Afropesa, a new spider genus from South Africa (Araneae: Entypesidae)

Sergei L. Zonstein; Duniesky Ríos-Tamayo

doi:10.5281/zenodo.4719052

Afropesa, a new spider genus from South Africa (Araneae: Entypesidae)

Sergei L. Zonstein, Duniesky Ríos-Tamayo

The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History

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Abstract

A new mygalomorph spider genus, Afropesa n. gen., is established for three South African species: the type species A. schoutedeni (Benoit, 1965) n. comb., transferred here from Entypesa Simon, 1902, and two newly described congeners, A. gauteng n. sp. and A. schwendingeri n. sp. The new genus differs from other genera of the Entypesidae by a unique set of diagnostic characters, including a flanged embolus and the spermathecae with wide bases and lengthened distal lobes. The three included species can be distinguished from each other by a shape of the male tibia and metatarsus I, as well as by the structure of the embolus and configuration of the spermathecae.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7-34
Number of pages	28
Journal	Israel Journal of Entomology
Volume	51
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4719052
State	Published - 4 Apr 2021

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Funders	Funder number
Aisha Mayekiso
Charles Griswold and Brian Fisher (CAS), Petra Sierwald and Maureen Turcatel
FMNH
Jan-Andries Neethling
Kirstin Williams and Matabaro Ziganira
Louis Sorkin
Ministry of Absorption
Ministry of Absorption, Israel
NMBA
NMSA
Petro Marais
American Museum of Natural History
Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Company
National Confectioners Association
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
University of Venda

Keywords

Afrotropics
Araneae
Biodiversity
Entypesidae
Mygalomorphae
New combination
New genus
New species
South Af rica
Spiders
Syste matics
Taxonomy

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Afropesa, a new spider genus from South Africa (Araneae: Entypesidae)

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