The first record of Telemidae from Kenya, with the description of two new species (Arachnida, Araneae)

By

Song, Yang
Zhao, Huifeng
Luo, Yufa
Mwende, Grace
Kioko, Esther N.
Li, Shuqiang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

725

Pages

1-15

Subjects

East Africa , Haplogynae , new record , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.725.15059

 

Abstract

Two new species of Telemidae from Kenya are described: Guhua kakamegaensis Zhao & Li, gen. et sp. n., Apneumonella taitatavetaensis Zhao & Li, sp. n. Holotypes are deposited in the National Museum of Kenya in Nairobi, and all paratypes are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. A distribution map of Telemidae found in Kenya is presented.