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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2021-01-08
Page range: 448–450
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A new species of Trachelopachys Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Trachelidae) from Amazonia

Coordenação de Zoologia, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Avenida Perimetral 1901, Terra Firme, 66077-830 Belém, PA, Brazil Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Universidade Federal do Pará. Rua Augusto Corrêa 1, Guamá, 66075-110 Belém, PA, Brazil
Laboratório de Zoologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas, Naturais e Tecnológicas, Universidade Estadual da Região Tocantina do Maranhão. Avenida Godofredo Viana 1300, Centro, 65901-480 Imperatriz, MA, Brazil
Coordenação de Zoologia, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Avenida Perimetral 1901, Terra Firme, 66077-830 Belém, PA, Brazil
Araneae

Abstract

The genus Trachelopachys Simon, 1897 was erected to accommodate Trachelas sericeus Simon, 1886, a species known from southern South America. Platnick (1975) presented a taxonomic review of the genus and Platnick & Rocha (1995) added a new species and transferred two additional species to the genus, raising the known species diversity of Trachelopachys to 15 species. The genus is distributed in South America, their members are small and colorful, and are distinguished from other trachelines by their darkened carapace, the S-shaped tegular sperm duct and the retrolaterally directed embolus of the male palp (Platnick 1975: fig 12), and the presence of a basal spermathecal lobe in females (Platnick 1975: fig 15). Here we describe the 16th species of the genus, Trachelopachys camarapi sp. nov. (Fig. 1), known from both sexes and recorded in a natural savanna (Fig. 2) at Portel municipality, state of Pará, Brazil.

 

References

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    Platnick, N.I. & Rocha, C.F.D. (1995) On a new Brazilian spider of the genus Trachelopachys (Araneae, Corinnidae), with notes on misplaced taxa. American Museum Novitates, 3153, 1−8.

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