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 (...

The mitochondrial genome of Bothriocyrtum californicum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) (Araneae, Halonoproctidae) from ultraconserved elements (UCEs)

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The mitochondrial genome of Bothriocyrtum californicum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) (Araneae, Halonoproctidae) from ultraconserved elements (UCEs)

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The mitochondrial genome of Bothriocyrtum californicum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) has been completely sequenced and annotated for the first time. This trap-door spider is found in California, United States. We used SPAdes to assemble contigs and the mitogenome was extracted from the resulting contigs. The mitogenome was annotated using MITOS2 and by comparing to other species in the order Araneae. The mitogenome is 14,081 base pairs, and includes 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, 13 protein coding genes (PCG), 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, and a control region. This is the first sequenced and annotated mitogenome for this species, genus, and the family Halonoproctidae.

Kern, O. C., & Patrick, L. B. (2026). The mitochondrial genome of Bothriocyrtum californicum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) (Araneae, Halonoproctidae) from ultraconserved elements (UCEs). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 11(1), 121–125. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2025.2603825