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Issue: Vol. 5519 No. 4: 10 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5519.4.1
Page range: 451-486
Abstract views: 137
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Seven new species of the enigmatic spider genus Paratropis Simon, 1889 (Mygalomorphae, Paratropididae) from Ecuador

Museum of Nature Hamburg; Zoology; Leibniz-Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB); Center for Taxonomy and Morphology; Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3; 20146 Hamburg; Germany.; Research Associate; American Museum of Natural History; New York; NY; U.S.A.
Museum of Nature Hamburg; Zoology; Leibniz-Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB); Center for Taxonomy and Morphology; Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3; 20146 Hamburg; Germany.
Araneae Diversity taxonomy cryptic distribution Neotropical

Abstract

Seven new species of the enigmatic spider family Paratropididae are described from Ecuador. All new species belong to the genus Paratropis: P. carcosita sp. nov. (♀), P. pukallucha sp. nov. (♂♀), P. esmeraldas sp. nov. (♂♀), P. kapak sp. nov. (♂♀), P. pasochoa sp. nov. (♀), P. arenosa sp. nov. (♀) and P. cryptica sp. nov. (♂♀). A distribution map of all newly described species is presented.

 

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