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On Otxuruu, a new genus of Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881 (Araneae: Araneoidea) from the Neotropical region

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  • 1. Laboratório de Aracnologia, Coordenação de Zoologia, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG), Av. Perimetral, 1901, CEP 66077- 830, Terra Firme, Belém, PA, Brazil. & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Pará in partnership with Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, PA, Brazil.
  • 2. Laboratório de Aracnologia, Coordenação de Zoologia, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG), Av. Perimetral, 1901, CEP 66077- 830, Terra Firme, Belém, PA, Brazil.
  • 3. Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan (IBSP), Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, CEP 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
  • 4. Laboratório de Sistemática de Aracnídeos (LSA), Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva (DEBE), Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Campus São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luís, Km 235, CEP 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.

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Pantoja, Paulo, Bonaldo, Alexandre B., Brescovit, Antonio D., Labarque, Facundo M. (2025): On Otxuruu, a new genus of Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881 (Araneae: Araneoidea) from the Neotropical region. Zootaxa 5737 (2): 254-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5737.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5737.2.5

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