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Issue: Vol. 4899 No. 1: 30 Dec. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-12-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.13
Page range: 247–258
Abstract views: 90
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On two enigmatic spiders (Araneae: Cybaeidae & Phrurolithidae) from the Russian Far East

Institute for Biological Problems of the North, Portovaya Street 18, Magadan 685000, Russia Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
Federal Scientific Center of East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, FEB RAS, Vladivostok 690022, Russia Far Eastern Federal University, Laboratory of ecology and evolutionary biology of aquatic organisms (LEEBAO), School of Natural Sciences, Vladivostok 690091, Russia
Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland
Araneae Asia Cybaeinae new species first record

Abstract

Cybaeota Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933, a genus previously known only in the Nearctic, has been found in the Maritime Province of Russia for the first time. It is represented by a new species, C. wesolowskae sp. nov. (♂♀), which is close to the generotype, C. calcarata (Emerton, 1911). Additionally, a new species, Phrurolithus lindemanni sp. nov. (♀), is described from the Maritime Province as well. It has unusually light colouration in comparison to other congeners. Trans-Pacific disjunctive ranges on species, genus and family levels in arthropods are briefly discussed.

 

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