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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Haddad CR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6374355 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ZooKeys 20190206 822
The zodariine spider genus <i>Mallinus</i> Simon, 1893 is redescribed and diagnosed. The type species, <i>M.nitidiventris</i> Simon, 1893 from South Africa, was originally described from subadult specimens. Adults of both sexes of <i>M.nitidiventris</i> are described for the first time, based on recently collected material, and the genus is rediagnosed, redescribed, and its relationships discussed. A single aberrant male specimen from Namibia is here described as a morphospecies, as it is presum ...[more]