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Issue: Vol. 4338 No. 3: 26 Oct. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-10-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.3.7
Page range: 526–532
Abstract views: 56
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A second species of the genus Martensolasma (Opiliones, Dyspnoi, Nemastomatidae) from Mexico

Colección Nacional de Arácnidos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Apartado Postal 70-153, 04510. Mexico City, Mexico. Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Av. Universidad 3000, C.P. 04510, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico.
Opiliones Harvestmen Mexico Ortholasmatinae Taxonomy

Abstract

A second species of the previously monotypic genus Martensolasma Shear, 2006 is described: Martensolasma catrina sp. n., based on specimens collected in Metztitlán, Hidalgo, Mexico. The taxonomy the genus is briefly discussed.

 

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