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Australian Journal of 

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One less monotypic genus: a new species of the enigmatic Magnopholcomma (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Tasmania (Australia) with comments on its genital morphology and the generic placement in Pholcommatinae

Pedro de Souza Castanheira & Renner Luiz Cerqueira Baptista

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Pedro de Souza Castanheira[1,2*] & Renner Luiz Cerqueira Baptista[2]

[1]Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, 90 South St, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia
[2]Laboratório de Diversidade de Aracnídeos, Universidade do Brasil/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373, 21941-902, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Abstract

A second species in the spider genus Magnopholcomma Wunderlich, 2008 (family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833) is described based on a male found at Fortescue Bay in Tasman National Park (Tasmania, Australia). The genus differs from all other genera in the family by somatic characters, specifically the large globular clypeal outgrowth. Magnopholcomma adelphus sp. n. differs from M. globulus Wunderlich, 2008 by somatic and genitalic characters, especially the larger clypeal outgrowth, an inconspicuous fovea, pedipalp with longer tibia, median apophysis strongly basally projected and apical lobe of theridiid tegular apophysis undivided. The genus genital morphology and its systematic position in Pholcommatinae are also discussed, stabilizing the inconsistent nomenclature of sclerites of the male pedipalp (e.g., the interpretation of the theridiid terminal apophysis) of members of the subfamily.

Cite this paper as: Castenheira PdeS & Baptista RLC (2023). One less monotypic genus: a new species of the enigmatic Magnopholcomma (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Tasmania (Australia) with comments on its genital morphology and the generic placement in Pholcommatinae. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 32: 1–7. doi: https://doi.org/10.54102/ajt.v3zyt

This paper was published on: 12/7/2023

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