Three new species of the spider genus <i>Naphrys</i> Edwards (Araneae, Salticidae) under morphology and molecular data with notes in the distribution of <i>Naphrys acerba</i> (Peckham & Peckham) from Mexico.

ABSTRACT: Herein, we describe three new species of the spider genus Naphrys Edwards, 2003 from Mexico: Naphrys echeri sp. nov., Naphrys tecoxquin sp. nov., and Naphrys tuuca sp. nov. An integrative taxonomic approach was applied, utilizing data from morphology, ultra-morphology, the mitochondrial gene COI, and distribution records. Four molecular methods for species delimitation were implemented under the corrected p-distance Neighbor-Joining (NJ) criteria: (1) Assemble Species by Automatic Partitioning (ASAP); (2) general mixed Yule coalescent (GMYC); (3) Bayesian Poisson tree process (bPTP); and (4) multi-rate Poisson tree process (mPTP). Both morphological and molecular data supported the delimitation and recognition of the three new species

SUBMITTER: Maldonado-Carrizales J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11789667 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature