A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
New Data on the Spider Genus Levymanus (Araneae: Palpimanidae)
Authors: Zonstein SL, Marusik YM, Kovblyuk MM
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 : 221
Last page: 226
Number of pages: 6
ISSN: 0030-5316
eISSN: 2157-8745
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2016.1275989
Abstract
New data on the composition and distribution of the previously monotypic genus Levymanus Zonstein & Marusik, 2013 are provided. The type species L. gershomi Zonstein & Marusik, 2013 is recorded for the first time from the UAE, and L. ras sp. n., a second member of this genus, is described from a female collected in Ethiopia. The new species differs from L. gershomi by the coarser corrugation of the carapace(vs. less sharply corrugated carapace in the latter species), the shape of the thoracic fovea with the sulci set more closely to each other, and relatively larger anterior median eyes, as well as by structure of the vulva.
New data on the composition and distribution of the previously monotypic genus Levymanus Zonstein & Marusik, 2013 are provided. The type species L. gershomi Zonstein & Marusik, 2013 is recorded for the first time from the UAE, and L. ras sp. n., a second member of this genus, is described from a female collected in Ethiopia. The new species differs from L. gershomi by the coarser corrugation of the carapace(vs. less sharply corrugated carapace in the latter species), the shape of the thoracic fovea with the sulci set more closely to each other, and relatively larger anterior median eyes, as well as by structure of the vulva.