853 No. 4: 24 Sept. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-09-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4853.4.7
Page range: 581–590
Abstract views: 134
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Two new species of the ghost spider genus Macrophyes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 from Colombia and description of the first male of Mesilla Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Anyphaenidae: Anyphaeninae) 

Grupo de Investigación Biodiversidad del Caribe Colombiano, Semillero de Investigación Sistemática de Artrópodos Neotropicales, Departamento de Biología, Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Colombia.
Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Rua do Matão, 14, 05508-090, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Araneae Taxonomy Long-body ghost spiders Colombia

Abstract

Two new species of the elongated-body ghost spider genus Macrophyes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 from Colombia are herein described and illustrated: Macrophyes sanzi n. sp. known by both sexes from Chocó department and Macrophyes ceratii n. sp. by females from Santander department. Additionally, the male of Mesilla vittiventris Simon, 1903 is described for the first time based on specimens from Nariño and Cauca departments, Colombia. A distribution map for the species herein reported is included.

 

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