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Contributions to the knowledge of Neotropical Castianeirinae (Araneae: Corinnidae): redescription of Castianeira spinipalpis Mello-Leitão, 1945, with first description of the male, and description of a new Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 from the Bolivian Moxos plains

  • 1. Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, U.K. & Colección Científica Para La Tierra, Fundación Para La Tierra, 321 Mariscal Estigarribia, Barrio General Diaz, Pilar, Ñeembucú, Paraguay & brogan.pett@outlook.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0461-3715
  • 2. Colección Boliviana de Fauna, La Paz, Bolivia

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Pett, Brogan L., Perger, Robert (2021): Contributions to the knowledge of Neotropical Castianeirinae (Araneae: Corinnidae): redescription of Castianeira spinipalpis Mello-Leitão, 1945, with first description of the male, and description of a new Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 from the Bolivian Moxos plains. Zootaxa 5082 (2): 145-158, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5082.2.4

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