Two new purse-web spiders of the genus Atypus (Araneae, Atypidae) from Korea.

From: Journal of Arachnology | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Jung, Myung-Pyo; Kim, Hun-Sung; Kim, Seung-Tae; Lee, Joon-Ho; Namkung, Joon | Copyright information

ABSTRACT. Two new species of the genus Atypus, Atypus sternosulcus new species from Andong and A. suwonensis new species from Suwon, are newly described from Korea.

Keywords: Purse-web, Atypus sternosulcus, Atypus suwonensis, Asia, taxonomy

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Spiders of the genus Atypus are known as purse-web spiders as they construct silk-lined tunnels in the ground that extend above the soil surface, usually against the vertical side of a tree or rock. T...

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