A new species of Pionothele from Gobabeb, Namibia (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae)

By

Bond, Jason E.
Lamb, Trip

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

851

Pages

17-25

Subjects

Biodiversity , Mygalomorphae , Nemesiidae , new species , Pionothele , Spider taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.851.31802

 

Abstract

The mygalomorph spider genus Pionothele Purcell, 1902 comprises two nominal species known only from South Africa. We describe here a new species, Pionothelegobabebsp. n., from Namibia. This new species is currently only known from a very restricted area in the Namib Desert of western Namibia.