Tuesday, March 15, 2022

[Arachnida • 2022] Copa sakalava • A New Species of Copa (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae) from Dry Forests in the north west of Madagascar


Copa sakalava 
Pett & Rabemananjara, 2022

 
Abstract
A new species of the castianeirine spider genus Copa Simon, 1885, is described from northwestern Mahamavo region in Madagascar. Copa sakalava sp. nov. (♂♀) is illustrated and diagnosed against continental Afrotropical congeners.

Keywords: Araneae, Species discovery, taxonomy, Mahamavo, cryptic spider 



Copa sakalava sp. nov.


Brogan L. Pett and Paul Bienvenu Rabemananjara. 2022. A New Species of Copa (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae) from Dry Forests in the north west of Madagascar. Zootaxa. 5115(2); 281-287. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5115.2.7 [2022-03-14]