First record of the spider family symphytognathidae in Europe and description of anapistula ataecina sp. n. (araneae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2246, 2009, Pages 45-57

  Cardoso, Pedro ^a,b,c   Scharff, Nikolaj ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Núcleo de Espeleologia da Costa Azul FPE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Araneoidea; Cave; Endangered species; Morphology; New species; Parthenogenesis; Portugal; Spider; Spinnerets; Troglobite

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARANEOIDEA;

EID: 70349766385     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2246.1.4     Document Type: Article

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