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Issue: Vol. 5636 No. 3: 19 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5636.3.6
Page range: 511-522
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On some Chrysometa Simon, 1894 species collected from Ecuador: redescription of C. bolivia, description of a new species, and comments on the type locality of C. otavalo (Araneae, Tetragnathidae)

Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ; Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales; Instituto de Biodiversidad Tropical IBIOTROP; Laboratorio de Zoología Terrestre; Museo de Zoología; Quito 170901; Ecuador.; Fundación Uru; Quito; Ecuador.
Araneae Andes Apuela Cordillera del Cóndor Cordillera Occidental Sub-Andes Taxonomy

Abstract

Chrysometa chuchaqui sp. nov is described from the valley of Tandayapa, Northwestern Ecuador, based on a unique character combination of male and female genitalia. C. bolivia Levi, 1986 is redescribed based on specimens from Ecuador, providing new information regarding the morphology of this species. Finally, the type locality of C. otavalo Levi, 1986 is discussed and a new georeferentiation is proposed.

 

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How to Cite

Peñaherrera-R., P. (2025) On some Chrysometa Simon, 1894 species collected from Ecuador: redescription of C. bolivia, description of a new species, and comments on the type locality of C. otavalo (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Zootaxa, 5636 (3), 511–522. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5636.3.6