Kayania, 2022
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab043 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1C89556A-12CB-43B7-9B49-E02EFF1543D3 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6960475 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/317ABFDD-2AAE-4716-BF47-D27D8256416D |
taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:317ABFDD-2AAE-4716-BF47-D27D8256416D |
treatment provided by |
Plazi |
scientific name |
Kayania |
status |
gen. nov. |
KAYANIA MEDRANO, KURY & MENDES View in CoL GEN. NOV.
Zoobank registration: urn: lsid: zoobank. org:act: 317ABFDD-2AAE-4716-BF47-D27D8256416D
Etymology: In honour and memory of the late Andreas Kay, German photographer and naturalist, established in Ecuador, who photographed males and females of the type species in nature. Gender feminine.
Diagnosis: DS rounded in dorsal view ( Fig. 24A View Figure 24 ). Area I with two paramedian rounded and small yellow spots and area III with robust and granular tubercles/ columns, all other areas without ornamentation ( Figs 24D View Figure 24 , 25A View Figure 25 ). Long and slender legs without any ornamentation. Coxa IV with medial depression and basal incrassation, with a large, lateral, yellow strip ( Figs 24A, B, E View Figure 24 , 25A, B, E View Figure 25 ). Penis unknown.
Type species: Metagryne bicolumnata Roewer, 1959 View in CoL .
Included species: Kayania bicolumnata ( Roewer, 1959) comb. nov. and K. compressicoxa ( Avram & Soares, 1983) comb. nov.
Combined distribution: Eastern Andean slopes of Ecuador and Peru ( Fig. 23 View Figure 23 ).
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