Goblin spiders from India: description of new species of thegenera Paramolotra Tong & Li, and Aprusia Simon, and thefemale of Aprusia kerala Grismado & Deeleman(Araneae: Oonopidae)

Autores/as

  • Cristian José Grismado División Aracnología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (CONICET)

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taxonomy, genital morphology, Oonopidae, new species, India.

Resumen

The study of some museum collections with materials collected in India resulted in the descriptions of
a new species of the genus Paramolotra Tong & Li from West Bengal (the genus was previously known only from China), as well as a new species of Aprusia Simon, and also the female of Aprusia kerala Grismado & Deeleman, from the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot. A. kerala had been described based on of two male specimens, it shows a remarkably genital configuration for the genus and for the whole family.

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  • Cristian José Grismado, División Aracnología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (CONICET)
    Profesional Principal - CPA - Conicet
    División Aracnología - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino
    Rivadavia"

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Grismado, C. J., Deeleman, C. & Baehr, B. (2011). The goblin spider genus Aprusia Simon, 1893 (Araneae: Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 3706: 1-21. doi:10.1206/3706.2

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2023-05-02

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