Kryptonesticus georgescuae spec. nov. from Movile Cave, Romania (Araneae: Nesticidae)
Kryptonesticus georgescuae spec. nov. from Movile Cave, Romania (Araneae: Nesticidae)
Kryptonesticus georgescuae spec. nov. aus der Movile-Höhle, Rumänien (Araneae: Nesticidae)
blind, cave-spider, chemo-autotrophically based ecosystem, endemic, new species, troglobites
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.
Kryptonesticus georgescuae spec. nov., eine blinde, troglobionte Spinnenart aus der mesothermalen Schwefelwasserstoff-Höhle Movile (Rumänien) wird anhand von zwei weiblichen Individuen beschrieben und abgebildet. Das Männchen ist unbekannt. Die Beziehung dieser neuen Art zu europäischen Nesticidae wird diskutiert.
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