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Issue: Vol. 4899 No. 1: 30 Dec. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-12-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.15
Page range: 280–286
Abstract views: 87
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New record of Gelotia Thorell, 1890 and a new species of Parahelpis Gardzińska & Żabka, 2010 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Australia

Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, B. Prusa 14, 08–110 Siedlce, Poland
Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, B. Prusa 14, 08–110 Siedlce, Poland
Araneae Astieae biogeography jumping spiders Spartaeinae taxonomy

Abstract

Gelotia robusta Wanless, 1984 (♂♀) and Parahelpis wandae sp. nov. (♂) from Northeast Queensland are diagnosed, described and illustrated. The genus Gelotia Thorell, 1890 is newly recorded from Australia, and the female of G. robusta is described for the first time. Distributional maps of the studied species are presented, and remarks on their relationships and distribution are provided.

 

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