Brasilionata

Brasilionata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Mysmenidae
Genus: Brasilionata
Wunderlich, 1995[1]
Species
  • Brasilionata arborense Wunderlich, 1995

Brasilionata is a genus of Brazilian spiders first described by Wunderlich in 1995. It is represented by a single species, B. arborense.[2] The defining characteristics of this genus include a homogeneous color pattern on the back of the abdomen, setae on the cymbial fold the same size as other setae, a space between the anterior median eyes, and a pointed switch on the end of the palpal bulb similar to that of Microdipoena. Only two specimens have been identified, one in 1995 and another in 2015.[3]

References

  1. "Gen. Brasilionata Wunderlich, 1995". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  2. Wunderlich, J. (1995). "Drei bisher unbekannte Arten und Gattungen der Familie Anapidae (s.l.) aus Süd-Afrika, Brasilien und Malaysia (Arachnida: Araneae)". Beiträge zur Araneologie (in German). 4: 543-551.
  3. Hormiga, G.; Lopardo, L. (2015). "Out of the twilight zone: phylogeny and evolutionary morphology of the orb-weaving spider family Mysmenidae, with a focus on spinneret spigot morphology in symphytognathoids (Araneae, Araneoidea)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 173: 784. doi:10.1111/zoj.12199.
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