Filling the gaps: descriptions of unnamed species included in the latest molecular phylogeny of Pholcidae (Araneae)
Author
Huber, Bernhard A.
Author
Carvalho, Leonardo S.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-01-22
4546
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4546.1.1
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Pinocchio
Huber & Carvalho
gen. n.
Type
species
.
Pinocchio barauna
sp. n.
Etymology
. The genus is named for Carlo Collodi’s fictional character whose famous nose reminds of the projecting clypeus in the
type
species; gender masculine.
Diagnosis/Description
. See diagnosis and description of single known species below.
Notes
. The recent molecular phylogeny of
Pholcidae (
Eberle
et al.
2018
)
placed the Brazilian
Pinocchio
as sister to the two Old World genera
Ninetis
Simon, 1890
+
Magana
gen. n.
(“Gen.n. Om6”). Morphologically,
Pinocchio barauna
differs from known Old World
Ninetinae
in several characters: modified clypeus, large male palpal femur, complex tip of procursus, and complex bulbal process. These morphological differences as well as the geographic separation from the putative sister group are here taken to justify the creation of a new genus.