Belisana Thorell, 1898

Yao, Zhiyuan, Li, Shuqiang & Jäger, Peter, 2014, Four new species of pholcine spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 3793 (3), pp. 331-349 : 332

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Genus Belisana Thorell, 1898 View in CoL View at ENA

Belisana Thorell 1898: 278 View in CoL . Type species Belisana tauricornis Thorell, 1898 View in CoL , by original designation.

Diagnosis. This genus resembles Spermophora , but can be distinguished by the dorsal apophysis on the pedipalpal femur (usually present; Figs 2 View FIGURES 1 – 4 , 13 View FIGURES 12 – 16 ), by the absence of posterior pockets on the female opisthosoma, by the absence of sclerotized ventral flaps on the procursus, and by the absence of serrated bulbal apophyses ( Huber 2005a). This genus can be distinguished from Spermophorides Wunderlich, 1992 by the absence of pockets on the posterior epigynal plate and by the regular attachment site (i.e. rather proximal than distal) of the procursus on the cymbium ( Figs 1–2 View FIGURES 1 – 4 , 12–13 View FIGURES 12 – 16 ; Huber 2007).

References

Huber, B. A. (2005 a) High species diversity, male-female coevolution, and metaphyly in Southeast Asian pholcid spiders: the case of Belisana Thorell 1898 (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zoologica, 155, 1 - 126.

Huber, B. A. (2007) Two new genera of small, six-eyed pholcid spiders from West Africa, and first record of Spermophorides for mainland Africa (Araneae: Pholcidae). Zootaxa, 1635, 23 - 43.

Thorell, T. (1898) Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LXXX. Secondo saggio sui Ragni birmani. II. Retitelariae et Orbitelariae. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 39, 271 - 378.

Wunderlich, J. (1992) Die Spinnen-Fauna der Makaronesischen Inseln: Taxonomie, Okologie, Biogeographie und Evolution. Beitrage zur Araneologie, 1, 1 - 619.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. Belisana protumida spec. nov., holotype male. 1 – 2 Pedipalp (1 prolateral view, 2 retrolateral view; arrow points at a slender apophysis on pedipalpal trochanter); 3 – 4 Distal part of procursus (3 prolateral view, 4 retrolateral view). b = bulb, ba = bulbal apophysis, e = embolus, f = membranous flap, pr = procursus.

FIGURES 12 – 16. Belisana protumida spec. nov., holotype male (12 – 13), paratype male (14), and paratype female (15 – 16). 12 – 13 Pedipalp (12 prolateral view, 13 retrolateral view; arrow points at a slender apophysis on pedipalpal trochanter); 14 Chelicerae, frontal view; 15 Epigyne, ventral view; 16 Vulva, dorsal view. b = bulb, ba = bulbal apophysis, da = distal apophysis, e = embolus, ep = epigynal pocket, f = membranous flap, pa = proximo-lateral apophysis, pp = pore plate, pr = procursus.