Systematics of the Neotropical Nemesiidae genera (Araneae, Mygalomorphae)
| Grant number: | 15/13815-8 |
| Support type: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |
| Effective date (Start): | December 01, 2015 |
| Effective date (End): | February 28, 2017 |
| Field of knowledge: | Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups |
| Principal Investigator: | Antonio Domingos Brescovit |
| Grantee: | Luiz Fernando Moura de Oliveira |
| Home Institution: | Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
Abstract Anyphaenidae comprises 56 genera and 525 species and includes small to medium sized spiders, inhabiting a great diversity of environments. Anyphaenidae is currently divided into Malenellinae, Amaurobioidinae and Anyphaeninae this latter caracterized by the chelicerae with more of the four denticles at retromarginal, tracheal spiracle in the middle of the abdomen or between the middle of abdomen and the epigastric furrow. The subfamily Anyphaeninae comprises 33 genera and 346 species in the Neotropical region, within which stand out the Aysha group, caracterized by having an character important as embolic process at the base of the embolus. Among these genera chose review the species of the genus Tafana Simon, which species are distributed so far in the North of the South America, in Ecuador, Venezuela, Colômbia and Peru. This genus comprises four species described, is diagnosed by the present embolar process basal distinct, and with ventral tegular process distal in the male palp, and epigynum of the female with atrium in shape of "T", with the anterior border esclerotized. | |