Abstract
Four new species of the spider genus Telema from Southeast Asia are described and illustrated: T. acicularis sp. nov. and T. anguina sp. nov. from Thailand, T. fabata sp. nov. from Singapore, and T. malaysiaensis sp. nov. from Malaysia.
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