A survey of Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Ascension Island with description of a new species of Australoechemus Schmidt & Piepho, 1994

An updated checklist of the gnaphosid spiders of Ascension Island – comprising five species, in five genera – is presented, based on examination of historical and new specimens from across Ascension, including its islet Boatswain Bird Island. The continued presence of the non-native Marinarozelotes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sherwood, Danniella, Marusik, Yuri M., Sharp, Adam, Ashmole, Philip
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2023
Subjects:
Biota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Gnaphosidae
Australoechemus
Aranei
distribution
gnaphosid
inventory
new species
taxonomy
United Kingdom Overseas Territories
Bird Island
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.64.113946
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Summary:An updated checklist of the gnaphosid spiders of Ascension Island – comprising five species, in five genera – is presented, based on examination of historical and new specimens from across Ascension, including its islet Boatswain Bird Island. The continued presence of the non-native Marinarozelotes jaxartensis (Kroneberg, 1875), Urozelotes rusticus (L. Koch, 1842), and Zelotes laetus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872), previously recorded by prior workers, is confirmed. Two species are newly recorded from the island: Synaphosus syntheticus (Chamberlin, 1924) from the mainland and Australoechemus vickyae sp. nov. (♂♀) from both Boatswain Bird Island and the mainland.

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