Tidarren sp.

Knoflach, Barbara & Harten, Antonius Van, 2006, The one-palped spider genera Tidarren and Echinotheridion in the Old World (Araneae, Theridiidae), with comparative remarks on Tidarren from America, Journal of Natural History 40 (25 - 26), pp. 1483-1616 : 1590

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930600940993

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Tidarren sp.
status

 

Tidarren sp.

( Figure 259a, b View Figure 259 )

Material examined

Madagascar: 1 „ (palp expanded), CAS CASENT 9008029, Antsiranana Prov., Nosy Be, Réserve Naturelle Intégrale de Lokobe , 6.3 km 112 ° ESE Hellville, 13 ° 259100S, 48 ° 199520E, 30 m, 19–24 March 2001, rainforest, EC30 beating low vegetation, leg. Fisher, Griswold et al., BLF3426 .

This male specimen eluded a clear assignment to other Madagasy species, as its male palp is expanded and its details are hard to compare ( Figure 259a, b View Figure 259 ). However, it does not agree with T. ephemerum . Shape of conductor also differs from T. obtusum . Probably, it represents the male of another species.

Gallery Image

Figure 259. (a, b) Tidarren sp. from Madagascar, Nosy Be. Left male palp, expanded, prolateral (a) and retrolateral (b). (c) Distribution of four Tidarren species, T. argo Knoflach and van Harten, T. cuneolatum (Tullgren), T. obtusum n. sp., and T. scenicum (Thorell).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Theridiidae

Genus

Tidarren