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Psalistops gasci n.sp., première Barychelidae de Guyane française (Araneae, Mygalomorphae)

Patrick MARÉCHAL

fr Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 4ème série – section A – Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie animales 18 (3-4) - Pages 589-594

Published on 08 January 1997

Psalistops gasci n.sp., first Barychelidae from French Guiana (Araneae, Mygalomorphae)

One species of Barychelidae, Psalistops gasci, is described from French Guiana. This is the first record of this mygalomorph family from this neotropical country. The species is a ground dweller occurring in wet tropical forests.


Keywords:

Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Barychelidae, French Guiana, new species