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Issue: Vol. 3780 No. 3: 24 Mar. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-03-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3780.3.6
Page range: 547–557
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 1

New species and distribution records of selenopid spiders of the genus Hovops Benoit in Madagascar (Araneae, Selenopidae)

CONICET-IEBI-FCN (UN.Sa). Instituto para el Estudio de la Biodiversidad de Invertebrados. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales-Universidad Nacional de Salta. Av. Bolivia 5150. CP 4400. Salta. Argentina.
CONICET-IEBI-FCN (UN.Sa). Instituto para el Estudio de la Biodiversidad de Invertebrados. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales-Universidad Nacional de Salta. Av. Bolivia 5150. CP 4400. Salta. Argentina.
Wall crab spiders taxonomy endemism Afrotropical Region

Abstract

Hovops Benoit is a heterogeneous genus of selenopid spiders that was prior to this study represented by seven species that are endemic to Madagascar. Here, we describe four new species: H. antakarana sp. n. (♀), H. ikongo sp. n. (♀), H. menabe sp. n. (♀), and H. vezo sp. n. (♀). A map of the new species is provided as well as new records on two of the known species H. pusillus (Simon, 1897) and H. legrasi (Simon, 1887).