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Issue: Vol. 5636 No. 3: 19 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5636.3.10
Page range: 566-576
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 3

“Out of the blue”, a new species of the monotypic genus Kinku Simon, 1889 (Araneae, Telemidae) from Ecuador

Museum of Nature Hamburg; Zoology; Leibniz-Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB); Center for Taxonomy and Morphology; Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3; 20146 Hamburg; Germany
Museum of Nature Hamburg; Zoology; Leibniz-Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB); Center for Taxonomy and Morphology; Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3; 20146 Hamburg; Germany
Araneae Diversity taxonomy stridulatory organ Neotropical cuticular gland

Abstract

The second species of the enigmatitc genus Kinku Dupérré & Tapia, 2015 is described from Ecuador. The new species Kinku maicu sp. nov. (♂♀) possesses the same typical blue coloured abdomen, as well as the presence in males of an abdominal stridulatory organ as found in the type species. SEMs photos of the male stridulatory organ, female spinnerets and, internal genitalia are presented for the first time.

 

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How to Cite

Dupérré, N. & Tapia, E. (2025) “Out of the blue”, a new species of the monotypic genus Kinku Simon, 1889 (Araneae, Telemidae) from Ecuador. Zootaxa, 5636 (3), 566–576. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5636.3.10