Hygropoda Thorell, 1894

Cruz Da Silva, Estevam L., 2013, The nursery-web spider Hygropoda tanganus (Roewer, 1955) comb. nov. (Araneae: Lycosoidea: Pisauridae); generic transfer, first description of the female and redescription of the male, Zootaxa 3710 (3), pp. 289-296 : 290

Hygropoda Thorell, 1894

Hygropoda Thorell 1894: 4 ; Simon 1898: 315; Pocock 1900: 245; Hu 1984: 260; Yaginuma 1986: 176; Zhang et al. 2004: 381; Dankittipakul et al. 2008: 312.

Hypsithylla Simon 1903: 38 ; Silva, 2012: 60 (Syn. of Hypsithylla under Hygropoda ).

Type species. Tegenaria dolomedes Doleschall, 1859 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. This genus can be distinguished from the other members of the family by: long and slender legs I, II and IV; long and flexible tarsi (this character also occurs in Megadolomedes Davies & Raven, 1980 , endemic to Australia) (Fig. 24); distal tegular apophysis membranous, conductor membranous ( Figs 7 , 26), large and sclerotized embolus ( Figs 11 , 30). The females present a short and rounded spermatheca ( Fig. 16 ) and base of spermatheca and copulatory ducts are enlarged and curved ( Fig. 16 ).

Distribution. Oriental, Australiasian and Afrotropical.

Figures

FIGURES 7–9. Hygropoda tangana (Roewer, 1955) comb. nov. 7, 8 left male palpus (7 ventral, 8 retrolateral). 9 female epigynum (ventral). (BPT = basal projection of tegulum, C = conductor, DTA = distal tegular apophysis, E = embolus, MA = median apophysis, RTA = retrolateral tibial apophysis, ST = subtegulum).

FIGURES 10–13. Hygropoda tangana (Roewer, 1955) comb. nov. 10–13 left male palpus (10 ventral, 11 details of bulb, 12 retrolateral, 13 detail of retrolateral tibial apophysis). (BPT = basal projection of tegulum, C = conductor, DTA = distal tegular apophysis, E = embolus, MA = median apophysis, RTA = retrolateral tibial apophysis, ST = subtegulum).

FIGURES 14–19. Hygropoda tangana (Roewer, 1955) comb. nov. 14–17 female epigynum (14 ventral, without copulatory plug, 15 ventral, with copulatory plug, 16 dorsal, 17 detail of the head of spermathecae, dorsal view). 18 trichobothria of right leg IV, 19 tarsal claw of left leg II, prolateral view. (BS = base of spermathecae, CD = copulatory duct, CP = copulatory plug, FD = fertilization duct, HS = head of spermathecae, LL = lateral lobes, MF = middle field of epigynum).