On four species of the genus Mistaria Lehtinen, 1967 (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Kenya

By

Kioko, Grace M.
Kioko, Esther N.
Li, Shuqiang
Ji, Li-Qiang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018-8-6

Original Publication

African invertebrates : a journal of biodiversity research

Volume

59

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

111--126

Subjects

Africa , Agelena , Ageleninae , new species , redescription

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Council of the Natal Museum 2001-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.59.26617

 

Abstract

In the current study, three species reported from Kenya are transferred from Agelena Walckenaer, 1805 to Mistaria Lehtinen, 1967, i.e. M.fagei (Caporiacco, 1949), comb. n., M.nairobii (Caporiacco, 1949), comb. n. and M.zorica (Strand, 1913), comb. n. One new species M.nyeupenyeusi G.M. Kioko & S. Li, sp. n. is described.