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 Oxyopes gyirongensis Hu & Li, 1987 (Araneae: Oxyopidae) from India

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First Record of Oxyopes gyirongensis Hu & Li, 1987 (Araneae: Oxyopidae) from India

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Oxyopes gyirongensis Hu & Li, 1987 is recorded for the first time from India based on specimens collected from Himachal Pradesh. A short morphological description and photographic illustrations of the female habitus and copulatory organs are provided along with the updated distribution map of the species.

Shouvik Mali, Praval Govil, Puthoor Pattammal Sudhin, Souvik Sen "First Record of Oxyopes gyirongensis Hu & Li, 1987 (Araneae: Oxyopidae) from India," Entomological News, 132(3), 440-443, (2 May 2025) https://doi.org/10.3157/021.132.0318