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Issue: Vol. 4651 No. 1: 2 Aug. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-08-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4651.1.7
Page range: 114–124
Abstract views: 64
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Three new species of the spider family Pholcidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Taita-Taveta, Kenya

College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China National Museums of Kenya, Museum Hill, P.O. Box 40658–00100, Nairobi, Kenya
National Museums of Kenya, Museum Hill, P.O. Box 40658–00100, Nairobi, Kenya
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Araneae taxonomy morphology biodiversity Pholcinae Smeringopinae

Abstract

Only nine species of the spider family Pholcidae C.L. Koch, 1850 are endemic in Kenya. In this study, three new species from Taita-Taveta County, southern Kenya are reported. They belong to two genera of the pholcid spiders: Buitinga qingyuani Yao & Li sp. nov. (male, female), B. wamitii Yao & Li sp. nov. (male), and Smeringopus voi Yao & Li sp. nov. (male, female). All material studied is deposited in the National Museums of Kenya (NMK) in Nairobi, Kenya.

 

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