A new species of the mygalomorph spider genus Euagrus Ausserer (Araneae: Euagridae) from central Mexico and new records of E. gus Coyle from Tlaxcala

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  A new species of the mygalomorph spider genus Euagrus Ausserer (Araneae: Euagridae) from central Mexico and new records of E. gus Coyle from Tlaxcala Abstract  A new species of the spider genus Euagrus Ausserer, 1875 from temperate pine-oak forests in the states of Tlaxcala and Hidalgo, Mexico is described: E. pulque sp. nov. The description of the new species is based on male and female adult specimens. Additionally, Euagrus gus Coyle, 1988 is recorded for the very first time in the state of Tlaxcala. These species have sympatric distributions in La Malinche National Park, Tlaxcala. With this description, the diversity of the genus increases to 23 species, with Mexico harboring the highest diversity with 17 described species.  Valdez-Mondragón, A., Salinas-Velasco, H. V. & Bueno-Villegas, J. (2026). A new species of the mygalomorph spider genus Euagrus Ausserer (Araneae: Euagridae) from central Mexico and new records of E. gus Coyle from Tlaxcala. Zootaxa 5810 (...

First record of Sicarius rugosus (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) (Araneae: Sicariidae) in Guatemala

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First record of Sicarius rugosus (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) (Araneae: Sicariidae) in Guatemala

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For the first time, the species Sicarius rugosus is recorded from Guatemala, based on a male and two immatures collected in the department of Zacapa and a female from the department of El Progreso. The specimens of S. rugosus they were found living in construction zones, in gardens of human dwellings, in dry forest fragments and xeric environments.

Cubas-Rodríguez, A. M. ., & Herrera-Jordan, K. . (2024). First record of <em>Sicarius rugosus</em> (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) (Araneae: Sicariidae) in Guatemala. Revista Chilena De Entomología, 50(3). Retrieved from https://www.biotaxa.org/rce/article/view/86181