Taxonomic revision of the genus Gephyrellula Strand, 1932 (Arachnida, Araneae, Philodromidae)

Autor(es)

Santos, Fabricio H. ^[1] ; Rheims, Cristina A. ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Inst Butantan, Lab Especial Colecoes Zool, Ave Vital Brasil 1500, BR-05503900 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Zootaxa; v. 4527, n. 3, p. 381-391, DEC 6 2018.
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Resumo

Spiders of the family Philodromidae are free-living active predators, with laterigrade legs, eyes without tubercles, two tarsal claws and claw tufts. Although very common in zoological collections, their systematics is poorly known, especially in the Neotropics, and their specimens are usually identified only at family level. In this paper, the genus Gephyrellula Strand, 1932 is revised and the type species, G. violacea (Mello-Leitao, 1918) is redescribed and illustrated. Gephyrellula paulistana (Soares, 1943) is considered a junior synonym of G. violacea and thus, the genus becomes monotypic. In addition, the geographical distribution is extended and an updated distribution map is provided. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 16/19130-0 - Revisão taxonômica do gênero Gephyrellula Strand, 1932 (Arachnida, Araneae, Philodromidae)
• Beneficiário: Fabricio Henrique dos Santos
• Linha de fomento: Bolsas no Brasil - Iniciação Científica
• Processo FAPESP: 15/18982-0 - Sistemática da subfamília Sparianthinae Simon (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae), com ênfase nos gêneros neotropicais
• Beneficiário: Cristina Anne Rheims
• Linha de fomento: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular