A new species of Thallumetus Simon, 1893, the first dictynid from Ascension Island (Araneae: Dictynidae)

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Sherwood, D
Marusik, YM
Peñaherrera-R, P
Calderón-C, J
Sharp, A
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2024
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A new dictynid species of the genus Thallumetus Simon, 1893 with a highly modified male palpal patella and tibia, combined with a unique shape to the epigyne, is described from Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean: Thallumetus ascensionensis sp. nov. The new species represents the first report of of the family Dictynidae from Ascension and also the first Old World record of Thallumetus. The northernmost and southernmost limits of the family are briefly discussed.

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Arachnology

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19

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8

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Sherwood, D; Marusik, YM; Peñaherrera-R, P; Calderón-C, J; Sharp, A, A new species of Thallumetus Simon, 1893, the first dictynid from Ascension Island (Araneae: Dictynidae), Arachnology, 2024, 19 (8), pp. 1051-1054

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