Pteroneta Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001

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Genus Pteroneta Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001

Pteroneta Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 145.

Type species.

Pteroneta saltans Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001.

Diagnosis.

The genus is characterised by: peculiar scopula (called a feathery flag in Deeleman-Reinhold (2001)) on nearly the entire prolateral surface of the lengthened tarsi II (Fig. 18G ), the patterned body with lazulite-coloured blue spots on the abdomen and coxae (Fig. 18E-H ), the widely separated AME and PME (Fig. 18E, G ), and the enlarged chelicerae of the male (Fig. 18E ).

Description.

See Deeleman-Reinhold (2001).

Figures

Figure 18. Pteroneta ultramarina, epigyne (A-D), male habitus (E, F) and female habitus (G, H) A intact, ventral view B cleared, ventral view C cleared, dorsal view D cleared, dorsal view E dorsal view F lateral view G dorsal view H ventral view. Abbreviations: BS = bursa; CD = copulatory duct; CO = copulatory opening; FD = fertilization duct; SP = spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.10 mm (equal for A-D); 1 mm (equal for E, F, equal for G, H).