A NEW CAVE-DWELLING MYGALOMORPH SPIDER OF THE GENUS PHLOGIELLUS POCOCK, 1897 (ARANEAE: THERAPHOSIDAE: SELENOCOSMIINAE) FROM BURDEOS, POLILLO ISLAND, QUEZON PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES
2015
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, Philippines. 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 Southand Southeast Asia, respectively. KEYWORDS: Araneae; cave-dwelling mygalomorph; Polillo Island; tarantula
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