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Issue: Vol. 3768 No. 2: 25 Feb. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-02-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2
Page range: 119–138
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 17

Six new species of the spider family Ochyroceratidae Fage 1912 (Arachnida: Araneae) from Southeast Asia

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Arachnology, Senckenberg Research Institute, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
taxonomy cave Haplogynae Laos Thailand Myanmar Malaysia Indonesia

Abstract

Five new Althepus species and one new Psiloderces species of the family Ochyroceratidae are described from Southeast Asia: Althepus erectus spec. nov. (male) and A. nophaseudi spec. nov. (male, female) from Laos, A. flabellaris spec. nov. (male, female) from Thailand, A. reduncus spec. nov. (male) from Myanmar, A. spiralis spec. nov. (male) from Malaysia, and Psiloderces dicellocerus spec. nov. (male) from Indonesia. Primary types are deposited in the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt, Germany (SMF).