Four new species of litter inhabiting Scytodes spiders (Araneae, Scytodidae) from Amazonia

Authors
Brescovit, AD Hofer, H
Citation
Ad. Brescovit et H. Hofer, Four new species of litter inhabiting Scytodes spiders (Araneae, Scytodidae) from Amazonia, STUD NEOTR, 34(2), 1999, pp. 105-113
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Animal Sciences
Journal title
STUDIES ON NEOTROPICAL FAUNA AND ENVIRONMENT
ISSN journal
01650521 → ACNP
Volume
34
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
105 - 113
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-0521(199908)34:2<105:FNSOLI>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Four new species of spitting spiders of the genus Scytodes are described: S . panguana from Peruvian Amazonia and S. paarmanni, S. martiusi and S. jana uari from central Amazonia in Brazil. All are small, short legged scytodids . The specimens were collected in the course of ecological studies in the l eaf litter layer on the ground of Amazonian terra firme forests.