Sarax, Simon, 1892
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.4.4 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7EA85D03-EEFB-4D45-9B7F-D31C0A87C8B0 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6816372 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FE3987DA-FF81-FFD3-E382-FDB6FA31FA3E |
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Key to the identification of the species of Sarax View in CoL in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia revised from Miranda et al. (2021b)
1. Median eyes absent.................................................................................... 2
- Median eyes present................................................................................... 3
2. Lateral eyes reduced; tibia of leg I with more than 28 articles; leg I tarsus with more than 58 articles............................................................................ S. omanensis (Delle Cave, Gardner & Weygoldt, 2009) View in CoL
- Lateral eyes absent; tibia of leg I with 21 articles; leg I tarsus with 35 articles.................................................................................................. S. stygochthobius (Weygoldt & Van Damme, 2004) View in CoL
3. Pedipalp tarsus with one spine........................................................................... 4
- Pedipalp tarsus with two spines.......................................................................... 5
4. Pedipalp femur with three dorsal spines; pedipalp patella with five dorsal spines; female gonopods finger-like........................................................................................ S. cochinensis (Gravely, 1915) View in CoL
- Pedipalp femur with four dorsal spines; pedipalp patella with four dorsal spines; female gonopods plunger-like.......................................................................... S. dhofarensis (Weygoldt, Pohl & Polak, 2002) View in CoL
5. Cheliceral claw with twelve teeth; leg IV basitibia with two pseudo-articles... S. socotranus (Weygoldt, Pohl & Polak, 2002) View in CoL
- Cheliceral claw with fewer than ten teeth; leg IV basitibia with three or four pseudo-articles.......................... 6
6. Leg IV basitibia with three pseudo-articles................................................................. 7
- Leg IV basitibia with four pseudo-articles................................................................. 11
7. Cheliceral claw with four teeth; tibia of leg I with 23 articles; leg I tarsus with 39 articles........ S. bispinosus (Nair, 1934) View in CoL
- Cheliceral claw with more than four teeth; tibia of leg I with fewer than 23 articles; leg I tarsus with fewer than 39 articles...8
8. Pedipalp patella with two ventral spines............................................ S. abbatei (Delle Cave, 1986) View in CoL
- Pedipalp patella with three ventral spines.................................................................. 9
9. Median and lateral eyes reduced................................................ S. pakistanus (Weygoldt, 2005) View in CoL
- Median and lateral eyes well developed................................................................... 10
10. Pedipalp patella with small ventral setiferous tubercle between spine I and distal margin.... S. bengalensis (Gravely, 1911) View in CoL
- Pedipalp patella with long ventral spine between spine I and distal margin, half the size of spine I...... S. sinensis sp. nov.
11. Pedipalp patella with four dorsal spines; female gonopod ‘absent’ (flat)............... S. seychellarum (Kraepelin, 1898) View in CoL
- Pedipalp patella with five dorsal spines; female gonopods finger-like........................................... 11
12. Pedipalp femur with five dorsal spines and five ventral spines.......................... S. ioanniticus (Kritscher, 1959) View in CoL
- Pedipalp femur with four dorsal spines and four ventral spines..................... S. israelensis (Miranda et al., 2016) View in CoL
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