A new species of Alpaida (Araneae, Araneidae) from Southeastern Brazil

ABSTRACT Alpaida venger sp. nov. is described based on males and females from Pedra Branca State Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This species seems to be related to Alpaida scriba (Mello-Leitão, 1940) and Alpaida alticeps (Keyserling, 1879) due to similar body shape and color, but is easily distinguis...

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Main Authors: Pedro de S. Castanheira, Renner L. C. Baptista
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul 2015-09-01
Series:Iheringia: Série Zoologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212015000300372&lng=en&tlng=en