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Issue: Vol. 2630 No. 1: 29 Sep. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-09-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2630.1.3
Page range: 57–68
Abstract views: 43
PDF downloaded: 2

Proposal of Kupiuka and Plesiopiuka, two new genera of jumping spiders from Brazil (Araneae: Salticidae: Heliophaninae)

Laboratório de Artrópodes, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brazil, 1500, 05503–900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Araneae Neotropical Region systematics taxonomy

Abstract

Two new genera of jumping spiders are proposed to include new heliophanines from Brazil. Kupiuka gen. nov. is based on the type species K. extratheca sp. nov. and Plesiopiuka gen. nov. is based on P. simplex sp. nov., both from the State of Amazonas. Besides its type species, Kupiuka includes K. murici sp. nov. from the State of Alagoas, K. overalli sp. nov. from the State of Pará, K. taruman sp. nov. and K. adisi sp. nov. from the State of Amazonas, K. heteropicta sp. nov. and K. vochysiae sp. nov. from the State of Mato Grosso and K. paulista sp. nov. from the State of São Paulo.

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