Revision and cladistic analysis of the genera of Sasoninae Simon, 1887 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Barychelidae)

• Grant number: 15/05290-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: July 01, 2015
• End date: December 15, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Antonio Domingos Brescovit
• Grantee: Hector Manuel Osório Gonzalez Filho
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 11/50689-0 - Systematic of the neotropical haplogynae spiders (Arachnida, Araneae), AP.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 16/03772-2 - Revision and cladistics analysis of the genera of Sasoninae Simon, 1887 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Barychelidae), BE.EP.MS

Abstract

Barychelidae includes two Subfamilies (Barychelidae and Sasoninae), 42 genus and 291 species. Sasoninae comprises four genera: Sason Simon, Cosmopelma Simon, Neodiplothele Mello-Leitão, e Paracenobiopelma Feio. The Family and its sister group of the Theraphosidae, are supported by the presence of dense scapulae on the tarsi I and I, distinct claw tufts and tarsal clavate trichobothria. Sasoninae is characterized by the apical segment of the posterior lateral spinnerets short and conical, eye tubercle absent or low and eyes group much wider than long. Until the present time, there are no reviews of the genera of Sasoninae on the neotropical region and neither studies on the phylogenetic relationships among the members of the subfamily. The objective of this project is to study the phylogenetic relationships of the genera of Sasoninae, as well as the subfamily position within Barychelidae, based on morphological characters, and also elaborate new diagnoses, description and an identification key to genera and species. (AU (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

GONZALEZ FILHO, Hector Manuel Osório. Revision and cladistics analysis of the genera of Sasoninae Simon, 1887 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Barychelidae). 2017. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IBIOC/SB) São Paulo.