Tessarithys Hoffman, 1990
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https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zoologia.34.e19986 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13175240 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F46B0E27-9B5B-4B4F-FA69-FCC2FE6AFAFB |
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Tessarithys Hoffman, 1990 View in CoL
Tessarithys Hoffman, 1990: 159–166 View in CoL . Type species: T. neoecobius Hoffman, 1990 View in CoL , by original designation.
Diagnosis. Males of Tessarithys differ from other chelodesmid genera by the combination of the following characters: sternite of body ring 5 with four projections ( Fig. 14). Legs with apical-ventral projection on the tibia ( Fig. 17). Gonopodal prefemoral process exceeding the acropodite apex and forming a distinct sheath on the ectal side, also displaying a subterminal dorsal branch on the middle portion. Acropodite are divided into two slender and acuminate branches ( Figs 4–6).
Distribution.Known from the states of Pernambuco to Bahia.
Composition. Four species, Tessarithys neoecobius Hoffman, 1990 , T. machaerophorus ( Schubart, 1956) , T. soledadinus ( Attems, 1931) , T. exacuminatus sp. nov.
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Tessarithys Hoffman, 1990
| Bouzan, Rodrigo S., Pena-Barbosa, João Paulo P. & Brescovit, Antonio D. 2017 |
Tessarithys
| Hoffman RL 1990: 166 |