Nesticus kosodensis Yaginuma, 1972 bona species. Molecular and morphological separation from N. latiscapus Yaginuma, 1972 with notes on cave scaffold-web spiders subspecies in Japan (Araneae, Nesticidae)

The troglophilic spider subspecies Nesticus latiscapus kosodensis Yaginuma, 1972 is compared with its nominal species N. latiscapus Yaginuma, 1972 using an integrated taxonomic approach. Both morphological and molecular analysis suggest the two taxa are distinct, rejecting the status of subspecies....

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Main Authors: Yuya Suzuki, Francesco Ballarin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020-08-01
Series:Subterranean Biology
Online Access:https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/53933/download/pdf/