Three new species of the genus Leptonetela from Greece (Araneae, Leptonetidae)

By

Wu, Yi
Wang, Chunxia
Zheng, Guo
Li, Shuqiang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

569

Pages

23-35

Subjects

Balkan Peninsula , DNA-barcoding , Haplogynae , Spider , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.569.6921

 

Abstract

Three new species of the spider genus Leptonetela collected from caves in Greece are described: L. arvanitidisi sp. n. (male & female), L. paragamiani sp. n. (male & female) and L. penevi sp. n. (male & female). Detailed illustrations of the new species are provided. DNA barcodes were obtained for future use.