ARACHNOLOGISCHE GESELLSCHAFT

Doi
10.30963/aramit6112
Author

Weiss I & Sarbu SM

Year
2021
Title

Porrhomma frasassianum spec. nov. from a sulfidic cave, Italy (Araneae: Linyphiidae)

Title translated

Porrhomma frasassianum spec. nov. aus einer Schwefelhöhle, Italien (Araneae: Linyphiidae)

Issue

Heft 61

Pages
73-76
Abstract

Porrhomma frasassianum spec. nov., a blind troglobitic spider from the sulfidic Grotta del Fiume – Grotta Grande del Vento cave system (Italy), is described and illustrated. The relationship between this new species and other European species of Porrhomma is discussed, its distribution in the Frasassi cave system is analysed and the spider species cohabiting with the newly described species are listed.

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Keywords

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