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Megadiverse Ecuador: a review of Mysmenopsis (Araneae, Mysmenidae) of Ecuador, with the description of twenty-one new kleptoparasitic spider species
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Dupérré, Nadine, Tapia, Elicio (2020): Megadiverse Ecuador: a review of Mysmenopsis (Araneae, Mysmenidae) of Ecuador, with the description of twenty-one new kleptoparasitic spider species. Zootaxa 4761 (1): 1-81, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4761.1.1
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