Redescription of three species of Filistatidae (Araneae) described by C.F. Roewer from Afghanistan

Sergei L. Zonstein, Yuri M. Marusik, Seppo Koponen

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Abstract

Types of three filistatid species described by Roewer (1960, 1962) from Afghanistan are redescribed and two of them transferred to other filistatid genera. The new combinations proposed are: Zaitunia afghana (Roewer 1962) comb. n. (ex. Filistata Latreille, 1810) and Tricalamus lindbergi (Roewer, 1962) comb. n. (ex. Pritha Lehtinen, 1967). The taxonomic position of Pholcoides afghana Roewer, 1960 is discussed and the species is placed in the filistatid subfamily Prithinae Gray, 1994.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)64-72
Number of pages9
JournalZootaxa
Volume3745
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Dec 2013

Keywords

  • Afghanistan
  • Araneae
  • Filistatidae
  • Redescription
  • Spiders
  • Taxonomy

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