Fissarena

PLATNICK, NORMAN I., 2002, A Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spiders Of The Families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, And Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2002 (271), pp. 1-1 : 1-

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EAE52A-FF10-A6E0-80D9-2184D8324B1F

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Felipe

scientific name

Fissarena
status

 

KEY TO SPECIES OF FISSARENA

1. Males (those of ethabuka and barrow unknown).......................... 2

– Females (those of cuny and longipes unknown).......................... 8

2. Palpal conductor making two sharp turns (one near retrolateral edge of bulb, one near distal edge, figs. 501, 509)............. 3

– Palpal conductor without sharp turns.... 4

3. Tip of palpal conductor relatively short (fig. 501)...................... castanea

– Tip of palpal conductor relatively long (fig. 509)......................... cuny

4. Tip of palpal conductor curled, ridged (figs. 525, 529)........................ 5

– Tip of palpal conductor straight, not ridged (figs. 513, 517, 521)............... 6

5. Tibial apophysis relatively small (figs. 529, 530)...................... longipes

– Tibial apophysis relatively large (figs. 525, 526)...................... arcoona

6. Palpal conductor relatively wide near tip (fig. 513)........................ barlee

– Palpal conductor relatively narrow near tip (figs. 517, 521)................... 7

7. Tip of palpal conductor relatively long (fig. 517)..................... woodleigh

– Tip of palpal conductor relatively short (fig. 521)...................... laverton

8. Epigynal atrium reduced to transverse slit (fig. 511).................. ethabuka

– Epigynal atrium much longer (as in figs. 515, 527)............................ 9

9. Epigynal atrium with narrow anterior septum (fig. 527).................. arcoona

– Epigynal atrium without narrow septum... ................................ 10

10. Spermathecal ducts relatively short, simple (figs. 520, 532).................. 11

– Spermathecal ducts highly convoluted (figs. 504, 516, 524)................... 12

11. Anterior epigynal ducts separate throughout their length (fig. 520)....... woodleigh

– Anterior epigynal ducts approximate posteriorly (fig. 532)............... barrow

12. Spermathecal ducts relatively long, reaching to half length of epigynal atrium (figs. 523, 524)...................... laverton

– Spermathecal ducts shorter, reaching only to posterior portion of epigynal atrium (figs. 503, 504, 515, 526)............... 13

13. Epigynal atrium variable in width but shieldshaped (figs. 503, 506–508)... castanea

– Epigynal atrium rounded (fig. 515).................................. barlee

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