Dendroicius, Lin & Li, 2020

Lin, Yejie & Li, Shuqiang, 2020, Two new genera and eight new species of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China, ZooKeys 952, pp. 95-128 : 95

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.952.51849

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B06E0C6B-6A96-4AEA-8BE1-D121929504FD

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/91408531-896D-4729-8C90-AFA460B25E09

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:91408531-896D-4729-8C90-AFA460B25E09

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scientific name

Dendroicius
status

gen. nov.

Genus Dendroicius gen. nov.

Type species.

Dendroicius hotaruae sp. nov.

Etymology.

The generic name is a combination of the word " Dendro ", referring to the habitat of the genus, and the generic name Icius Simon, 1876. The gender is masculine.

Diagnosis.

Dendroicius gen. nov. can be easily distinguished from Icius by the following characters: the male without a stridulatory apparatus; palpal tibia with a dorsal apophysis, dorsal embolic apophysis of bulb near the tegular sclerite; epigyne with a large hood posteriorly, posterior to copulatory opening, copulatory opening circular, depression around copulatory opening, spermathecae posterior to copulatory opening, copulatory ducts curved, fertilization ducts folded 90°, well-developed.

Composition.

The new genus currently includes only one species: Dendroicius hotaruae sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Order

Araneae

Family

Salticidae