Four new species of Nopsma Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020 (Arachnida: Caponiidae) from Peru

  • Eduardo Villarreal-Blanco Grupo de Investigación Biodiversidad del Caribe Colombiano, Semillero de Investigación Sistemática de Artrópodos Neotropicales, 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, Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Colombia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8707-0743
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2807
Keywords: Arachnida, taxonomy, neotropical, synspermiata

Abstract

Four new species of the genus Nopsma Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020 are described: Nopsma miraflores sp. nov. (♂♀), Nopsma nauta sp. nov. (♂), Nopsma putuime sp. nov. (♂) and Nopsma rioja sp. nov. (♂). The taxonomic key proposed by Sánchez-Ruiz et al. (2021) for Nopsma is updated to include the new species proposed herein. A map showing the known distribution of the species of Nopsma is included.

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Published
2025-03-06
How to Cite
Villarreal-Blanco, E., Martínez, L., & Eyes-Escalante, M. (2025). Four new species of Nopsma Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020 (Arachnida: Caponiidae) from Peru. European Journal of Taxonomy, 981(1), 21–37. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2807
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Vol. 981 (2025)
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