A new species of the lyrate curtain-web spider genus Trechona C. L. Koch, 1850, Trechona minuana sp. nov., is described, based on males and females from Santa Catarina state, South Brazil. It is the first species of the genus from this Brazilian region. Additionally, we describe for the first time the female of Trechona excursora Pedroso, Miranda & Baptista, 2019 based on specimens from its type localities.
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13 November 2024
A new species of the lyrate curtain-web spider genus Trechona C. L. Koch, 1850 from South Brazil and the hitherto unknown female of T. excursora (Araneae: Dipluridae)
Gabriel Wermelinger-Moreira,
Denis Rafael Pedroso,
Pedro de Souza Castanheira,
Renner Luiz Cerqueira Baptista
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Arachnology
Vol. 19 • No. 9
November 2024
Vol. 19 • No. 9
November 2024
Atlantic forest
biodiversity
Diplurinae
lyra
Mygalomorph
taxonomy