A new monotypic genus of cobweb spiders from the Russian Far East (Araneae, Theridiidae)

A new theridiid spider, Knoflachia kurilensis gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Kuril Islands (Kunashir). The new genus belongs to the ‘Anelosimus clade (clade 24)’ of Agnarsson (2004). A pair of raised, fused setal sockets on the cheliceral promargin adjacent to the fang base was found to be...

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Main Authors: Yuri M. Marusik, Kirill Y. Eskov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2024-03-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/118632/download/pdf/