Falcaranea, Haddad & Lyle, 2024
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.5.1 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:ED0CE93C-3235-4DEE-951B-A46CBD3D6AF9 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10517271 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/633387D8-9D60-FFD9-FF3A-AF97C3C5FE80 |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Falcaranea |
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gen. nov. |
Key to the genus Falcaranea gen. nov.
1 Males .............................................................................................. 2
− Females............................................................................................. 4
2 Embolus almost straight, base directed distally, with slight undulations along its length; ventral RTA an almost level lamina in retrolateral view; dorsal RTA short and thumb-like ( Figs 156, 157 View FIGURES 156–159 )................................ F. amatola sp. nov.
− Embolus distinctly curved, base directed retrodistally, with distinct bend near middle of its length ( Figs 160 View FIGURES 160–164 , 165 View FIGURES 165–168 ); ventral RTA with rounded or undulating distal margin in retrolateral view; dorsal RTA short and tooth-like ( Figs 161 View FIGURES 160–164 , 166 View FIGURES 165–168 )............ 3
3 Embolus generally S-shaped, with sharp bend immediately after its base and sharp bend near the middle of its length, with basal and distal sections at almost 90 degrees to each other ( Fig. 165 View FIGURES 165–168 ); cymbium with pronounced digitiform retrobasal process ( Fig. 166 View FIGURES 165–168 )............................................................................... F. maputensis sp. nov.
− Embolus straight immediately after its base, with gradual curve near the middle of its length ( Fig. 160 View FIGURES 160–164 ); cymbium with rounded blunt retrobasal process ( Fig. 161 View FIGURES 160–164 ).......................................................... F. gladius sp. nov.
4 ST I smaller than ST II ( Figs 162–164 View FIGURES 160–164 )........................................................ gladius sp. nov.
− ST II smaller than ST I ( Figs 159 View FIGURES 156–159 , 167 View FIGURES 165–168 ).....................................................................5
5 Copulatory openings hidden by large, tongue-like hood; ST I and ST II almost touching; ST I large, oval, orientated transversely ( Fig. 167 View FIGURES 165–168 )........................................................................... F. maputensis sp. nov.
− Copulatory openings not covered, only a small triangular hood present; ST I subrectangular with rounded corners, orientated anterolaterally ( Fig. 158 View FIGURES 156–159 )................................................................. F. amatola sp. nov.
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