Aridella, Saaristo, Michael I., 2002

Saaristo, Michael I., 2002, New species and interesting new records of spiders from Seychelles (Arachnida, Araneaea), Phelsuma 10, pp. 1-32 : 19

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.824148

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6277854

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B9EA7D-FFE0-1933-FD05-5A839AB34E4A

treatment provided by

Jeremy

scientific name

Aridella
status

gen. nov.

Aridella n. gen.

Type species: Aridella bowleri n. sp.

Etymology: The generic name is derived from the name of the type locality of its ty p e species, considered feminine in gender.

Diagnosis: According to its heavily sclerotized, pitch black palps with entirely fused cymbium and bulbus the genus resembles Brignolia Dumitresco & Georgesco, 1983 and Lisna Saaristo 2001 but the structure of bulbal elements of the male palp are more like in Opopaea s. str. which, on the other hand, has normally sclerotized male palps with strongly swollen palpal patella, Also the large, oval-shaped, shallow depression on sternum may be of generic value.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Oonopidae

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