Malthonica minoa, (BRIGNOLI, 1976)

Bolzern, Angelo, Burckhardt, Daniel & Hänggi, Ambros, 2013, Phylogeny and taxonomy of European funnel-web spiders of the Tegenaria-Malthonica complex (Araneae: Agelenidae) based upon morphological and molecular data, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 168 (4), pp. 723-848 : 774

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1111/zoj.12040

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:28796C66-FD49-4FA9-8D0F-21DD495AA88A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6983334

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BD701413-E20E-B671-54EB-FE66C30F13D9

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Marcus

scientific name

Malthonica minoa
status

 

MALTHONICA MINOA (BRIGNOLI, 1976) View in CoL

INCERTAE SEDIS

Cicurina minoa Brignoli, 1976b: 565 , fig. 44, female. Malthonica minoa: Brignoli, 1976a: 31 View in CoL .

Type

Holotype. Greece: Crete: Omalos , ♀ ( MSNB, 004), 16.iv.1965, Valle & Bianchi.

Other material examined

Greece (3 ♀) .

Discussion

Malthonica minoa , Malthonica paraschiae , and Malthonica spinipalpis do not fit the definition of Malthonica provided by Barrientos & Cardoso (2007) and should be transferred to another genus. The three species are morphologically similar, and show some resemblance to Tegenaria . However, they significantly differ in the very distinct epigynal teeth, the vulva, the shape of several sclerites on the male palp, and the RTA, suggesting that they do not belong to Tegenaria . Until the species group is revised and their phylogenetic relationships elucidated, we keep them in Malthonica as incertae sedis.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Agelenidae

Genus

Malthonica

Loc

Malthonica minoa

Bolzern, Angelo, Burckhardt, Daniel & Hänggi, Ambros 2013
2013
Loc

Cicurina minoa

Brignoli PM 1976: 565
Brignoli PM 1976: 31
1976
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