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Micromisumenops Tang & Li 2010, gen. nov.

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Micromisumenops gen. nov.

Type species. Misumenops xiushanensis Song and Chai, 1990 (♂).

Etymology. The generic name is a combination of Greek prefix micro - (means small, tiny) and Misumenops (Latinized from Greek), refers to the small sized genus which is similar to Misumenops O. P.-Cambridge, 1900; masculine in gender.

Diagnosis. Species of this genus can be separated from Misumenops (and other genera of Misumenini Simon, 1895) by: 1) the procurved AER and recurved PER (both recurved in Misumenops); 2) the small body size: ♂ 2.20– 2.30, ♀ 2.75–3.17 (usually larger body size in Misumenops); 3) the flat, caudally truncated opisthosoma in the female (opisthosoma slightly swollen, caudally sharp in Misumenops); and 4) the transverse, spatulate-shaped RTA (usually vertical in Misumenops) in the male, epigynum without hood in the female.

Description. See description of Micromisumenops xiushanensis.

Species included. Only the type species.

Remarks. This type species was placed provisionally in Misumenops by Song and Chai (1990: 370, figs 9A−E). The generic status of this species was questioned in subsequent study (Lehtinen 2005: 177). We followed Lehtinen and established Micromisumenops gen. nov. to accommodate this species.

Notes

Published as part of Tang, Guo & Li, Shuqiang, 2010, Crab spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Thomisidae) 2703, pp. 1-105 in Zootaxa 2703 on page 37

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Tang & Li
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Thomisidae
Genus
Micromisumenops
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Micromisumenops Tang & Li, 2010

References

  • Song, D. X. & Chai, J. Y. (1990) Notes of some species of the family Thomisidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Wuling Shan area. In: Zhao, E. M. (Ed.), From Water onto Land. C. S. S. A. R., Beijing, pp. 364 - 374.
  • Simon, E. (1895) Histoire naturelle des araignees. Roret, Paris, 1, 761 - 1084.
  • Lehtinen, P. T. (2005) Taxonomic notes on the Misumenini (Araneae: Thomisidae: Thomisinae), primarily from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions. In: Logunov, D. V. & Penney D. (Eds.), European Arachnology 2003 (Proceedings of the 21 st European Colloquium of Arachnology, St. - Petersburg, 4 - 9 August 2003). Arthropoda Selecta, Special Issue, 1, 147 - 184.