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Issue: Vol. 4938 No. 5: 3 Mar. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-03-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4938.5.4
Page range: 571–580
Abstract views: 79
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A new species of the genus Phonotimpus Gertsch & Davis (Araneae: Phrurolithidae) from Mexico and the transfer of Gosiphrurus schulzefenai Chamberlin & Ivie to Phonotimpus

Colección de Arácnidos del Sureste de México, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Tapachula, Chiapas 30700, México
Colección de Arácnidos del Sureste de México, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Tapachula, Chiapas 30700, México Grupo de Sustentabilidad de los Recursos Naturales y Energía, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV), Unidad Saltillo, Coahuila 25900, México
Colección de Arácnidos del Sureste de México, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Tapachula, Chiapas 30700, México
Araneae guardstone spiders new combination phrurolithid tegular dorsal distal apophysis

Abstract

Phonotimpus padillai sp. nov. is described on the basis of morphological characteristics of both sexes: males are easily distinguished by the shape of the embolus and females by the shape of the copulatory openings. Additionally, Gosiphrurus schulzefenai Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 is transferred to the genus Phonotimpus Gertsch & Davis, 1940, based on the redescription of the female and first description of the male, with an update of the diagnosis of this species.

 

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