Kinku, Dupérré, Nadine & Tapia, Elicio, 2015

Dupérré, Nadine & Tapia, Elicio, 2015, Discovery of the first telemid spider (Araneae, Telemidae) from South America, and the first member of the family bearing a stridulatory organ, Zootaxa 4020 (1), pp. 191-196 : 194

Kinku new genus

Type species. Kinku turumanya n. sp.

Etymology. The generic name is a noun (invariable) taken from the Kichwa language meaning zigzag.

Diagnosis. Males can be distinguished from Telema and Usofila using the following combination of characters: palp without prolateral apophysis; bulb bell-shaped; embolus long two time the length of the bulb ( Figs 2, 3 ); abdomen with pars stridulens anterioventrally and plectrum on coxae IV ( Fig. 9 ). Females can be diagnosed by the lack of tapered setae on the palp ( Fig. 10 ).

Distribution. Ecuador, Cotopaxi Province.

Figures

FIGURES 2 – 5. Kinku turumanya n. sp. Male holotype, 2 – 4. Female paratype, 5. 2. Palp, prolateral view. 3. Same, retrolateral view. 4. Chelicerae, posterior view. 5. Internal genitalia, ventral view. Abbreviations: b, bulb; e, embolus; s, spermatheca; sd, sperm duct.

FIGURES 6 – 11. Kinku turumanya n. sp. Male holotype, 6 – 9. Female paratype, 10, 11. 6. Habitus, dorsal view. 7. Palp, prolateral view. 8, 10. Same, retrolateral view. 9. Pedicel region showing stridulatory organ, ventral view. 11. Colulus and spinnerets, ventral view. Abbreviations: pl, plectrum; pst, pars stridens.