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Description of a new trapdoor spider species from southern Spain that exhibits an as yet unknown defence strategy (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae)

  • 1. Departamento de Zoología, Universidad de Córdoba, Edificio C-1, Campus de Rabanales, E-14071 Córdoba, Spain
  • 2. Zoobotánico de Jerez. c/ Madreselva s/n, E-11408 Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
  • 3. Departamento de Zoología, Universidad de Córdoba, Edificio C-1, Campus de Rabanales, E-14071 Córdoba, Spain & Casa Athene, km 1.2 CA 4300, La Muela, Vejer, E-11150, Cadiz, Spain *Corresponding author: Email: cristianpertegal@hotmail.es & Departamento de Zoología, Universidad de Córdoba, Edificio C-1, Campus de Rabanales, E-14071 Córdoba, Spain & Departamento de Zoología, Universidad de Córdoba, Edificio C-1, Campus de Rabanales, E-14071 Córdoba, Spain

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Pertegal, Cristian, García, Iñigo Sánchez, Molero-Baltanás, Rafael, Knapp, Stephen (2022): Description of a new trapdoor spider species from southern Spain that exhibits an as yet unknown defence strategy (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae). Bonn zoological Bulletin 71 (2): 109-118, DOI: 10.20363/BZB-2022.71.2.109, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.20363/bzb-2022.71.2.109

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