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<journal-id>0065-1737</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta zoológica mexicana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Zool. Mex]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0065-1737</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Ecología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0065-17372025000100109</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21829/azm.2025.4112741</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Description of the female huntsman spider Curicaberis pedregal Rheims (Araneae: Sparassidae) from central Mexico and a new record from Tlaxcala state]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Descripción de la hembra de la araña cazadora Curicaberis pedregal Rheims (Araneae: Sparassidae) del centro de México y un nuevo registro para el estado de Tlaxcala]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Valdez-Mondragón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandro]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,CIBNOR S.C  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl Tlaxcala]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>41</volume>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0065-17372025000100109&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0065-17372025000100109&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0065-17372025000100109&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract. The female of the spider Curicaberis pedregal Rheims, 2015 (Sparassidae) is described for the first time. The description is based on two adult females from the state of Tlaxcala, Mexico. Species corroboration is based on two males of the species, collected together with the females. With these new records, the species is currently known to be distributed in the central Mexican states of Mexico City and Tlaxcala.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen. La hembra de la araña Curicaberis pedregal Rheims, 2015 (Sparassidae) es descrita por primera vez. La descripción está basada en dos hembras adultas del estado de Tlaxcala, México. La corroboración de la especie está basada en dos machos de la especie, recolectados junto con las hembras. Con estos nuevos registros, actualmente la especie está distribuida en Ciudad de México y Tlaxcala, estados del centro de México.]]></p></abstract>
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