Abstract
Two new species of Zodariidae of the genus Suffasia Jocqué, 1991, obtained from the easternmost part of Nepal are described under the names, Suffasia martensi sp. nov., and S. kanchenjunga sp. nov. Both new species can be distinguished from each other and from all the known species of the genus, Suffasia tigrina (Simon, 1893) from India, S. tumegaster Jocqué, 1992 from Nepal, S. attiduya Benjamin & Jocqué, 2000 and S. mahasumana Benjamin & Jocqué, 2000 from Sri Lanka by the peculiar shape of male palpal tibia. In both species, the tibia is very thick, and it has a dorsal spine in S. kanchenjunga. The females of both species have an epigynum with a long scape, which is slightly widened in front in S. kanchenjunga.
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