Abstract
Six new Colombian species of Otiothops (O. besotes sp. n., O. doctorstrange sp. n., O. chicaque sp. n., O. vaupes sp. n.) and Fernandezina (F. andersoni sp. n., F. eduardoi sp. n.) are described. Diagnostic illustrations and distribution maps are provided for all of the new species, along with new records for O. macleayi Banks, 1929 and O. amazonicus Simon, 1887 from Colombia.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 413-426 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Zootaxa |
| Volume | 4442 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 3 Jul 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information: We are grateful to Neis Martínez Hernández, Robert Anderson, Dimitri Forero, Ligia Benavides, William Galvis, M.G. Branstetter and Eduardo Florez for kind help with obtaining additional samples. Many thanks to all the members of Colombian team CarBio for their tireless efforts in the field. We specially acknowledge the comments and critique of Antonio Brescovit and anonymous reviewers on the earlier version of this draft, and Michael Rix for a careful correction of our English text. Funding for this work came from NSF DEB-1050187-1050253-1314749 to IA and GB, and project QUIPU 201010026635 code 35046 to Eduardo Florez. Publisher Copyright: © Copyright 2018 Magnolia Press.Other keywords
- Haplogynae
- Neotropical region
- Taxonomy