Thyene mutica (Simon,1902) Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.841.1943 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A1A437F5-095C-43F7-BC18-66D53640F30E |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7195590 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD87C3-B151-345C-FD9E-587DFA8665C9 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Thyene mutica (Simon,1902) |
status |
comb. nov. |
Thyene mutica (Simon,1902) comb. nov.
Brancus muticus Simon, 1902b: 400 View in CoL .
Brancus bevisi Lessert, 1925b: 356 View in CoL , fig. 17.
Brancus muticus View in CoL – Simon 1903a: 709, fig. 838. — Berland & Millot 1941: 332, fig. 34b. — Azarkina & Foord 2013: 169 View Cited Treatment , figs 18–35.
Brancus bevisi View in CoL – Berland & Millot 1941: 331, figs 34c, 35d.
Material examined
IVORY COAST • 1 ♂; Lamto ; 17 Nov. 1975; “savane non-brulée aux environs de la station, branches”; MNHN .
Description
For both sexes see Azarkina & Foord (2013) sub Brancus muticus . The species is distinguishable by the characteristic pattern composed of five large patches on the eye field, especially clear in females (see Azarkina & Foord 2013: fig. 34).
Distribution
Previously recorded from Guinea, Nigeria, Congo and South Africa.
Synonymisation of genera
The analysis of the morphology and structure of the genitalia of both sexes of Brancus muticus (see Azarkina & Foord 2013), clearly indicates that this species is closely related to Thyene imperialis (Rossi, 1846) , type species of the genus Thyene Simon, 1885 . [Male and female of B. muticus collected together in Mozambique are also kept in the National Collection of Arachnida, Pretoria, RSA – examined.] So we transfer this species to Thyene . Since Brancus muticus was the type species of the genus, Brancus Simon, 1902 is a junior synonym of Thyene Simon, 1885 .
Comments
We suggest other Brancus spp. move to other genera, and for some of them (closely related) we create a new genus Vicirionessa gen. nov. (for description and composition see below). Thus, we propose the following new combinations: Hyllus nigeriensis ( Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012) comb. nov., Thyene blaisei (Simon, 1902) comb. nov., Thyene calebi (Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2018) comb. nov. and Thyene verdieri ( Berland & Millot, 1941) comb. nov.
The nominal species Brancus lacrimosus Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012 and Brancus mondoni Berland & Millot, 1941 are synonymized in this paper with Vicirionessa fuscimana gen. et comb. nov. and Malloneta guineensis respectively. Two species described from Kenya, namely Brancus hemmingi Caporiacco, 1949 and Brancus poecilus Caporiacco, 1949 have never been revised since their original description. These descriptions are insufficient to identify the species so their taxonomic position remains unclear.
MNHN |
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
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Thyene mutica (Simon,1902)
Wesołowska, Wanda & Russell-Smith, Anthony 2022 |
Brancus bevisi
Berland L. & Millot J. 1941: 331 |
Brancus bevisi
Lessert R. de 1925: 356 |
Brancus muticus
Azarkina G. N. & Foord S. H. 2013: 169 |
Berland L. & Millot J. 1941: 332 |
Simon E. 1903: 709 |
Brancus muticus
Simon E. 1902: 400 |