A new species of Paratropis Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Paratropididae) from Guyana

Abstract

A new species of Paratropis is herein described and illustrated, namely: Paratropis minusculus n. sp. based on males, females and immatures from Potaro-Siparuni, Guyana. Male e female of P. minusculus differ from those of all other species of the genus by having six eyes and by spinneret apical segment domed. In addition, we presented the first record of paratropidid species from Guyana, contribute to the knowledge of local biodiversity.

Keywords

• Arachnida
• biodiversity
• Neotropics
• taxonomy