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Description of four new species of Hersiliidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kinabalu National Park, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

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Author(s):
Rheims, Cristina Anne [1] ; Brescovit, Antonio D.
Total Authors: 2
Affiliation:
[1] São Paulo (Estado). Secretaria de Estado da Saúde. Instituto Butantan. Divisão de Desenvolvimento Científico - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: Journal of Natural History; v. 38, p. 2851-2861, Dec. 2004.
Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology
Abstract

The family hersiliidae includes, to date, seven genera and 148 species, distributed throughout tropical, subtropical and warm temperate zones. Of these, five genera and 30 species have been recorded from the Oriental region. In this paper, three new species of the genus Hersilia Audouin and one new species of the genus Tamposis Baehr and Baehr are described from Kinabalu National Park, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. (AU)