A new species of Paratropis Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Paratropididae) from Guyana

Marlus Queiroz Almeida; José Wellington de Morais

doi:10.12741/ebrasilis.v15.e1004

Authors

Marlus Queiroz Almeida Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, AM, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5580-088X
José Wellington de Morais Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, AM, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3801-7054

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v15.e1004

Keywords:

Arachnida, biodiversity, Neotropics, taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of Paratropis is herein described and illustrated, namely: Paratropis minusculus n. sp. based on males, females and immatures from Potaro-Siparuni, Guyana. Male e female of P. minusculus differ from those of all other species of the genus by having six eyes and by spinneret apical segment domed. In addition, we presented the first record of paratropidid species from Guyana, contribute to the knowledge of local biodiversity.

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