A new species of Phrixotrichus (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from southwestern Argentina and new distributional data for P. vulpinus

ABSTRACT A new species of Phrixotrichus Simon, 1889, P. pucara sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on a male from Pucará river, Neuquén province, Argentina. Male can be distinguished from all other species of the genus by the presence of a long strong spine on inner face of prolateral branc...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nelson Ferretti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul 2015-06-01
Series:Iheringia: Série Zoologia
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212015000200252&lng=en&tlng=en