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Two new sympatric species of the pirate spider genus Ero C.L. Koch, 1836 from the cloud forest of Saint Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean (Araneae: Mimetidae)

  • 1. Arachnology Research Association, 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK & Fundación Ariguanabo, 4111, Calle 58, e/ ave. 41 y ave.43, San Antonio de los Baños, Provincia Artemisa c.p. 18100, Cuba & IUCN Species Survival Commission, Mid-Atlantic Islands Invertebrate Specialist Group, c/o Species Recovery Trust, 37 Albany Road, Salisbury SP1 3YQ, UK.
  • 2. Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium.
  • 3. Saint Helena National Trust, Broadway House, Jamestown, STHL 1ZZ, Saint Helena.
  • 4. Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 5BD, UK.
  • 5. IUCN Species Survival Commission, Mid-Atlantic Islands Invertebrate Specialist Group, c/o Species Recovery Trust, 37 Albany Road, Salisbury SP1 3YQ, UK. & Species Recovery Trust, 37 Albany Road, Salisbury SP1 3YQ, UK.

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Sherwood, Danniella, Henrard, Arnaud, Peters, Martina, Price, Benjamin W., Hall, Andie C., White, Oliver W., Grignet, Virginie, Wilkins, Vicky (2024): Two new sympatric species of the pirate spider genus Ero C.L. Koch, 1836 from the cloud forest of Saint Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean (Araneae: Mimetidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 921: 76-97, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.921.2417, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2417/10681

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