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Issue: Vol. 2973 No. 1: 22 Jul. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-07-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2973.1.2
Page range: 57–65
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species of Antillorena Jocqué 1991 from northeastern Brazil (Araneae, Zodariidae)

Laboratório de Artrópodes, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, CEP 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Laboratório de Artrópodes, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, CEP 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Araneae Neotropical Region spiders systematics taxonomy

Abstract

The genus Antillorena Jocqué, 1991 proposed to include a single species from Lesser Antilles, is recorded for the first time from Brazil. Two new species are described from the state of Bahia, Brazil, namely Antillorena patapata sp. nov. and Antillorena gaia sp. nov.

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