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Issue: Vol. 5679 No. 4: 15 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5679.4.3
Page range: 501-520
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Four new species of the spider genus Oecobius Lucas, 1846 (Araneae: Oecobiidae) from northwestern Mexico

Licenciatura en Biología; Instituto Tecnológico de Los Mochis; C.P. 81259; Los Mochis; Sinaloa; México; Posgrado del Instituto Politécnico Nacional; CIIDIR-SIN. Blvr. Juan de Dios Bátiz Paredes No. 250; Guasave 81101; Sinaloa; México
Laboratorio de Aracnología y Entomología; Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C.; La Paz; 23096; Baja California Sur; México
Laboratorio de Aracnología y Entomología; Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C.; La Paz; 23096; Baja California Sur; México
Araneae flatmesh weavers Mexican group taxonomy Baja California Sur Sonora Sinaloa

Abstract

Four new species of the genus Oecobius Lucas, 1846 (Araneae, Oecobiidae) from northwestern Mexico are described, all of them based on both sexes: O. culichi spec. nov. and O. yoreme spec. nov. from Sinaloa, O. yaqui spec. nov. from Sonora, and O. sudcaliforniana spec. nov. from Baja California Sur. In addition, we provide taxonomic remarks of two native species: O. hoffmannae Jiménez & Llinas, 2005 and O. isolatoides Shear, 1970.

 

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How to Cite

Alcántar-Valenzuela, J.J., Chamé-Vázquez, D. & Jiménez, M.-L. (2025) Four new species of the spider genus Oecobius Lucas, 1846 (Araneae: Oecobiidae) from northwestern Mexico. Zootaxa, 5679 (4), 501–520. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.4.3