On fork-tailed crab spiders: Two new species of Sidymella Strand, 1942 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Ecuador

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  On fork-tailed crab spiders: Two new species of Sidymella Strand, 1942 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Ecuador Abstract Two new species from the family Thomisidae are described from Ecuador: Sidymella ayahuma sp. nov. from the Andean chocó region in Northwestern Ecuador (♀) and Sidymella malefica sp. nov. (♀) from the Andes region in central Ecuador. Díaz-Guevara, D.R. & Machado, M. (2026) On fork-tailed crab spiders: Two new species of Sidymella Strand, 1942 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Ecuador. Zootaxa, 5831 (2), 288–294. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5831.2.11

A new species of the genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861 from Xizang, China (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae)

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A new species of the genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861 from Xizang, China (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae)

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A new species, Scorpiops rufus sp.n., from Xizang (China), is described and illustrated. The new species is mainly characterized by reddish-brown color, moderate size, carapace with small and dense granules, 17 (5 eb, 2 esb, 2 em, 4 est, 4 et) external and 6–8 (usually 7) ventral trichobothria in the pedipalp patella, chela with a length/width ratio about 2.5 in males and 2.6 in females, pedipalp chela fingers are scalloped in both sexes, pectinal teeth count 6 or 7 in males and 5 or 6 in females, pectinal fulcra absent. This brings the total number of species of Scorpiops Peters, 1861 recorded in China to 34.

Lv H., Di Z.1 2023. A new species of the genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861 from Xizang, China (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae) // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.32. No.3: 323–332