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Issue: Vol. 1582 No. 1: 12 Sep. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-09-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1582.1.3
Page range: 27–37
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 1

Three new ground living pholcid species (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Parque Estadual da Cantareira, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Laboratório de Artrópodes, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brazil, 1500, 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Laboratório de Artrópodes, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brazil, 1500, 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Laboratório de Artrópodes, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brazil, 1500, 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Alexander Koenig Zoological Research Museum, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Araneae Pholcidae Mesabolivar Tupigea Neotropical region taxonomy

Abstract

Three pholcid species (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Parque Estadual da Cantareira, city of São Paulo, Brazil are newly described: Mesabolivar cantharus n. sp., Mesabolivar camussi n. sp., and Tupigea cantareira n. sp. Collection data suggest a preference of the species for ground level habitats. Preliminary data on Tupigea cantareira n. sp. suggest a continuous occurrence of adult individuals throughout the year, with a peak in the rainy season. It also seems that T. cantareira n. sp. prefers the natural (“Mata”) environment over the reforested Pinus area.

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