Systenita Simon, 1893

Huber, Bernhard A. & Villarreal, Osvaldo, 2020, On Venezuelan pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 718, pp. 1-317 : 281

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.718.1101

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F9E9A91E-488C-4DB1-9361-E788E9AC5BC1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4343969

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E887AD-FEC8-7B19-FD1F-FE44F9C3FCFA

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Valdenar

scientific name

Systenita Simon, 1893
status

 

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Notes

Systenita continues to be a monotypic genus. The newly described Mecolaesthus fallax Huber sp. nov. is superficially extremely similar (indistinguishable in the field) but fundamentally different in many details of genital morphology. Our preliminary molecular data (J.J. Astrin, B.A. Huber, unpubl.data) place Systenita prasina closer to the new genus Boconita Huber gen. nov. and to Coryssocnemis Simon, 1893 than to Mecolaesthus fallax Huber sp. nov. The superficial similarity with Mecolaesthus fallax Huber sp. nov. is thus most probably a result of convergent evolution due to microhabitat change and adaptation to the same microhabitat (underside of live leaves).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Pholcidae

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