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 (...

Two new species of the spider wasps genus Morochares Banks, 1934 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from China

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Two new species of the spider wasps genus Morochares Banks, 1934 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from China

Abstract

Morochares storozhenkoi Loktionov, sp. nov. and M. liuxi Loktionov, sp. nov. are described and illustrated from Guangdong, China. These are the seventh and eighth known species of the genus, and the sixth and seventh from China. An updated key to the Chinese species is given.

Loktionov, V.M. (2025) Two new species of the spider wasps genus Morochares Banks, 1934 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from China. Zootaxa, 5715 (1), 244–250. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.22