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Sparassidae of Japan. I. New Species of Olios, Heteropoda, and Sinopoda, with Notes on Some Known Species (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparassinae and Heteropodinae)

Peter JägerHirotsugu Ono

subject

SpiderbiologyGenusZoologySinopodaTaxonomy (biology)Heteropodabiology.organism_classificationMicrommataFamily SparassidaeEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsOlios

description

Four new species of the spider family Sparassidae are described from Japan under the names Olios japonicus sp. nov., Heteropoda simplex sp. nov., Sinopoda okinawana sp. nov. and S. tanikawai sp. nov. The genus Olios is recorded for the first time from Japan. Taxonomical notes and new records of some known species and comments on diagnostic characters of the subfamilies and genera of the Japanese Sparassidae are presented.

https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.49.41