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Issue: Vol. 5296 No. 4: 30 May 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-05-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5296.4.7
Page range: 582-588
Abstract views: 373
PDF downloaded: 10

A new species of Strotarchus Simon, 1888 from Honduras (Araneae, Cheiracanthiidae)

Museo de Entomología; Escuela de Biología; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras; Departamento Francisco Morazán; Tegucigalpa; 1101; Honduras
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi; MPEG; Coordenação de Zoologia; Laboratório de Aracnologia; Avenida Perimetral; 1901; Terra Firme; CEP: 66077-830; Belém; Pará; Brazil
Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas; Instituto Butantan; Av. Vital Brasil; 1500; São Paulo; SP; 05503-900; Brazil
Spiders Dionycha Taxonomy Central America Neotropical region

Abstract

A new species, Strotarchus chamevazquezi sp. nov., is described based on both sexes from Department Francisco Morazán, Honduras. A detailed description, diagnosis, photographs, and distribution map of the new species are given. This is the first species of this genus recorded from Honduras.

 

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