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Tetragnatha aetherea Simon 1894, new combination

Description

Tetragnatha aetherea (Simon, 1894) new combination

(Fig. 2 A–B)

Prionolaema aetherea Simon, 1894a: 725.

P. a. Simon, 1895g: 150.

Types. Subadult male holotype from Venezuela, collected in Tovar (MNHN 10128, examined).

Justification of the transfer: The type specimen of this species is a subadult male which makes impossible the study of the adult palpal morphology (Fig. 2 A–B). However, based on general somatic morphology (eyes distribution, abdomen shape, cheliceral shape and lack of feathered trichobothria on femora IV) this specimen should be placed in the genus Tetragnatha.

Other

Published as part of Dimitrov, Dimitar, Álvarez-Padilla, Fernando & Hormiga, Gustavo, 2008, Until dirt do us apart: On the unremarkable palp morphology of the spider Sternospina concretipalpis Schmidt & Krause, 1993, with comments on the genus Prionolaema Simon, 1894 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae), pp. 49-56 in Zootaxa 1698 on page 53, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.180745

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Tetragnathidae
Genus
Tetragnatha
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Araneae
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Simon
Species
aetherea
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tetragnatha aetherea (Simon, 1894) sec. Dimitrov, Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2008

References

  • Simon, E. (1894) Histoire naturelle des araignees. Paris, 1, 489 - 760.
  • Simon, E. (1895) Etudes arachnologiques. 26 e. XLI. Descriptions d'especes et de genres nouveaux de l'ordre des Araneae. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 64, 131 - 160.