An update on the genus Sparianthis Simon, 1880 (Sparassidae: Sparianthinae)

Author(s)

Casas, Cristian M. ; Rheims, Cristina A.

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Zootaxa; v. 5501, n. 2, p. 27-pg., 2024-08-30.

Abstract

Seven new species of the genus Sparianthis Simon, 1880 are described and illustrated: S. chicaque spec. nov. (male female), S. iguaque spec. nov. (male), S. medina spec. nov. (male female) and S. tuparro spec. nov. (male female) from Colombia, and S. boibumba spec. nov. (male), S. cascalheira spec. nov. (male) and S. matupiri spec. nov. (male) from Brazil. The female of S. megalopalpa (Caporiacco, 1954) is newly described and new distribution records are provided for S. caracarai Rheims, 2020, S. chickeringi (Gertsch, 1941), S. megalopalpa and S. ravida (Simon, 1898). The identification key is updated and new distribution maps are provided for all known species of the genus. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 22/12588-1 - Expansion, qualification and modernization of the zoological collections of the Instituto Butantan with emphasis on taxonomy and systematic in neotropic haplogynae spiders (Arachnida, Araneae)
• Grantee: Antonio Domingos Brescovit
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 15/18982-0 - Sistematics of the subfamily Sparianthinae Simon (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae), with emphasis on the Neotropical genera
• Grantee: Cristina Anne Rheims
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants