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Issue: Vol. 5590 No. 4: 25 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5590.4.6
Page range: 555-567
Abstract views: 76
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Notes on the genus Draconarius Ovtchinnikov, 1999 (Araneae: Agelenidae) with description of two new species from Laos

Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology; Tay Nguyen University; 567 Le Duan; Buon Ma Thuot City; Dak Lak Province; 630000; Vietnam
Department of Biology; Faculty of Natural Sciences; National University of Laos; Dong Dok Campus; Vientiane; Lao PDR
Arachnology; Senckenberg Research Institute; Senckenberganlage 25; 60325 Frankfurt/Main; Germany
Araneae Caves Coelotinae distribution karst Vang Vieng venustus-group

Abstract

Two new species of the Draconarius venustus group are described from the Vang Vieng karst region of Laos: D. laosensis spec. nov. (♂♀) from various caves, and D. externus spec. nov. (♂) from the leaf litter. Detailed descriptions, illustrations and photographs of copulatory organs along with somatic features of the new species are provided. Additionally, the male palp of D. joshimath from India is illustrated in detail and the species is assigned to the D. venustus group. Distribution maps for all known records of the genus Draconarius s.l. are given along with an analysis of cave-dwelling species and its elevational distribution.

 

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