Viribestus, Zhang & Maddison, 2012
publication ID |
6C5A73BD-5322-4D44-BD4A-04886A4911A3 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6C5A73BD-5322-4D44-BD4A-04886A4911A3 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5257556 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DF6A5B-8304-CF69-6793-282AFC4AC5C2 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Viribestus |
status |
gen. nov. |
Genus Viribestus View in CoL View at ENA new genus
Type species: Viribestus suyanensis Zhang & Maddison View in CoL , sp. nov.
Etymology. The generic name is from the combination of virilis (virile) and bestia (animal), referring to the masculine nature of the male spider; masculine in gender.
Diagnosis. Similar in body form and presence of a lamella accompanying the embolus to Colyttus Thorell , but differs in the flat protrusion on the front surface of the male chelicera ( Fig. 287), the absence of proximal tegular lobe and the forked retrolateral tibial apophysis of the male palp ( Figs 288–289). Also differs from Canama Simon and Bathippus Thorell in the wide carapace ( Fig. 286), the wide palpal bulb ( Figs 288–289), the presence of a flat protrusion on the front surface of the male chelicera ( Fig. 287), the presence of a lamella right beside the embolus and the forked retrolateral tibial apophysis of the male palp ( Figs 288–289).
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