A new species of Ocyale (Araneae, Lycosidae) from Madagascar, with first observations on the biology of a representative in the genus
- A large white species of wolf spider, Ocyale ghost Jocque M. & Jocqué R. sp. nov., is described from a white sandy beach of an inland freshwater lake in the northwest of Madagascar. The first photos of a living specimen of the genus Ocyale are provided together with some observations on the biology of the newly described species. An updated and illustrated key to the Afrotropical species of Ocyale is included here.
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| Author: | Merlijn JocqueORCiD, Siel Wellens, J.D. Andrianarivosoa, F. Rakotondraparany, Sam The Seing, Rudy JocquéGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-462047 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.355 |
| ISSN: | 2118-9773 |
| Parent Title (English): | European journal of taxonomy : 355 |
| Series (Serial Number): | European journal of taxonomy : EJT (355) |
| Publisher: | Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
| Place of publication: | Paris |
| Document Type: | Part of Periodical |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2017 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2017 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2018/04/23 |
| Tag: | Beach; biology; phenology; white sand |
| Page Number: | 13 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0 |
