On Puan, a new genus of goblin spiders from Argentina (Araneae, Dysderoidea, Oonopidae)

Title Variants

Alternative: Puan, a new genus of goblin spiders

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3757

By

Izquierdo, Matías A.

Ferretti, Nelson
Pompozzi, Gabriel
Goblin Spider Planetary Biodiversity Inventory.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

[New York], American Museum of Natural History, c2012

Notes

Caption title.

"September 14, 2012."

Part of the oonopid PBI project. Cf. introd.

A new genus of Oonopidae, Puan, is described from Argentina. The genus exhibits several features also found in orsolobids, including a well-sclerotized sperm duct and an H-shaped eye pattern. Puan resembles the oonopid genus Unicorn Platnick and Brescovit but differs in male palpal morphology. In addition, males lack the clypeal horn characteristic of Unicorn. Two new species, P. chechehet and P. nair, are described from the southwestern mountains of Buenos Aires Province. Complex copulatory bulbs are the principal characteristic of these species and could be a synapomorphy for the genus.

Subjects

Arachnida , Argentina , Buenos Aires (Province) , Classification , Oonopidae , Puan , Puan chechehet , Puan nair , Spiders

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3757 2012

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 810085917