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Issue: Vol. 2739 No. 1: 13 Jan. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-01-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2739.1.2
Page range: 27–32
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Draconarius Ovtchinnikov, 1999 (Araneae, Amaurobioidea, Coelotinae) from Northern Pakistan

Institute for Biological Problems of the North, RAS, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan 685000, Russia
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, Lungadige Porta Vittoria, 9-37129, Verona, Italy
Araneae Northern Areas Gilgit-Baltistan male palp epigyne Agelenidae Amaurobiidae Coelotidae

Abstract

A new species Draconarius latellai n.sp. is described on the basis of two sexes from Northern Pakistan. It belongs to D. venustus species group and most similar to the generotype D. venustus Ovtchinnikov, 1999. The new species is compared with three other species occuring in Central Asia: D. venustus (Tajikistan), D. naranensis Ovtchinnikov, 2005 and D. pakistanicus Ovtchinnikov, 2005 (both from Northern Pakistan). Key to the four Central Asian species is provided and illustrations of all species are given.

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