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Issue: Vol. 5448 No. 4: 14 May 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-05-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5448.4.8
Page range: 569-580
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Four new spider species of Cubanops Sánchez-Ruiz, Platnick & Dupérré from Eastern Cuba (Araneae: Caponiidae)

Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi; Coordenação de Zoologia; Laboratório de Aracnologia. Av. Perimetral; 1901; Terra Firme; CEP 66077−830; Belém; Pará; Brazil
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi; Coordenação de Zoologia; Laboratório de Aracnologia. Av. Perimetral; 1901; Terra Firme; CEP 66077−830; Belém; Pará; Brazil
Araneae Synspermiata nopines taxonomy Neotropical region

Abstract

Four new species of Cubanops are described from Eastern Cuba: C. chamarreta sp. nov. (male and female), C. glochidiosus sp. nov. (male and female), C. guama sp. nov. (male and female) and C. serrucho sp. nov. (male). Also, an updated distribution map for all nine Cubanops species known from Eastern Cuba is included.

 

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