Symphytognatha Hickman, 1931

Dupérré, Nadine & Tapia, Elicio, 2017, On some minuscule spiders (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae, Symphytognathidae) from the Chocó region of Ecuador with the description of ten new species, Zootaxa 4341 (3), pp. 375-399 : 391-392

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scientific name	Symphytognatha Hickman, 1931
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Symphytognatha Hickman, 1931 View in CoL View at ENA

Type species: Symphytognatha globosa Hickman, 1931

Diagnosis. MAlES AND fEMAlES Symphytognatha ArE DIStINgUISHED frOM OtHEr SyMpHytOgNAtHIDAE gENErA by tHEIr cHElIcErAE fUSED fOr MOSt Of tHEIr lENgtH WItH A vISIblE SUtUrE lINE ( FIg. 48 View FIGURES 47, 48 ) AND tHE prESENcE Of MUltIDENtAtE SUpErIOr clAWS ON lEgS I AND II ( FOrStEr & PlAtNIck 1977: 5).

Composition in America. Symphytognatha brasiliana BAlOgH & LOkSA, 1968, S. cabezota n. sp., S. carstica BrEScOvIt, ÁlvArES & LOpES, 2004, S. chickeringi FOrStEr & PlAtNIck, 1977, S. gertschi FOrStEr & PlAtNIck, 1977, S.

goodnightorum View in CoL FOrStEr & PlAtNIck, 1977, S. orghidani View in CoL GEOrgEScU, 1988, S. tacaca View in CoL BrEScOvIt, ÁlvArES & LOpES, 2004.

Distribution in America. MExIcO, BElIZE, CUbA, JAMAIcA, EcUADOr AND BrAZIl.

References

Brescovit, A. D., Alvares, E. S. S. & Lopes, F. R. (2004) Two new species of Symphytognatha Hickman (Araneae, Symphytognathidae) from Brazil. Revista Iberica de Aracnologia, 10, 75 - 80.

Balogh, J. & Loksa, I. (1968) The scientific results of the Hungarian soil zoological expeditions to South America. 7. Arachnoidea. Description of Brasilian spiders of the family Symphytognathidae. Acta Zoologica Hungarica, 14, 287 - 294.

Forster, R. R. & Platnick, N. I. (1977) A review of the spider family Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae). American Museum Novitates, 2619, 1 - 29.

Georgescu, M. (1988) Description d'une nouvelle espece, Symphytognatha orghidani n. sp. (fam. Symphytognathidae-Araneae) de Cuba. Travaux de l'Institut de Speologie Emile Racovitza, 27, 17 - 19.

Hickman, V. V. (1931) A new family of spiders. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (B), 1931, 1321 - 1328. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1931. tb 01063. x