Description of Birabenella, a new genus of goblin spiders from Argentina and Chile (Araneae, Oonopidae)

Title Variants

Alternative: Birabenella, new genus of goblin spiders

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3693

By

Grismado, Cristian J.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

[New York], American Museum of Natural History, c2010

Notes

Caption title.

"August 23, 2010."

A new genus, Birabenella, is erected for three new soft-bodied oonopid species from Coquimbo Region, Chile (B. homonota, the type species, B. elqui, and B. pizarroi) and one from Catamarca Province, Argentina: B. argentina (Birabén, 1955), here transferred from Oonopinus Simon. The new genus is supported and diagnosed by the tarsal claws with one row of teeth, and by the stout and flattened setae on the dorsum of the abdomen. The thickened anterior wall of the posterior receptacle in female genitalia, and the ventral digitiform projection on the bulb of the male palp are also probable synapomorphies.

Subjects

Arachnida , Argentina , Birabenella , Catamarca (Province) , Chile , Classification , Coquimbo (Region) , Oonopidae , Spiders

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3693 2010

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 657647763