Garcorops
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Ordo: Araneae
Familia: Selenopidae
Name
Garcorops Corronca, 2003 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Garcorops Corronca 2003[1]: 387. Type species: Garcorops madagascar Corronca, 2003, by original designation.
Diagnosis
Garcorops is easily separated from all other genera by the T-shaped conductor with a basally rounded projection. Females are best recognised from most other genera by the presence of 4 ventral pairs of spines on the tibiae and 3 pairs on the metatarsi, although there are some species of Anyphops with similar spination.
Description
Total length 5.30–6.90. Cephalothorax: Carapace with some light markings, wider than long. Long narrow fovea with 6 radiating lines. Setae simple. Clypeus low. Eye rows recurved, with PME larger than AME. Chelicerae slightly geniculate, robust, with 3 prolateral and 2 retrolateral teeth. Legs: Leg IV longer than leg II. Tibiae and metatarsi with 4 and 3 pairs of ventral spines, respectively. Female copulatory organs: Epigynum with distinct lateral lobes in most species connected by a sclerotized bridge. Median field depressed, epigynal pockets absent, spermathecae complex. Male copulatory organs: Palpal tibia with 2 tibial apophyses, dorsal larger than ventral. MA unbranched and not sclerotized, conductor T-shaped with basally rounded projection.
Distribution
Garcorops is found in Madagascar and the Comoros Islands.
Composition
Currently there are three described extant species of Garcorops, Garcorops jocquei Corronca, 2003, Garcorops madagascar Corronca, 2003 and Garcorops paulyi Corronca, 2003, all recently described by Corronca (2003)[1]. A fourth species, Garcorops jadis, has been found in Madagascan copal, and was described by Bosselaers (2004)[2]. It has been suggested by Penney et al. (2005)[3] that this could represent an ‘undiscovered’ extant species, or an extinct species.
Taxon Treatment
- Crews, S; Harvey, M; 2011: The spider family Selenopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Australasia and the Oriental Region ZooKeys, 99: 1-104. doi
Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Corronca J (2003) New genus and species of Selenopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Madagascar and neighbouring islands. African Zoology 38:387-392.
- ↑ Bosselaers J (2004) A new Garcorops species from Madagascar copal (Araneae: Selenopidae). Zootaxa 445:1-7.
- ↑ Penney D, Ono H, Selden P (2005) A new synonymy for the Madagascan copal spider fauna (Araneae, Selenopidae). Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 2:41-44.
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