Paratobias (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900)

Machado, Miguel & Teixeira, Renato Augusto, 2021, Phylogenetic relationships in Stephanopinae: systematics of Stephanopis and Sidymella based on morphological characters (Araneae: Thomisidae), Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N. Y.) 21 (2), pp. 281-313 : 297

Paratobias (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900) gen. rev.

Type species: Paratobias championi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900) sp. rev.

Diagnosis. The genus Paratobias resembles Coenypha by the cryptic bark-dwelling habitus with dorsoventrally depressed prosoma. However, Paratobias can be distinguished by the presence of acute ocular projections, trapezoid opisthosoma and reduced AME (1/3 the size of the ALE). The female genitalia is characterized by a shallow and wide median field with copulatory openings positioned laterally, covered by the limits of the epigynal plate folds ( Fig. 18c ).

Composition. The genus Paratobias is currently represent- ed by a single species: Paratobias championi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900) sp. rev.

Figures

Fig. 18 Characters relative to the female and male genitalia of specimens sampled in the present analysis: a Isala spiralis comb. nov., dorsal view of the epigynal plate. b Stephanopis armata, dorsal view of the epigynal plate. c Paratobias championi sp. rev., ventral view of the epigynal plate. d Coenypha nodosa comb. nov., ventral view of the epigynal plate. e Stephanopis lata, ventral view of the epigynal plate. f Borboropactus cinerascens, ventral view of the epigynal plate (arrows indicate the epigynal teeth). g Stephanopis flagellata, left palp. h Sidymella bicuspidata, left palp