Description of Toca, a new neotropical spider genus (Araneae, Ctenidae, Calocteninae)

Author(s)

Polotow, Daniele ^[1] ; Brescovit, Antonio D. ^[2]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biociencias, Dept Zool, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Inst Butantan, Lab Artropodes, BR-05503900 Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY; v. 37, n. 2, p. 243-245, 2009.
• Web of Science Citations: 4

Abstract

Toca new genus is proposed to include two new species: the type species T. bossanova new species from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and T samba new species from Parana and Minas Gerais, Brazil. Toca may be related to Caloctenus Keyserling and Gephyroctenus Mello-Leitao, with which it shares the scales on the abdominal dorsum and the epigynum as a single, slightly sclerotized, fold. The genus can be distinguished among the Calocteninae genera by its unique genital structures. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 06/55230-7 - Cladistic analysis of the spiders of the Cteninae subfamily and revision of the genus Celaetycheus Simon (Areneae: Ctenidae)
• Grantee: Daniele Polotow Geraldo
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 99/05446-8 - Biodiversity of Arachnida and Myriapoda of the State of São Paulo
• Grantee: Antonio Domingos Brescovit
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants