Ant-eating zodariid spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae) of Portugal: additions to the current knowledge

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Authors	PEKÁR Stanislav CARDOSO Pedro
Year of publication	2005
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Zootaxa
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Field	Zoology
Keywords	Amphiledorus; Zodarion; description; faunistics; distribution; Azores; Iberian
Description	Three new species of zodariid spiders are described in this paper: Amphiledorus ungoliantae sp. n. and Zodarion bosmansi sp. n. from southern Portugal, and Zodarion atlanticum sp. n. from central Portugal and the Azores. Additional records on another eight taxa from central and southern Portugal are given: Amphiledorus adonis, Zodarion alacre, Z. jozefienae, Z. lusitanicum, Z. maculatum, Z. merlijni, Z. styliferum, and Z. styliferum forma extraneum. To date, there are 19 species (plus one form) of zodariid spiders known from Portugal.
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