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Issue: Vol. 5383 No. 3: 12 Dec. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-12-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5383.3.4
Page range: 352-364
Abstract views: 220
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A new species of Pinelema Wang & Li, 2012, a relictual telemid spider inhabiting caves in Brazil (Araneae, Telemidae)

Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas; Instituto Butantan; Av. Vital Brasil; 1500; Butantã; 05503-900; São Paulo; São Paulo; Brazil
Laboratório de Estudos Subterrâneos; Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva; Universidade Federal de São Carlos; Rodovia Washington Luis; Km 235; SP-310; 13565-905; São Carlos; Brazil
Organização de Apoio à Pesquisa da Biodiversidade (OAPBio); Rua Frei Inácio da Conceição 238; 05362-040; São Paulo; São Paulo; Brazil
Araneae Taxonomy Telema new species troglobitic China Serra do Ramalho Bahia

Abstract

A new species of the genus Pinelema Wang & Li, 2012, occurring in caves of the state of Bahia in Northeastern Brazil, is described and illustrated. This species has the typical troglobitic characters, such as the absence of eyes, elongation of legs and setae, and pale, almost depigmented, somatic coloration. Data on the natural history of populations of P. elinae sp. nov. from caves in the Serra do Ramalho, State of Bahia, are presented. This work represents the first description of a relictual species of Telemidae spiders in Brazil.

 

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