The first record of Telemidae from Kenya, with the description of two new species (Arachnida, Araneae)

Abstract

Abstract

Two new species of Telemidae from Kenya are described: Guhua kakamegaensis Zhao & Li, gen. et sp. n., Apneumonella taitatavetaensis Zhao & Li, sp. n. Holotypes are deposited in the National Museum of Kenya in Nairobi, and all paratypes are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. A distribution map of Telemidae found in Kenya is presented.

Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Zookeys

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Zookeys

Journal ID (publisher-id): ZooKeys

Title: ZooKeys

Publisher: Pensoft Publishers

ISSN (Print): 1313-2989

ISSN (Electronic): 1313-2970

Publication date Collection: 2017

Publication date (Electronic): 29 December 2017

Issue: 725

Pages: 1-15

Affiliations

[1 ] School of Life and Environment Sciences, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi 341000, China

[2 ] Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

[3 ] Zoology Department, National Museums of Kenya, Box 40658-00100, Nairobi, Kenya

[4 ] University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Author notes

Corresponding authors: Yufa Luo ( lyf223@ 123456126.com ); Esther N. Kioko ( ekioko@ 123456museums.or.ke ); Shuqiang Li ( lisq@ 123456ioz.ac.cn )

Academic editor: Cor Vink

Article

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.725.15059

PMC ID: 5769722

Copyright statement: Yang Song, Huifeng Zhao, Yufa Luo, Grace M. Kioko, Esther N. Kioko, Shuqiang Li

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This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Subject: Research Article