Nescina, Ballarin & Li, 2015

Ballarin, Francesco & Li, Shu-Qiang, 2015, Three new genera of the family Nesticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Tibet and Yunnan, China, Zoological Systematics 40 (2), pp. 179-190 : 183

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.20150203

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7B3CF8C2-4AF0-44C3-9048-F927C4DDD4BC

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7172638

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/35FACFEA-F1A0-4BA7-9701-DB6ED86D1A20

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:35FACFEA-F1A0-4BA7-9701-DB6ED86D1A20

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scientific name

Nescina
status

gen. nov.

Genus Nescina View in CoL View at ENA gen. nov.

Type species: Nescina minuta sp. nov.

Etymology. The generic name is an arbitrary combination of letters inspired by the word " Nesticus ", the nominal genus of the family Nesticidae . The gender is feminine.

Diagnosis. The new genus is diagnosed by the remarkably small size, the elevated cephalic area clearly separate from the prosoma, the flat terminal apophysis with a laminar and a small hook-like processes and by the simple, hooked shape of the paracymbium. The ventrally flat appearance of the palpal bulb also contributes to make the new genus peculiar within the Nesticidae . The general shape of the conductor and its elongated lamina recalls the similar structure present in Hamus gen. nov. although all the other characters clearly identify them as different genera ( Figs 1B View Fig and 3B View Fig ). The epigyne appearance and shape of the long, twisted insemination ducts are diagnostic for the female and are unique within the family.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Nesticidae

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