Three new Idiops (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae) from Argentina and redescription of the male of I. hirsutipedis Mello-Leitão, 1941

Abstract

Three new Argentinean species of the front-eyed trapdoor spider genus Idiops namely I. minguito sp. nov. from Salta and Jujuy provinces, I. piluso sp. nov. from Córdoba province and I. tolengo sp. nov. from Santiago del Estero province, are described. The male of I. hirsutipedis is redescribed and new distributional data in Argentina are presented for this species and for I. clarus. An identification key for all these species is provided. www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:846E175E-3E2F-4512-83BE-E72D41C307AF.