title: On three endemic species of the linyphiid spider genus Canariphantes Wunderlich, 1992 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from the Azores archipelago.
abstract: We describe Canariphantes junipericola n. sp. and C. relictus n. sp., new single-island endemic linyphiid spiders from the islands of Flores and Santa Maria (Azorean archipelago, Macaronesia), respectively. The female of the first species was incorrectly assigned to Canariphantes acoreensis (Wunderlich, 1992), a species occurring in four islands in the Central Group of Azores (Faial, Pico, São Jorge and Terceira). The latter species is transferred to Canariphantes, its male redescribed and the female genitalia described for the first time. We discuss the systematic affinities of these new species and comment on their conservation status.
authors.affiliation: Azorean Biodiversity Group (GBA, CITA-A) and Platform for Enhancing Ecological Research & Sustainability (PEERS), Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade dos Açores, Rua Capitão João d'Ávila, 9700 - 042 Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Azores, Portugal;; Email: luiscarloscrespo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Luís Carlos
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Crespo
authors.affiliation: Laboratorium voor Ecologie, Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Belgium;; Email: rop_bosmans@telenet.be.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bosmans
authors.affiliation: Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 17, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.affiliation: Affiliation: unknown; Email: pborges@uac.pt.
authors.forename: Paulo A V
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Borges
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D001394:Azores; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D013112:Spiders / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development