A new species of Melloina (Araneae: Paratropididae) from Venezuela

A new species of Melloina Brignoli, 1985, Melloina santuario sp. nov., is described from a cave in Venezuela. This is the third species described in this rarely sampled genus, and the first species known from both male and female. The male of M. santuario sp. nov. is distinguished by a longer embolu...

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Main Author: Rogério Bertani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2013-02-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702013000100013