A new genus of Liocranidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Tajikistan

A new genus, Platnick gen. n., with three new species, P. shablyai sp. n. (♂, type species), P. astana sp. n. (♀) and P. sanglok sp. n. (♀), are described from Tajikistan. The male of the type species has a unique pair of longitudinal ventral postgastral scuta. Females have such scuta also, but they...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Acta Biologica Sibirica
Main Authors: Marusik, Yuri M., Fomichev, Alexander A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020
Subjects:
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Liocranidae
Cephalornis
Coelenterata
Bilateria
Nephrozoa
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Circumscriptional names of the taxon under
Notchia
Chasmataspidida
Thelyphonida
Aranei
biodiversity
Central Asia
Dionycha
morphology
Oedignathinae
spider
taxonomy
Sibirica
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/4318516
https://doi.org/10.3897/abs.6.e59687
Description
Summary:A new genus, Platnick gen. n., with three new species, P. shablyai sp. n. (♂, type species), P. astana sp. n. (♀) and P. sanglok sp. n. (♀), are described from Tajikistan. The male of the type species has a unique pair of longitudinal ventral postgastral scuta. Females have such scuta also, but they are much shorter. The new genus is placed in Liocranidae Simon, 1897. A discussion on the subfamilies of Liocranidae and comments on the family-group names are provided.

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