Kut gen. nov., a new troglomorphic spider genus from Turkey (Araneae, Dysderidae)

By

Kunt, Kadir Boğaç
Elverici, Mert
Yağmur, Ersen Aydın
Özkütük, Recep

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

Subterranean Biology

Volume

32

Pages

95--109

Subjects

Anatolia , cave-dwelling , endemic , eyeless spider , MSS , troglobite

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.32.46534

 

Abstract

A new genus of troglomorphic Dysderidae is described, based mainly on the morphology of copulatory organs. The new genus Kutgen. nov., with the type species Harpactocrates troglophilus Brignoli, 1978, also includes two recently discovered new species from the coastal Mediterranean Turkey: Kut izmiricussp. nov. and K. dimensissp. nov. All three species display troglomorphic traits, most distinct in K. dimensissp. nov. Another genus-level trait is a characteristic simple type of bulb in males. Female copulatory organ shows similarity to the endemic Caucasian genus Cryptoparachtes Dunin, 1992 in paraspermatheca structure, whereas the male copulatory organ is unique among all known Dysderidae.