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Issue: Vol. 1718 No. 1: 3 Mar. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-03-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1718.1.2
Page range: 36–44
Abstract views: 43
PDF downloaded: 1

Expanding horizons... The first report of the genus Mysmena (Araneae, Mysmenidae) from continental North America, with the description of a new species

Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, 2023 G St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20052, U.S.A
Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York NY 10024
Cave and Endangered Invertebrate Research Laboratory, SWCA Environmental Consultants, 4407 Monterey Oaks Boulevard, Building 1, Suite 110, Austin, Texas, 78749, U.S.A
Araneae Mysmena Yamaska National Park Canada bio-inventory

Abstract

Mysmena quebecana, a new species of the spider family Mysmenidae is here described. Mysmena quebecana was discovered in a spider bio-inventory survey of the Yamaska National Park (Québec, Canada). We therefore report the first occurrence of the family in this province, as well as the first member of the genus Mysmena for continental North America.

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