Erica Peckham & Peckham 1892
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7169200 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/392F8795-FFE8-FFF2-FE4A-16D69921FA59 |
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Felipe |
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Erica Peckham & Peckham 1892 |
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Erica Peckham & Peckham 1892 View in CoL View at ENA , monotypic genus
Type species: Erica eugenia Peckham & Peckham 1892
Differential diagnosis. The genus Erica shares several characters with the genus Fluda Peckham & Peckham, 1892 , but can be distinguished from the latter by the relatively high cephalothorax, with the cephalic region slightly inclined forward and a slight constriction separating it from the thoracic region, which is convex ( Figures 1–4 View Figures 1–4 ). The male is easily distinguished from the other members of the Simonellini by the pedipalp ( Figures 17–18 View Figures 17–20 ), with a simple bulb and the embolus short and thin, occupying a fossa on the prolateral side of the bulb ( Figures 21–22 View Figures 21–24 ). The copulatory ducts of the female Erica are somewhat similar to Synemosyna Hentz 1846 , but the female Erica is easily distinguished by the circular epigynum, and the clear gonopore, connected directly by the insemination ducts ( Figures 13 View Figures 13–14 , 15 View Figures 15–16 ), which immediately curve, and then continue straight until they fold back on themselves, forming the spermatheca and then culminating in the fertilization ducts ( Figures 14 View Figures 13–14 , 16 View Figures 15–16 ).
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