Suthepia, Martens, 2020
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.35929/RSZ.0028 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6998112 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F287B8-B170-D908-B926-FE21D140FDA0 |
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treatment provided by |
Carolina |
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scientific name |
Suthepia |
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gen. nov. |
Suthepia View in CoL gen. nov.
Type species: Suthepia inermis View in CoL sp. nov. by monotypy and designation.
Included species: Only the type species.
Diagnosis: As given for the family Suthepiidae : Pedipalps not forming a catching basket, completely devoid of any apophyses carrying spines in both sexes; pedipalpal tarsus in males compressed and deepened, with apical setae more or less as long and strong as tarsal claw. Male genital morphology highly complex, with a complicated set of sclerites and membranes, with an eversible prickly funnel and with a complex arrangement of single setae and small groups of setae. Body largely unarmed, no conspicuous apophyses, thorns, granules or setae present. Small species with a body length of less than 2 mm.
Name: The Latinized generic name refers to one of the localities of the type material, the Doi Suthep, a mountain in northern Thailand. The gender is female.
Distribution: Currently known from four mountains of northern Thailand
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