A redescription of Damarchus cavernicola Abraham, 1924, with notes on Damarchus Thorell, 1891 and Atmetochilus Simon, 1887 (Aranei: Nemesiidae)

Sergei L. Zonstein, Yuri M. Marusik

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Abstract

An illustrated redescription of a poorly known nemesiid Damarchus cavernicola Abraham, 1924 = Latouchia batuensis Roewer, 1962, syn.n., found only in Batu Caves, Malaysia is provided. An Indian species Damarchus bifidus Gravely, 1935 is transferred to the related genus Atmetochilus, and a new combination A. bifidus (Gravely, 1935), comb.n. is established.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)273-278
Number of pages6
JournalArthropoda Selecta
Volume23
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2014

Keywords

  • Cave species
  • Malaysia
  • Mygalomorph spiders
  • Taxonomy

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