On the identity of the type species of the genus Telema (Araneae, Telemidae)

By

Wang, Chunxia
Ribera-Almerje, Carles
Li, Shuqiang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

251

Pages

11-19

Subjects

cave , Diagnosis , Eurasia , Haplogynae , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.251.3616

 

Abstract

Telema tenella Simon, 1882, the type species of genus Telema, is the only species of family Telemidae reported from Europe and all other 39 congeners occur far from it. However, it has never been properly described. In this paper T. tenella is redescribed and illustrated.