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The spider genus Medionops Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit (Araneae: Caponiidae) in Colombia, with the description of four new species

  • 1. Grupo de Investigación Biodiversidad del Caribe Colombiano, Semillero de Investigación Sistemática de Artrópodos Neotropicales, Departamento de Biología, Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Colombia.
  • 2. Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Coordenação de Zoologia, Laboratório de Aracnologia, Av. Perimetral, 1901, Terra Firme, CEP 66077-830, Belém, Pará, Brazil.

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Martínez, Leonel, Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander, Bonaldo, Alexandre B. (2021): The spider genus Medionops Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit (Araneae: Caponiidae) in Colombia, with the description of four new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 773: 61-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.773.1511, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.773.1511

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