Open AccessA new candidate for a Gondwanaland distribution in the Zodariidae (Araneae): Australutica in Africa
Author(s) -
Rudy Jocqué
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
zookeys
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1313-2989
pISSN - 1313-2970
DOI - 10.3897/zookeys.1.10
Subject(s) - peninsula , taxonomy (biology) , geography , cape , zoology , genus , key (lock) , ecology , biology , archaeology
Two new species of Australutica Jocqué, 1995, a genus formerly only known from Australia, are described from South Africa: A. africana n. sp. from Soutpansberg and A. normanlarseni n. sp. from the Cape Peninsula. The taxonomic position of the new species is discussed and a key to the species of Australutica is provided
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