Notes on the orb-weaving spider genus Alpaida (Araneae, Araneidae) with description of four new species from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Renner Luiz Cerqueira Baptista; Pedro de Souza Castanheira; Andre Wanderley do Prado

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4407.3.2

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Notes on the orb-weaving spider genus Alpaida (Araneae, Araneidae) with description of four new species from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Notes on the orb-weaving spider genus Alpaida (Araneae, Araneidae) with description of four new species from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Renner Luiz Cerqueira Baptista, Pedro de Souza Castanheira and Andre Wanderley do Prado

Zootaxa, Vol.4407(3), pp.321-345

2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4407.3.2

PMID: 29690180

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Araneae

Neotropical Region

Araneoidea

taxonomy

Atlantic Forest

Four new species of the orb-weaving spider genus Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 1889 from Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil are illustrated and described based on males and females from the following municipalities: Alpaida imperatrix new species (Macaé and Rio de Janeiro); Alpaida imperialis new species (Mendes and Rio de Janeiro); Alpaida marista new species (Mendes and Pinheiral); and Alpaida mendensis new species (Mendes). Furthermore, two new synonymies are herein proposed: Alpaida lanei Levi, 1988 = Alpaida atomaria (Simon, 1895) and Alpaida caxias Levi, 1988 = Alpaida tijuca Levi, 1988, alongside new records for both species and also Alpaida venger Castanheira Baptista, 2015.

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Title: Notes on the orb-weaving spider genus Alpaida (Araneae, Araneidae) with description of four new species from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Authors/Creators: Renner Luiz Cerqueira Baptista - Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Univ Brasil, Lab Diversidade Aracnideos, Av Carlos Chagas Filho 373, BR-21941902 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Pedro de Souza Castanheira - Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Univ Brasil, Lab Diversidade Aracnideos, Av Carlos Chagas Filho 373, BR-21941902 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Andre Wanderley do Prado - Federal Reserve
Publication Details: Zootaxa, Vol.4407(3), pp.321-345
Publisher: Magnolia Press
Number of pages: 25
Grant note: Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)
Identifiers: 991005578618207891
Murdoch Affiliation: Harry Butler Institute; Centre for Biosecurity and One Health
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Citation topics: 3 Agriculture, Environment & Ecology; 3.32 Entomology; 3.32.1249 Araneae
Web Of Science research areas: Zoology
ESI research areas: Plant & Animal Science