Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 2902 No. 1: 1 Jun. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-06-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2902.1.2
Page range: 44–58
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 1

Three new species of Telemidae (Araneae) from Western Africa

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
Araneae Taxonomy Cangoderce Seychellia forest diagnosis

Abstract

Three new species of the family Telemidae from Côte d’Ivoire and Cameroon are diagnosed, described, and illustrated: i.e., Cangoderces christae sp. nov. and Seychellia jeremyi sp. nov. from Côte d’Ivoire; Cangoderces milani sp. nov. from Cameroon. All types of the new species are deposited in the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden, the Netherlands (RMNH).

References

  1. Brignoli, P.M. (1977) Two new spiders from Sumatra (Araneae, Telemidae and Ochyroceratidae). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden, 50, 221–229.

    Brignoli, P.M. (1978) A few notes on a remarkable South African troglobitic spider, Cangoderces lewisi Harington, 1951 (Araneae, Telemidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 85, 111–114.

    Brignoli, P.M. (1980) Contributions à l'étude de la faune terrestre des îles granitiques de l'archipel des Séchelles (Mission P.L.G. Benoit - J.J. Van Mol 1972). Araneae Telemidae et Ochyroceratidae. Revue de Zoologie africaine, 94, 380–386.

    Baert, L. (1985) Telemidae, Mysmenidae and Ochyroceratidae from Cameroon (Araneae): Scientific report of the Belgian Mount Cameroon Expeditions 1981 and 1983 (no. 13). Biologisch Jaarboek - Dodonaea (Belgium), 53, 44–57.

    Harington, J.S. (1951) A new leptonetid spider, Cangoderces lewisi, n. gen., n. sp., from the Cango Caves, Oudtshoorn. Annals of the Natal Museum, 12, 81–90.

    Platnick, N.I. (2011) The world spider catalog, version 11.5 American Museum of Natural History. Available from http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/ (accessed 16 April, 2011).

    Lin, Y. & Li, S. (2008) A new species of the family Telemidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Xishuangbanna rainforest, China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 33, 650–653.

    Song, D.X., Zhu, M.S. & Chen, J. (1999) The Spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.