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Issue: Vol. 2667 No. 1: 4 Nov. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-11-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2667.1.3
Page range: 43–50
Abstract views: 53
PDF downloaded: 2

Taxonomic notes on the genus Paratrechalea Carico, 2005 (Araneae: Trechaleidae: Trechaleinae)

Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, 2023 G St. N.W., Washington D.C., 20052 USA Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Faculdade de Biociências, Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia (MCTP), Laboratório de Aracnologia, Prédio 40, sala 125, Av. Ipiranga 6681, 90619-900, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Faculdade de Biociências, Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia (MCTP), Laboratório de Aracnologia, Prédio 40, sala 125, Av. Ipiranga 6681, 90619-900, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Araneae spiders taxonomy morphology Neotropical region

Abstract

The male of Paratrechalea longigaster Carico, 2005 and the female of P. julyae Silva & Lise, 2006 are described and illustrated for the first time, and new records provided. Photomicrographs of the female genitalia showing accessory spermathecae for P. ornata (Mello-Leitão, 1943) and P. azul Carico, 2005 as well as the morphological variation of the epigynum in both species are also presented. A previously unreported feature of the male palpus common to both P. azul Carico, 2005 and P. ornata (Mello-Leitão, 1943) is also discussed.

References

  1. Carico, J.E. (1993) Revision of the genus Trechalea Thorell (Araneae, Trechaleidae) with a review of the taxonomy of the Trechaleidae and Pisauridae of the Western Hemisphere. Journal of Arachnology, 21, 226–257.

    Carico, J.E. (2005) Descriptions of two new spider genera of Trechaleidae (Araneae, Lycosoidea) from South America. Journal of Arachnology, 33, 797–812.

    Silva, E.L.C., Lise, A.A., Buckup, E.H. & Brescovit, A.D. (2006) Taxonomy and new records in the Neotropical spider genus Paratrechalea (Araneae, Lycosoidea, Trechaleidae). Biociências, 14, 71–82.