Modisimus Simon, 1893

Jimenez, Maria-Luisa & Palacios-Cardiel, Carlos, 2015, A new species of Modisimus Simon (Araneae: Pholcidae) in Baja California Sur, Mexico, Zootaxa 4028 (4), pp. 595-599 : 595

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4028.4.11
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6119481
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scientific name	Modisimus Simon, 1893
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Type species. Modisimus glaucus Simon, 1893

Diagnosis. Small to medium-sized spiders (1.5– 4 mm body length) traditionally distinguished by a high elevation of the ocular area, the “eye turret” and by high density of short vertical hairs on male leg femora ( Huber, 1998, Huber et al., 2010).

References

Huber, B. A. (1998) Notes on the Neotropical spider genus Modisimus (Pholcidae, Araneae), with descriptions of thirteen new species from Costa Rica and neighboring countries. The Journal of Arachnology, 26, 19 - 60.

Huber, B. A., Fischer, N. & Astrin, J. J. (2010) High level of endemism in Haiti's last remaining forests: a revision of Modisimus (Araneae: Pholcidae) on Hispaniola, using morphology and molecules. The Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 158, 244 - 299. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.2009.00559. x