Update in the Peruvian Caponiidae: New records and new species of Nyetnops Platnick & Lise, 2007 (Araneae: Caponiidae)

  • Eduardo Villarreal-Blanco Grupo de Investigación Biodiversidad del Caribe Colombiano, Semillero de Investigación Sistemática de Artrópodos Neotropicales, Departamento de Biología, Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Colombia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1303-2573
  • Leonel Martínez División Aracnología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” CONICET, Avenida Ángel Gallardo 470, CP: 1405DJR, C.A.B.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4166-0561
  • Melisa Eyes-Escalante Grupo de Investigación Biodiversidad del Caribe Colombiano, Semillero de Investigación Sistemática de Artrópodos Neotropicales, Departamento de Biología, Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Colombia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8707-0743
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.932.2523
Keywords: Arachnida, Caponina, Neotropic, Synspermiata

Abstract

An update on the diversity and distribution of Caponiidae from Peru is presented. New distributional records for Caponina cajabamba Platnick, 1994 are given and the male is described for the first time. Additionally, three new species of the genus Nyetnops Platnick & Lise, 2007 are described: Nyetnops alexanderi Villarreal & Martínez sp. nov. (♂♀), Nyetnops madre Villarreal & Martínez sp. nov. (♂♀) and Nyetnops josei Villarreal & Martínez sp. nov. (♂). The taxonomic key proposed by Sánchez-Ruiz et al. (2020) for Nyetnops is updated to include all the described species as well as the new ones proposed herein. Maps showing the distribution of the records of Caponiidae species in Peru, mainly focused on the genus Nyetnops is included.

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Published
2024-05-06
How to Cite
Villarreal-Blanco, E., Martínez, L., & Eyes-Escalante, M. (2024). Update in the Peruvian Caponiidae: New records and new species of Nyetnops Platnick & Lise, 2007 (Araneae: Caponiidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 932(1), 204–224. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.932.2523
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Vol. 932 (2024)
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