New species of smiley-faced spider Spintharus (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Brazil, and comments on unobserved diversity in South America

Spintharus is a genus of spiders that contained only two species until 2018 when it was demonstrated that a ‘widespread’ species was instead composed of multiple short-range endemics. This note redescribes Spintharus gracilis Keyserling and describes a new species of Spinth...

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Main Authors: Gabriel A. LeMay, Ingi Agnarsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020-02-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/47563/download/pdf/