Afroneutria, a new spider genus of Afrotropical Ctenidae (Arachnida, Araneae)

Autor(es)

Polotow, Daniele ^[1] ; Jocque, Rudy ^[2]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Inst Butantan, Lab Especial Colecoes Zool, BR-05503000 Butanta, SP - Brazil

^[2] Royal Museum Cent Africa, Tervuren - Belgium

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TAXONOMY; v. 121, p. 1-27, APR 28 2015.
• Citações Web of Science: 2

Resumo

The new ctenid genus Afroneutria is proposed to include five species: Afroneutria velox (Blackwall, 1865) comb. nov. (type species), A. immortalis (Arts, 1912) comb. nov., A. erythrochelis (Simon, 1876) comb. nov., A. quadrimaculata sp. nov. and A. hybrida sp. nov., all collected in central to southeast Africa. Afroneutria species can be distinguished from the remaining Ctenidae by the presence of a synapomorphic laminar projection on the embolus tip. The genus can also be distinguished by the presence of the following set of characters: elongated cup-shaped median apophysis and elongated and laminar embolus on the male palp; large lateral projections on the epigynum and the spermathecae divided into two parts, dorsal and ventral, in the vulva. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 06/55230-7 - Análise cladística das aranhas da subfamília Cteninae e revisão do gênero Celaetycheus Simon (Areneae: Ctenidae)
• Beneficiário: Daniele Polotow Geraldo
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado