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Abstract
Seventeen new species of the spider genus Teutamus Thorell, Citation1890 are described from Southeast Asia: two species from southern Thailand and Malaysia (T. rama sp. nov. and T. brachiatus sp. nov.); seven species from the Malay Peninsula (T. serrulatus sp. nov., T. apiculatus sp. nov., T. lioneli sp. nov., T. calceolatus sp. nov., T. globularis sp. nov., T. leptothecus sp. nov. and T. deelemanae sp. nov.); five species from Sumatra, Indonesia (T. orthogonus sp. nov., T. tortuosus sp. nov., T. rollardae sp. nov., T. poggii sp. nov. and T. sumatranus sp. nov.); one species from Borneo, Indonesia (T. spiralis sp. nov.); one species from Indonesia and Malaysia (T. seculatus sp. nov.); and one species from the Philippines (T. hirtellus sp. nov.). The type species, T. politus Thorell, Citation1890, was examined and illustrated. This speciose genus of generalized ant mimics is common throughout the forests of the Sundaland sub-region of Southeast Asia.
Acknowledgements
We are indebted to Dr Christa Deeleman-Reinhold for her tremendous pioneering work. We are grateful to Dr Peter Schwendinger (MHNG, Geneva) and Dr Jeremy Miller (RMNH, Leiden) for their generous hospitality during the visits. Two anonymous referees kindly provided constructive comments on an earlier version of this manuscript. Dr Cahyo Rahmadi (Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Cibinong) gave correct information on the type localities in Indonesia. PD and TS wish to thank the Faculty of Science and the Graduate School of Chiang Mai University. PD is grateful to acknowledge financial support from the Thailand Research Fund through the Royal Golden Jubilee PhD Programme (Grant No. PHD/0017/2551). The Royal Thai Forest Department gave permission to collect specimens in national parks and other protected areas. PD wishes to thank the following people for their generous support of this study: Dr Angoon Lewvanich (The Royal Academy of Thailand); Dr Roberto Poggi and Dr Giuliano Doria (MSNG); Ms Karen van Drop (RMHN).