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Issue: Vol. 4425 No. 2: 30 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4425.2.10
Page range: 357–371
Abstract views: 59
PDF downloaded: 1

Five new species of the Ghost Spider genus Anyphaenoides Berland from Colombia (Araneae: Anyphaenidae: Anyphaeninae)

Grupo de Investigación Biodiversidad del Caribe Colombiano, Semillero de Investigación Artrópodos e Insectos Neoptera del Caribe Colombiano, Departamento de Biología, Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Colombia
Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Grupo de Investigación Biodiversidad del Caribe Colombiano, Semillero de Investigación Artrópodos e Insectos Neoptera del Caribe Colombiano, Departamento de Biología, Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Colombia
Araneae Dionycha Taxonomy Neotropical Region

Abstract

Five new species of the ghost spider genus Anyphaenoides Berland from Colombia are described and illustrated: A. sierraensis sp. nov. (based on male and female) from Magdalena department, A. caribensis sp. nov. (male and female) from Atlántico department, A. foreroi sp. nov. (male) from Vaupes department, A. hilli sp. nov. (male) from Putumayo department and A. enigmaticus sp. nov. (male and female) from Santander department.

 

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