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Issue: Vol. 4722 No. 1: 10 Jan. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-01-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.1.7
Page range: 77–83
Abstract views: 119
PDF downloaded: 7

A new genus of cave spider from Neotropical region (Gnaphosidae: Prodidominae)

Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan. Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, CEP 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Organização de Apoio à Pesquisa da Biodiversidade (OAPBio), Rua Frei Inácio da 238, CEP 05362-040, São Paulo, SP, Brazil Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan. Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, CEP 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Organização de Apoio à Pesquisa da Biodiversidade (OAPBio), Rua Frei Inácio da 238, CEP 05362-040, São Paulo, SP, Brazil Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan. Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, CEP 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Araneae Spider Neotropical taxonomy subterranean species

Abstract

A new monotypic genus of Prodidominae, Indiani gen. nov., is proposed to include one cave species collected in limestone caves from Minas Gerais, Brazil: Indiani gaspar sp. nov. (♂♀). Based on a recent phylogenetic analysis of Prodidominae, the new genus is closely to other Neotropical Prodidominae, such as Lygromma, Brasilomma and Moreno by sharing a classic claw tuft clasper. Indiani gen. nov. is characterized by a ventral parallel rows of strong spines on tibia and metatarsus I–II, male palp with sclerotized conductor and the robust median apophysis is curved retrolaterally; the female epigyne has an anterior atrium and a posterior extension of the epigynal plate. As other cave Prodidominae, Indiani gen. nov. has morphological characteristics, such as loss or reduction of eyes and weak pigmentation, that indicate an adaptation for living in subterranean environments.

 

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