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Two new species in the spider genus Nanometa (Araneae: Tetragnathidae: Nanometinae) from Tasmania
Pedro de S. Castanheira, Giullia de F. Rossi & Renner L. C. Baptista
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Pedro de S. Castanheira [1*], Giullia de F. Rossi [1] & Renner L. C. Baptista [2]
[1] Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, 90 South St, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia.
[2] Laboratório de Diversidade de Aracnídeos, Universidade do Brasil/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373, 21941-902, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Abstract
Two new species in the orb-weaving spider genus Nanometa Simon, 1908 are described, N. ilanejzykowiczi sp. nov. and N. cerastes sp. nov. (family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866), elevating the number of described Australian species to eight. Both new species have so far only been recorded from Hartz Mountains National Park, southern Tasmania, at about 1,200 metres a.s.l., where two other species, N. tasmaniensis Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 and N. tetracaena Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 also occur.
Cite this paper as: Castanheira PdS, Rossi GdF & Baptista RLC (2023). Two new species in the spider genus Nanometa (Araneae: Tetragnathidae: Nanometinae) from Tasmania. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 38: 1–8. doi: https://doi.org/10.54102/ajt.gcxtp
This paper was published on: 5/10/2023
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