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Research Article

Three new species of the genus Speocera (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae) from caves of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Pages 428-448 | Accepted 20 Oct 2023, Published online: 15 Dec 2023
 

Summary

Three new species of the spider genus Speocera Berland, 1914 are described from caves of different lithologies, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil: Speocera canjica n. sp., S. pamonha n. sp. and S. vacaatolada n. sp., all based on males and females. Among the described species, S. vacaatolada n. sp., presents a palp morphology similar to that of Speocera pallida, where a reduction of bulb structures occurs.

Résumé

Trois nouvelles espèces du genre Speocera (Araneae : Ochyroceratidae) provenant de grottes de l'État de Minas Gerais, Brésil. Trois nouvelles espèces du genre d'araignées Speocera Berland, 1914, collectées dans des grottes de différentes lithologies de l'État de Minas Gerais, au Brésil, sont décrites : Speocera canjica n. sp., S. pamonha n. sp. et S. vacaatolada n. sp., toutes basées sur des mâles et des femelles. Parmi les espèces décrites, S. vacaatolada n. sp. est la première espèce avec une morphologie des palpes similaire à celle de Speocera pallida, où l’on constate une réduction des structures du bulbe.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Beatriz Mauricio, microscope technician from Centro de Microscopia Eletrônica at the Instituto Butantan, for the SEM images. Special thanks to editor Antoine Mantilleri, and two anonymous reviewers for their careful reading of the manuscript.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This work was supported by the Vale S.A., Organização de Apoio à Pesquisa da Biodiversidade (OAPBio) and CNPq (ADB grant PQ 303903/2019-8) and FAPESP (ADB grant 2022/12588-1).

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