New species of the Neotropical spider genus Celaetycheus Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Ctenidae)

Author(s)

Polotow, Daniele ^{[1, 2, 3]} ; Brescovit, Antonio D. ^[2]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biociencias, Dept Zool, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Inst Butantan, Lab Especial Colecoes Zool, BR-05503900 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[3] Calif Acad Sci, San Francisco, CA 94118 - USA

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Zootaxa; v. 3637, n. 2, p. 139-157, APR 10 2013.
• Web of Science Citations: 4

Abstract

Nine species of the Neotropical spider genus Celaetycheus Simon, 1897 are newly described. All the species are endemic to the State of Bahia, northeast of Brazil: Celaetycheus abara sp. nov., C. aberem sp. nov., C. acaraje sp. nov., C. beiju sp. nov., C. bobo sp. nov., C. caruru sp. nov., C. moqueca sp. nov., C. mungunza sp. nov. and C. vatapa sp. nov. A new generic diagnosis, species diagnoses and distributional maps are provided. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 06/55230-7 - Cladistic analysis of the spiders of the Cteninae subfamily and revision of the genus Celaetycheus Simon (Areneae: Ctenidae)
• Grantee: Daniele Polotow Geraldo
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 99/05446-8 - Biodiversity of Arachnida and Myriapoda of the State of São Paulo
• Grantee: Antonio Domingos Brescovit
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 09/12017-0 - Cladistic analysis of the subfamily Cteninae and revision of the genus Celaetycheus Simon (Araneae: Ctenidae)
• Grantee: Antonio Domingos Brescovit
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants