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Zametopina Simon 1909

Authors/Creators

  • 1. National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana Road, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
  • 2. Animal Ecology, J. F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Untere Karspüle 2, Göttingen 37073, Germany & Species Obscura, Jl. Duren 1 No. 2, Depok, Jawa Barat 16434, Indonesia
  • 3. Netherlands
  • 4. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, IPB University, Kampus IPB Dramaga Bogor, Jl. Raya Dramaga, West Java 16680, Indonesia
  • 5. Animal Ecology, J. F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Untere Karspüle 2, Göttingen 37073, Germany
  • 6. Animal Ecology, J. F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Untere Karspüle 2, Göttingen 37073, Germany & Centre for Transdisciplinary and Sustainability Sciences, IPB University, Kampus IPB Baranangsiang, Jl. Raya Pajajaran No. 27, West Java 16127, Indonesia

Description

Zametopina Simon, 1909

Type species.

Zametopina calceata Simon, 1909.

Diagnosis.

Zametopina is similar to Nyctimus in habitus, differing in the presence of a unique denticulate process next to the embolus on the male palp (DP in Fig. 18 B). No other oriental thomisid genus possesses this structure. For a detailed diagnosis see Tang et al. (2010).

Species composition.

Zametopina calceata Simon, 1909 and Zametopina wanliae Lin & Li, 2023.

Notes

Published as part of Benjamin, Suresh P., Dhiya'ulhaq, Naufal Urfi, Deeleman-Reinhold, Christa, Buchori, Damayanti, Hidayat, Purnama, Scheu, Stefan & Drescher, Jochen, 2025, Taxonomic notes on the crab-spider genera Nyctimus Thorell, 1877 and Zametopina Simon, 1909 (Araneae, Thomisidae) with descriptions of six new species from Southeast Asia, pp. 95-125 in ZooKeys 1255 on pages 95-125, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1255.158380

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Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/68082F374A2F5D83A03EFE75127061E0

Cites
Publication: 10.5962/bhl.part.24151 (DOI)
Publication: 10.11865/zs.2023101 (DOI)
Figure: 10.3897/zookeys.1255.158380.figure18 (DOI)
Figure: https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1434041 (URL)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.3897/zookeys.1255.158380 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/C1B74D6C6F5556D8B8016574AC43F552 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/584332C1-8B4B-41B9-A17D-327F47B5616A (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/68082F374A2F5D83A03EFE75127061E0 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/302826296 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/312558/taxon/68082F374A2F5D83A03EFE75127061E0.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Simon
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Thomisidae
Genus
Zametopina
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Zametopina Simon, 1909 sec. Benjamin, Dhiya'ulhaq, Deeleman-Reinhold, Buchori, Hidayat, Scheu & Drescher, 2025

References

  • Simon E (1909) Etude sur les arachnides du Tonkin (1 re partie). Bulletin Biologique de la France et de la Belgique 42: 69-147. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.24151
  • Tang G, Blick T, Ono H (2010) Rediscovery of an obscure spider genus Zametopina Simon, 1909 (Araneae, Thomisidae) from Yunnan, China. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science Tokyo (A) 36: 65–70.
  • Lin YJ, Li SQ, Pham DS (2023) Taxonomic notes on some spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from China and Vietnam. Zoological Systematics 48 (1): 1-99. https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.2023101