The genus Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe 1832 (Araneae: Sicariidae) in Colombia, with description of new cave-dwelling species.
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FRANKLYN CALA-RIQUELME1, MIGUEL A. GUTIÉRREZ-ESTRADA2 & EDUARDO FLÓREZ DAZA3 1Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas y Biodiversidad (BIOECO), Museo de Historia Natural “Tomas Romay”, Enramada No. 601 esq Barnada, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. CP: 90100. E-mail: [email protected] 2Ecología y Biodiversidad en Ecosistemas Tropicales (EBET), Facultad Ciencias Básicas, Universidad de la Guajira, La Guajira, Colombia. E-mail: [email protected] 3Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. E-mail: [email protected]
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Zootaxa
دوره 4012 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015