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Issue: Vol. 5537 No. 3: 11 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5537.3.3
Page range: 348-356
Abstract views: 78
PDF downloaded: 3

A survey of the Sumatran Sparassidae (Araneae). 1. Two new Thelcticopis species

Altai State University; Lenina Pr.; 61; Barnaul; RF-656049; Russia; Tomsk State University; Lenina Pr.; 36; Tomsk; RF-634050; Russia; Western Caspian University; 31 Istiglaliyyat Street; Baku; Azerbaijan
Federal Scientific Center of East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity; Far Eastern Branch; Russian Academy of Sciences; Vladivostok 690022; Russia
Araneae Aceh Province Aranei biodiversity huntsman spiders Sparianthinae Sunda Islands Mentawai Islands taxonomy

Abstract

Two new species of Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 are described from Sumatra Island, Indonesia, based on males: T. lizae sp. nov. and T. ketambe sp. nov. Detailed descriptions, digital photographs and a distributional map are provided. The distribution of Sumatran Thelcticopis is briefly discussed.

 

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