Five new species and one new record of armored spiders (Araneae, Tetrablemmidae) from Thailand

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  Five new species and one new record of armored spiders (Araneae, Tetrablemmidae) from Thailand Abstract Five new cave-dwelling species and one newly recorded litter-dwelling species belonging to the family Tetrablemmidae are described from Thailand, i.e., Ablemma erna Lehtinen, 1981 (♂♀), A. theppratan Tong & Li, sp. nov . (♂♀), A. yamae Tong & Li, sp. nov . (♂♀), Shearella khaoplu Tong & Li, sp. nov . (♂), S. thamphothisat Tong & Li, sp. nov . (♂) and Tetrablemma lorkor Tong & Li, sp. nov . (♂). Diagnoses and illustrations for all six species are given. Shi S, Bian D, Tong Y, Li S (2026) Five new species and one new record of armored spiders (Araneae, Tetrablemmidae) from Thailand. ZooKeys 1279: 285-310. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1279.189587

Update in the Peruvian Caponiidae: New records and new species of Nyetnops Platnick & Lise, 2007 (Araneae: Caponiidae)

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Update in the Peruvian Caponiidae: New records and new species of Nyetnops Platnick & Lise, 2007 (Araneae: Caponiidae)


ABSTRACT

An update on the diversity and distribution of Caponiidae from Peru is presented. New distributional records for Caponina cajabamba Platnick, 1994 are given and the male is described for the first time. Additionally, three new species of the genus Nyetnops Platnick & Lise, 2007 are described: Nyetnops alexanderi Villarreal & Martínez sp. nov. (♂♀), Nyetnops madre Villarreal & Martínez sp. nov. (♂♀) and Nyetnops josei Villarreal & Martínez sp. nov. (♂). The taxonomic key proposed by Sánchez-Ruiz et al. (2020) for Nyetnops is updated to include all the described species as well as the new ones proposed herein. Maps showing the distribution of the records of Caponiidae species in Peru, mainly focused on the genus Nyetnops is included.

Villarreal-Blanco, Eduardo, Leonel Martínez, and Melisa Eyes-Escalante. 2024. “Update in the Peruvian Caponiidae: New Records and New Species of Nyetnops Platnick & Lise, 2007 (Araneae: Caponiidae)”. European Journal of Taxonomy 932 (1):204–224. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.932.2523.