Published December 31, 2016 | Version v1
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Psechrus Thorell 1878

Description

Genus Psechrus Thorell, 1878

All Psechrus species are similar in the following characters: Carapace brown to light brown, with deep brown median band (Fig. 1a). Both anterior and posterior eye row recurved (Fig. 1c). The secondary eyes with grateshaped tapeta (Fig. 1f). Chelicerae with 3 promarginal, 4 to 5 retromarginal teeth, and several central denticles (Fig. 1g). Ventral opisthosoma with a white longitudinal band (Fig. 1b) and divided cribellum (Fig. 1e). According to Bayer (2012), the relation of the width of the white longitudinal band to the width of one half of the cribellum may differ between the particular Psechrus species groups. Leg I or leg II of males may exhibit several short macrosetae at coxae (Fig. 1d) or 2 to 4 macrosetae at trochanteri. For a detailed genus diagnosis and description see Bayer (2012).

Notes

Published as part of Feng, Ping, Zhao, Yu, Wu, Xiu-Mei, Ma, Yan-Yan, Yang, Ting-Bang, Li, Cheng-Gong & Yang, Zi-Zhong, 2016, Four new species of Psechrus from Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Psechridae), pp. 177-200 in Zootaxa 4088 (2) on page 178, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/269184

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Thorell
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Psechridae
Genus
Psechrus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Psechrus Thorell, 1878 sec. Feng, Zhao, Wu, Ma, Yang, Li & Yang, 2016