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Issue: Vol. 3187 No. 1: 9 Feb. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-02-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3187.1.3
Page range: 43–53
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 1

New species of Anaptomecus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae)

División Aracnología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR Buenos Aires, Argentina
División Aracnología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR Buenos Aires, Argentina
Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brazil, 1500, 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Araneae Ecuador Neotropical Region spiders taxonomy

Abstract

Two new species of Anaptomecus Simon, 1903 are described based on males and females from Ecuador: A. paru sp. nov.,from Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo de Tsáchilas, and A. suni sp. nov., from Puerto Napo, Napo. Both species sharewith other Anaptomecus species the following characters: an elongated opisthosoma; male palp with U-shaped sperm ductloop in ventral view, hyaline conductor situated on a membranous base; female epigynum with posterior lobes and spermathecae with glandular projections.

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