Colyttus Thorell, 1891
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.283062 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6170749 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038C5A24-FFEF-FF8F-C286-FE0EFE93FCD7 |
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Plazi |
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Colyttus Thorell, 1891 |
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Genus Colyttus Thorell, 1891 View in CoL View at ENA
Description. Medium sized, bright and colorful spiders. Chelicera with two promarginal teeth; retromargin with one unident or bicuspid tooth. Embolus of male palp usually wide and only slightly coiled; embolic disc large; proximal tegular lobe present. Epigynal window present with a median septum. Copulatory duct short; vulva with a pair of secondary spermathecae in addition to the primary spermathecae.
Remarks. Two species have been recorded from Southeast Asia ( Platnick 2012). A new species from Malaysia is described here.
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