A New Six-Eyed Sand Spider Sicarius Walckenaer, 1847 (Araneae: Haplogynae: Sicariidae) from Colombia, with Information on Its Natural History

Franklyn Cala-Riquelme, Miguel Gutiérrez-Estrada, A. Eduardo Florez-Daza, Ingi Agnarsson

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Abstract

We describe a new species of the genus Sicarius Walckenaer, 1847 (Sicariidae), S. vallenato sp. nov., from the tropical dry forest in Valledupar and La Guajira, Colombia, representing the first species of the genus from Colombia. The new species is diagnosed from other species of the genus, and compared in detail.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)176-182
Number of pages7
JournalArachnology
Volume17
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2017

Other keywords

  • caves
  • dry forest
  • Neotropics

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