African Invertebrates (Oct 2019)

Taxonomic studies on seven species of the genus Opopaea (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Kenya

  • Yanfeng Tong,
  • Shijia Liu,
  • Esther N. Kioko,
  • Grace M. Kioko,
  • Shuqiang Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 60, no. 2
pp. 255 – 289

Abstract

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Seven species of the genus Opopaea Simon, 1892 from Kenya are recognized, including five new species: O. berlandi (Simon & Fage, 1922), O. kulczynskii (Berland, 1914), O. makadara Tong & Li, sp. nov. (♀♂), O. ngangao Tong & Li, sp. nov. (♀♂), O. ngulia Tong & Li, sp. nov. (♂), O. sheldrick Tong & Li, sp. nov. (♀♂), and O. wundanyi Tong & Li, sp. nov. (♀♂). Morphological descriptions and illustrations of all the species are given. All types are preserved in the National Museums of Kenya in Nairobi, Kenya (NMK).