Chalcolemia, Zhang & Maddison, 2012
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6C5A73BD-5322-4D44-BD4A-04886A4911A3 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6C5A73BD-5322-4D44-BD4A-04886A4911A3 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5257510 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DF6A5B-832D-CF40-6793-2CC1FCF6C773 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Chalcolemia |
status |
gen. nov. |
Genus Chalcolemia View in CoL View at ENA new genus
Type species: Chalcolemia nakanai Zhang & Maddison View in CoL , sp. nov.
Etymology. Chosen to resemble the name Chalcolecta ; feminine in gender.
Diagnosis. Medium-sized spiders with narrow bodies and slender legs. First pair of legs with many ventral macrosetae. Similar in general body form, fissident retromarginal tooth on chelicera and two-chambered spermathecae to Chalcolecta Simon (see Gardziṅska & Żabka 2005), but differs in the lateral margins of the carapace which are almost parallel instead of convex in Chalcolecta ( Fig. 91); the thin femur, patella and tibia of the first pair of legs which are not much thicker than metatarsus and tarsus ( Fig. 91); the presence of four pairs of ventral macrosetae on the female first metatarsus (three pairs in Chalcolecta ); the presence of distinct median septum in the epigynum ( Fig. 93) and the absence of accessory glands in the vulva ( Figs 94–95). Unpublished molecular data also indicate Chalcolemia and Chalcolecta are distinct genera. Chalcolemia also resembles Gambaquezonia Barrion & Litsinger 1995 (also see Edwards 2009) in the delicate body and the presence of a fissident retromarginal tooth on the chelicera, but differs in the much slender legs and the narrower body ( Fig. 91); the PLEs closer to the lateral margins of the carapace ( Fig. 91); and the presence of large secondary spermatheca in addition to the primary spermatheca in the vulva ( Figs 94–95).
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