An update on the genus Sparianthis Simon, 1880 (Sparassidae: Sparianthinae)
Seven new species of the genus Sparianthis Simon, 1880 are described and illustrated: S. chicaque spec. nov. (♂♀), S. iguaque spec. nov. (♂), S. medina spec. nov. (♂♀) and S. tuparro spec. nov. (♂♀) from Colombia, and S. boibumba spec. nov. (♂), S. cascalheira spec. nov. (♂) and S. matupiri spec. nov. (♂) from Brazil. The female of S. megalopalpa (Caporiacco, 1954) is newly described and new distribution records are provided for S. caracarai Rheims, 2020, S. chickeringi (Gertsch, 1941), S. megalopalpa and S. ravida (Simon, 1898). The identification key is updated and new distribution maps are provided for all known species of the genus.
Authors
- Cristina Anne Rheims (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4418-0552)
- CRISTIAN M. CASAS (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0507-264X)
Institutions
- University of Atlántico (CO)
- Instituto Butantan (BR)
- Weatherford College (US)
- Universidad del Atlántico (MX)
- Instituto Vital Brazil (Brazil) (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2024-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5496.3.3
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.55