Title
An update of the goblin spider genus Birabenella Grismado, 2010 (Araneae, Oonopidae), with the description of three new species
Title Variants
Alternative:
On the goblin spider genus Birabenella
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, number 3883
By
Piacentini, Luis N.
, author
Grismado, Cristian J.
, author
Ramírez, Martín J.
, author
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, NY American Museum of Natural History [2017]
Notes
Caption title.
"September 6, 2017."
The taxonomy of the poorly known South American goblin spider genus Birabenella Grismado (Araneae: Oonopidae) is updated in light of recently collected material. Three new species are described: B. kamanchaca, from northern Chile, B. portai, from northwestern Argentina, and B. chincha, from southern Peru, where the genus is reported for the first time. The diagnosis of the genus is updated; the presence of the ventral digitiform projection on the male copulatory bulb in the three newly described species supports this character as a putative synapomorphy for the genus. Additionally, all species in this genus possess unipectinate tarsal claws. Preliminary observations indicate that there is some degree of variability in tarsal organ morphology.
Subjects
Antofagasta (Region)
,
Arachnida
,
Argentina
,
Birabenella
,
Birabenella chincha
,
Birabenella kamanchaca
,
Birabenella portai
,
Chile
,
Classification
,
Oonopidae
,
Peru
,
Pisco Region
,
Spiders
,
Tilcara Region
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3883 2017
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1206/3883.1
OCLC:
1002926675
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