Metagonia Simon, 1893

Huber, Bernhard A., Colmenares, Pío A. & Ramirez, Martin J., 2014, Fourteen new generic and ten new specific synonymies in Pholcidae (Araneae), and transfer of Mystes Bristowe to Filistatidae, Zootaxa 3847 (3), pp. 413-422 : 419

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EAAB85B8-FDD6-4B7A-963C-E998D7D2324A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5328355

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C0FE36-8064-2805-FF51-FA6AFC22050C

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Plazi

scientific name

Metagonia Simon, 1893
status

 

Metagonia Simon, 1893 View in CoL View at ENA

Metagonia Simon, 1893b: 472 View in CoL . Gertsch 1986: 40 –41. Huber 2000: 53 View Cited Treatment .

Anomalaia González-Sponga, 1998: 24 . Synonymized by Huber (2000).

Portena González-Sponga, 2011b: 42 (“ Porteña ”); type species: Portena triocular View in CoL González-Sponga, 2011b; new synonymy.

Justification of synonymy. Metagonia triocular View in CoL ( González-Sponga, 2011b) new combination. We have not examined González-Sponga’s specimens (1♂ 1♀ from Vargas State, Venezuela ). However, numerous characters visible in González-Sponga’s drawings clearly support the assignment of this species to Metagonia View in CoL : procursus with ventral hinged process; genital bulb dorsally attached to tarsus and with embolus as the only projection; modified male clypeus. Additional evidence is the posteriorly elevated abdomen and the presence of only six eyes.

Note. This species reminds of litter-dwelling Brazilian species (size; male chelicerae; clypeus; microhabitat; see Huber et al. 2005) but differs in abdomen shape (posteriorly elevated).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Pholcidae

Loc

Metagonia Simon, 1893

Huber, Bernhard A., Colmenares, Pío A. & Ramirez, Martin J. 2014
2014
Loc

Anomalaia González-Sponga, 1998 : 24

Gonzalez-Sponga 1998: 24
1998
Loc

Metagonia

Huber 2000: 53
Gertsch 1986: 40
Simon 1893: 472
1893
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