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Type: Article
Published: 2014-12-11
Page range: 106–116
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A revision of the Neotropical genus Austrohahnia Mello-Leitão (Araneae, Hahniidae)

National Research Council (CONICET), Instituto de Biología Subtropical, Universidad Nacional de Misiones (IBS, UNaM), Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina.
Carste Consultores Associados, Rua Manoel Alonso Esteves, 93, Jd. Esmeralda, CEP 05589-020, São Paulo, Brazil.
División Aracnología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” (MACN-Ar, CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Argentina comb-tailed spider Hahniinae new species spider taxonomy

Abstract

The Neotropical genus Austrohahnia Mello-Leitão, 1942 is revised, comprising four species from Argentina. The genus is here transferred to the subfamily Hahniinae Bertkau, 1878 from Cybaeolinae Lehtinen, 1967. Austrohahnia is diagnosed by a single synapomorphy, short setae ventrally on the abdomen, in immature as well as adult stages. The type species A. praestans Mello-Leitão, 1942 is redescribed. Austrohahnia catleyi new species is described and illustrated based both sexes from the alder forests of northwestern Argentina. Austrohahnia melloleitaoi (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942) new combination was transferred from Hahnia C.L. Koch, 1841, the male is described and illustrated for the first time, and the female is redescribed. Austrohahnia isophthalma (Mello-Leitão, 1941) new combination is also transferred from Hahnia and considered a nomen dubium. New geographic records of studied species are provided.