Parahelpis, Gardzińska, Joanna & Żabka, Marek, 2010
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.196414 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4685389 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/234887FF-FB5A-B461-5AF1-A39BFE2AB42D |
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Plazi |
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scientific name |
Parahelpis |
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gen. nov. |
Parahelpis View in CoL new genus
Type species: Helpis abnormis Żabka, 2002 , designated here.
Etymology. Derived from Helpis – the possible relative.
Current list of species: Parahelpis abnormis (Żabka, 2002) comb. nov., Parahelpis smithae sp. nov.. Diagnosis. General appearance similar to Helpis . In comparison with other Astieae genera, tegulum strongly elongated, prolaterally bent and looking “mirror-reversed”-like. Posterior lobe large, retrolateral tibial apophysis broad and bifurcate.
Description. Pluridentate spiders, 5–6 mm long. Cephalothorax with gentle thoracic slope and clusters of pale, scale-like hairs. Fovea located just behind PLE. Abdomen elongate, without scutum, with pattern of dark markings on pale background. Clypeus narrow. Chelicerae long, pluridentate. Sternum scutiform. Legs long and slender, in both known species with 4 and 2 pairs of ventrolateral spines, respectively. Seminal reservoir runs along tegulum in its median part.
Females unknown.
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