Novitates Caribaea (Oct 2013)

First record of the family Cithaeronidae Simon (Arachnida, Araneae) from Cuba, in the Caribbean Region

  • Alexander Sánchez Ruiz,
  • Antonio D. Brescovit

DOI
https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i6.124
Journal volume & issue
no. 6
pp. 89 – 91

Abstract

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The species Cithaeron praedonius O. P.-Cambridge is recorded from eastern Cuba. This is the first record of the family Cithaeronidae in the Caribbean Region. The presence in Cuba of this species is an accidental introduction, but its source is unknown.

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