Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-hc48f Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-25T07:00:29.022Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

A NEW BLIND CAVERNICOLOUS LYGROMMA (ARANEAE, GNAPHOSIDAE) FROM THE GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Stewart B. Peck  and
William A. Shear
Stewart B. Peck
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KlS 5B6
William A. Shear
Affiliation:
Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia, USA23943
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Lygromma anops sp. nov. (Gnaphosidae, Araneae) is described from lava tubes on Isla Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador. The species appears to have no known close relatives in the Galápagos Islands or on the South American mainland.

Résumé

Lygromma anops sp. nov. (Gnaphosidae, Araneae) est décrite de cavernes basaltiques sur l’île de Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador. Cette espèce ne semble pas avoir d’espèces étroitement apparentées dans les îles de Galápagos ou sur le continent sud-américain.

Type
Articles
Information
The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 119 , Issue 2 , February 1987 , pp. 105 - 108
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1987

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Bailey, K. 1976. Potassium-Argon ages from the Galápagos Islandss. Science 192: 465–467.Google Scholar
Hall, M.L. 1983. Origin of Espanola Island and the age of terrestrial life on the Galápagos Islands. Science 221: 545–547.Google Scholar
Hickman, C.S., and Lipp, J.H.. 1985. Geologic youth of Galápagos Islands confirmed by marine stratigraphy and palaeontology. Science 227: 1578–1580.Google Scholar
Leleup, N. 1965. Existence d'un faune cryptique relictuelle aux îles Galápagos. Not. Galápagos 5/6: 4–16.Google Scholar
Leleup, N. 1968. Introduction. Miss. zool. belge îles Galáp. et en Ecu. (N. et J. Leleup. 1964–1965) 1: 11–34.Google Scholar
Peck, S.B., and Peck, J.. 1986. Preliminary report on the volcanic caves and cave faunas of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. The invertebrate fauna of tropical American caves, part 9. Can. Cav. 18: 42–49.Google Scholar
Platnick, N.I., and Shadab, M.U.. 1975. A revision of the spider genus Gnaphosa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in America. Bull. Am. Mus Nat. Hist. 155: 1–66.Google Scholar
Platnick, N.I., and Shadab, M.U.. 1976. A revision of the spider genera Lygromma and Neozimiris (Araneae, Gnaphosidae. Amer. Mus. Nov. 2598: 1–23.Google Scholar
Platnick, N.I., and Shadab, M.U.. 1981. New species and records of Neotropical Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 170: 189–196.Google Scholar
Platnick, N.I., and Shadab, M.U.. 1982. A revision of the American spiders of the genus Camillina (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Am. Mus. Nov. 2748: 1–38.Google Scholar
Roth, V.D., and Craig, P.R.. 1970. VII. Arachnida of the Galápagos Islands (excluding Acarina). Miss. zool. belge îles Galáp. et en Ecu. (N. et J. Leleup. 1964–1965) 2: 107–124.Google Scholar