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Published: 2020-10-01
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Distributional and taxonomic notes on the crab spider genus Talaus Simon, 1886 with description of a new species (Araneae: Thomisidae)

National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana Road, Kandy, Sri Lanka. Alexander Koenig Research Museum of Zoology, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany.
Araneae systematics biodiversity Arachnida India Ceylon

Abstract

Taxonomic notes on the crab spider genus Talaus Simon, 1886 are provided. One new species, T. beccarii sp. nov. is described. Further four species are redescribed: T. nanus Thorell, 1890, T. triangulifer Simon, 1886, T. oblitus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 and T. opportunus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873). Talaus now contains 13 species.

 

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