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Doi

10.30963/aramit5503

Author

Nae A, Sarbu SM & Weiss I

Year

2018

Title

Kryptonesticus georgescuae spec. nov. from Movile Cave, Romania (Araneae: Nesticidae)

Title translated

Kryptonesticus georgescuae spec. nov. aus der Movile-Höhle, Rumänien (Araneae: Nesticidae)

Issue

Heft 55

Pages

22-24

Abstract

Kryptonesticus georgescuae spec. nov., a blind troglobitic spider species from the mesothermal sulfidic Movile Cave (Romania), is described and illustrated based on two female specimens. The male is unknown. The relationship between this new species and other European species of Nesticidae is discussed.

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Keywords

blind, cave-spider, chemo-autotrophically based ecosystem, endemic, new species, troglobites