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Issue: Vol. 5683 No. 2: 20 Aug. 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-08-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5683.2.9
Page range: 294-300
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 belonging to the tranquillus species group (Araneae: Trachelidae) from southern Mexico

Laboratorio de Aracnología y Entomología; Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C.; La Paz; 23096; Baja California Sur; México
Colección de Insectos; Departamento Ecología de Artrópodos y Manejo de Plagas; El Colegio de la Frontera Sur; Tapachula; 30700; Chiapas; México
Araneae Trachelidae Trachelas tranquillus Mexico

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How to Cite

Chamé-Vázquez, D. & Chamé-Vázquez, E.R. (2025) A new species of Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 belonging to the tranquillus species group (Araneae: Trachelidae) from southern Mexico. Zootaxa, 5683 (2), 294–300. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5683.2.9