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Issue: Vol. 4012 No. 3: 4 Sept. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-09-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4012.3.3
Page range: 465–478
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 2

New species and records of Otiothopinae from the Southern Atlantic Rainforest, with notes on the claw tufts in Fernandezina Birabén (Araneae: Palpimanidae)

Sección Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República. Iguá 4225, 11400 Montevideo, Uruguay
Laboratório de Diversidade de Aracnídeos, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373, 21941-902, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
División Aracnología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”. Av. Ángel Gallardo 470 C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina
División Aracnología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”. Av. Ángel Gallardo 470 C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Araneae Arachnida taxonomy Neotropical Brazil tenent setae

Abstract

Two new species of Otiothops MacLeay, 1839 (O. atalaia sp. n. and O. goytacaz sp. n.), a new species of Fernandezina Birabén, 1951 (F. jurubatiba sp. n.) as well as the female of F. tijuca Ramírez & Grismado, 1996 are described from the Atlantic Rainforest of southeastern Brazil, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Scanning electron microscope images of the tarsi of F. jurubatiba sp. n. and F. dasilvai Platnick, Grismado & Ramírez, 1999 show that this genus has claw tufts on the posterior legs, composed of setae of variable structure.