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Issue: Vol. 4524 No. 2: 21 Nov. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-11-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4524.2.2
Page range: 174–186
Abstract views: 71
PDF downloaded: 2

Five new species and new records of the spider genus Stemmops Araneae, Theridiidae, Spintharinae) from Brazil

Laboratório de Diversidade e Sistemática de Arachnida (LaDiSA). Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS). Av. Unisinos, 950, Cristo Rei, 93022-000 São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Laboratório de Diversidade e Sistemática de Arachnida (LaDiSA). Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS). Av. Unisinos, 950, Cristo Rei, 93022-000 São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Araneae Cobweb spiders Neotropical South America taxonomy

Abstract

The spider genus Stemmops O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894, currently comprises 22 described species. Spiders of this genus are mainly known from the Neotropical Region, but are poorly studied in Brazil. In this paper five new species of Brazilian Stemmops are described: Stemmops murici new species; Stemmops carauari new species; Stemmops carajas new species; Stemmops pains new species, and Stemmops guapiacu new species. Additionally, new records from Brazil are provided for Stemmops carius Marques & Buckup, 1996 from state of São Paulo; Stemmops belavista Marques & Buckup, 1996 from Mato Grosso do Sul; and Stemmops vicosa Levi, 1964 from Alagoas. The species Stemmops servus Levi, 1964 (known from Panama) is recorded for the first time in Brazil from states of Amazonas, Paraíba, Alagoas, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro.

 

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