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Biological Sciences • An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc. 85 (1) • Jan-Mar 2013 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0001-37652013005000007   copy

Tmesiphantes hypogeus sp. nov. (Araneae, Theraphosidae), the first troglobitic tarantula from Brazil

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A new species of Tmesiphantes Simon, 1892, is described from sandstone/quartizitic caves of Chapada Diamantina, Bahia State, Brazil. This is the fifth species of the genus and the first record of a troglobitic mygalomorph in Brazil. A key is presented for all Tmesiphantes species.

cave; mygalomorph; new species; spider taxonomy; tarantula

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