Dupérré Nadine, Tapia Elicio
Museum of Nature Hamburg; Zoology; Leibniz-Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB); Center for Taxonomy and Morphology; Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3; 20146 Hamburg; Germany.; Research Associate; American Museum of Natural History; New York; NY; U.S.A..
Museum of Nature Hamburg; Zoology; Leibniz-Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB); Center for Taxonomy and Morphology; Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3; 20146 Hamburg; Germany..
Zootaxa. 2024 Oct 10;5519(4):451-486. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5519.4.1.
Seven new species of the enigmatic spider family Paratropididae are described from Ecuador. All new species belong to the genus Paratropis: P. carcosita sp. nov. (♀), P. pukallucha sp. nov. (♂♀), P. esmeraldas sp. nov. (♂♀), P. kapak sp. nov. (♂♀), P. pasochoa sp. nov. (♀), P. arenosa sp. nov. (♀) and P. cryptica sp. nov. (♂♀). A distribution map of all newly described species is presented.