Published May 6, 2023 | Version v1
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Discovery of the ogre-faced spiders (Aranei: Deinopidae) in Sumatra (Indonesia), with description of a new species

  • 1. Altai State University, 61 Lenin Ave., Barnaul, 656049, Russia; Tomsk State University, 36 Lenin Ave., Tomsk, 634050, Russia
  • 2. Federal Scientific Center of East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; Far Eastern Federal University, Laboratory of ecology and evolutionary biology of aquatic organisms (LEEBAO), Institute of World Ocean, Vladivostok 690091, Russia

Description

A new species, Asianopis gorochovi sp. n. is diagnosed and described from the Sumatra Island based on a single male. The family Deinopidae C. L. Koch, 1850 is recorded from Sumatra for the first time. Detailed description, digital photographs and distributional map are provided.

Notes

The work of Mikhail M. Omelko was carried out within the state assignment of Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (theme No. 121031000120-9) using equipment of Laboratory of ecology and evolutionary biology of aquatic organisms (Far Eastern Federal University).

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