A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
A survey of the Holarctic genus Arctella Holm, 1945 (Araneae: Dictynidae, Tricholathysinae), with the description of Tricholathys ovtchinnikovi sp n.
Authors: Marusik YM, Omelko MM, Ponomarev AV
Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Publication year: 2017
Journal: Oriental Insects
Journal name in source: ORIENTAL INSECTS
Journal acronym: ORIENT INSECTS
Volume: 51
Issue: 3
First page : 246
Last page: 261
Number of pages: 16
ISSN: 0030-5316
eISSN: 2157-8745
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2017.1279086
Abstract
The study of two species placed in Arctella Holm, 1945, A. lapponica Holm, 1945, and A. subnivalis Ovtchinnikov, 1989, revealed that the latter species belongs to the genus Tricholathys. A new combination is suggested: Tricholathys subnivalis (Ovtchinnikov, 1989) comb. n. The record of Arctella subnivalis from the Northern Caucasus was found to be based on a misidentification and refers to Tricholathys ovtchinnikovi sp. n. All three species are illustrated and described. A new diagnosis is provided for Arctella. Two previously unknown characters were found in the male palp of Arctella and Tricholathys: a large cavity on the mesal side of the tibial apophysis, and a digitiform or spur-like outgrowth on the conductor.
The study of two species placed in Arctella Holm, 1945, A. lapponica Holm, 1945, and A. subnivalis Ovtchinnikov, 1989, revealed that the latter species belongs to the genus Tricholathys. A new combination is suggested: Tricholathys subnivalis (Ovtchinnikov, 1989) comb. n. The record of Arctella subnivalis from the Northern Caucasus was found to be based on a misidentification and refers to Tricholathys ovtchinnikovi sp. n. All three species are illustrated and described. A new diagnosis is provided for Arctella. Two previously unknown characters were found in the male palp of Arctella and Tricholathys: a large cavity on the mesal side of the tibial apophysis, and a digitiform or spur-like outgrowth on the conductor.
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