Daddy-long-leg giants: revision of the spider genus Artema Walckenaer, 1837 (Araneae, Pholcidae)
Aharon, Shlomi
Huber, Bernhard A.
Gavish-Regev, Efrat
European Journal of Taxonomy
2017
2017-12-08
376
376
1
57
62CGD
280364
Walckenaer
1837
[645,735,1010,1036]
Arachnida
Pholcidae
Artema
GBIF
Animalia
Araneae
43
44
Arthropoda
genus
Fig. 170
Material examined OMAN: 1 ♀, Jebal Akhdar, E of Al Hamra, Wadi Fallah, Al Ghubrat[ 23.1° N, 57.4° E], “ Quellhöhle”, Nov. 2001, Sattmannleg. ( NHMW).
Notes Female distinguished from all other Artemafemales by simple rectangular epigynum ( Fig. 170). Stridulatory files laterally on chelicerae present. Epigynum almost twice as wide as long, posterior margin almost straight, epigynal plate consisting of two gently sclerotized lateral areas that appear swollen posteriorly, pale median area wider anteriorly, dark median sclerite absent. Pair of projections anterior to epigynum (AEP) present but not prominent. Female genitalia in the genus Artemaoften show high intra-specific variation, e.g., as in A. nephilit sp. nov.( Figs 45–54) and in A. doriae( Figs 103–114), both of which occur close to Oman( Yemenand the United Arab Emirates). Therefore, we prefer not to describe this putative species formally until more individuals (females and males) are avilable.
3763211420
2001-11
NHMW
Oman
23.1
Al Hamra
7548
57.4
Jebal Akhdar
43
44
1
1