Three new Idiops (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae) from Argentina and redescription of the male of I. hirsutipedis Mello-Leitão, 1941

ABSTRACT

Three new Argentinean species of the front-eyed trapdoor spider genus Idiops namely I. minguito sp. nov. from Salta and Jujuy provinces, I. piluso sp. nov. from Córdoba province and I. tolengo sp. nov. from Santiago del Estero province, are described. The male of I. hirsutipedis is redescribed and new distributional data in Argentina are presented for this species and for I. clarus. An identification key for all these species is provided.

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KEYWORDS:

• Mygalomorphae
• new species
• trapdoor spiders
• Argentina
• taxonomy

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cristina Scioscia and Cristian Grismado for the loan of Idiops material deposited at the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘Bernardino Rivadavia’. Thanks to Luis Pereira from Museo de La Plata who kindly provided some pictures of the type material of I. hirsutipedis. Thanks to Matías Izquierdo for providing information on some specimens and for critically reading the manuscript. NF and CM are researchers at CONICET.

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