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On fork-tailed crab spiders: Two new species of Sidymella Strand, 1942 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Ecuador
David R Díaz-Guevara1, Miguel Machado2
1Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad INABIO; Quito; Ecuador; Fundación Waska Amazonía; Vía Río Anzu km 1; Mera; Pastaza; Ecuador; Red de Investigación del Corredor de Conectividad Llanganates-Sangay; Av. Luis A. Martínez y C. Vann Shoote; Mera; Pastaza; Ecuador; Fundación Uru; Quito; Ecuador. davidiazgue@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Two new species from the family Thomisidae are described from Ecuador: Sidymella ayahuma sp. nov. from the Andean chocó region in Northwestern Ecuador (♀) and Sidymella malefica sp. nov. (♀) from the Andes region in central Ecuador.
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