Taxonomy and ecology of some Philippine cave spiders

Author

A.L. B. Dupo

Date

2023

Abstract

A new tarantula species of the genus Phlogiellus Pocock, 1897, P. kwebaburdeos n.sp. is described and illustrated based on a series of specimens collected inside the Puting Bato Cave 3-4 in Burdeos, Polilio Island, Quezon Province, Pilippines. P. kwebaburdeos Barrion-Dupo, Barrion and Rasalan n. sp., a cave-dwelling mygalomorph spider represents the fifth and sixteenth species of Phlogiellus reported in the Philippines and in the South-and Southeast Asia, respectively.

Language

English

Document Type

Article

Pages /Collation

17 leaves

En – AGROVOC descriptors

ARANEAE; SPECIES; TAXONOMY; ECOLOGY; ANIMAL MORPHOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; HABITATS; PHILIPPINES

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