Dictis edwardsi ( Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 ) Lin & Wu & Cai & Li & Barrion & Heong, 2023
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.5.1 |
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Dictis edwardsi ( Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 ) |
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comb. nov. |
Dictis edwardsi ( Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013) , comb. nov.
Figs 11 View FIGURE 11 , 12A–C View FIGURE 12
Scytodes edwardsi Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong View in CoL , in Barrion et al., 2013: 28, fig. 31A–D (♀).
Type material of Scytodes edwardsi (examined). Holotype ♀ (coll. no. S062), CHINA: Hainan Island , Panja Town, Songtao Reservoir , 3.IV.2011, leg. A. T. Barrion et al .; Paratypes: 2♀, same data as holotype .
Description and diagnosis. See Barrion et al. (2013) for the original description of the species. The holotype female habitus is depicted in Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 and its vulva is shown in Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 . The females (males unknown) can be distinguished from other species of Dictis L. Koch, 1872 by the outer spermathecae that are larger than the inner spermathecae, and by the distance between the postepigastric foveae being narrower than their width.
Distribution. China (Hainan).
Comments. As S. edwardsi only possesses two tarsal claws, it belongs to the genus Dictis L. Koch, 1872 . Although the female of D. edwardsi is similar to D. elongata Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2010 by the outer spermathecae being larger than the inner spermathecae, the foveae of this species are similar to Scytodes tardigrada Thorell, 1881 ( Chrysanthus 1967: fig. 12). In females of both species, the pairs of foveae and the internal genital receptaculae are variable and not reliable for taxonomic decision-making; it is therefore essential to discover and describe the male. This taxonomic question should be revisited again in the future.
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Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics |
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Dictis edwardsi ( Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 )
Lin, Yejie, Wu, Lingbing, Cai, Ducheng, Li, Shuqiang, Barrion, Alberto Tomas & Heong, Kong-Luen 2023 |
Scytodes edwardsi
Barrion, A. T. & Barrion-Dupo, A. L. A. & Catindig, J. L. A. & Villareal, M. O. & Cai, D. & Yuan, Q. H. & Heong, K. L. 2013: 28 |