On the endemic spider species of the genus Savigniorrhipis Wunderlich, 1992 (Araneae: Linyphiidae) in the Azores (Portugal), with description of a new species

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: Crespo, Luís Carlo, Bosmans, Robert, Cardoso, Pedro, Borges, Paulo AV
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Biology and Life Sciences; GENERA; taxonomy; CONSERVATION; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; ERIGONINE SPIDERS; laurel forest; endemism; Macaronesia; Azores; Sao Jorge; Arachnida; Erigoninae; Savignia; Diplocephalus; Jorge Island; Wunderlich
• Online Access: https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/4377913; http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-4377913; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3745.3.2; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/4377913/file/4377919

Savigniorrhipis topographicus new species is described from the Azores. The synapomorphies of Savigniorrhipis are discussed along with the affinities of the genus within the Savignia-group. Given the extremely restricted and increasingly disturbed habitat, S. topographicus new species should be clas...