Four new genera of Heteropodinae Thorell, 1873 from Malaysia, Brunei and Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Sparassidae)
Author
Grall, Elena
0000-0002-8938-4105
Arachnology, Senckenberg Research Institute, Mertonstrasse 17 - 21, 60325 Frankfurt. & Institute of Ecology, Diversity and Evolution, Campus Riedberg, Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; elena. grall @ senckenberg. de, https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8938 - 4105
Author
Jäger, Peter
0000-0003-1563-0147
Arachnology, Senckenberg Research Institute, Mertonstrasse 17 - 21, 60325 Frankfurt. & peter. jaeger @ senckenberg. de, https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1563 - 0147
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-07-27
5169
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journal article
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Menarik
gen. nov.
Figs 17–46
,
86–89
,
98
Type
species.
Menarik kecil
spec. nov.
Etymology. “
Menarik
” is the Malayan word for “attractive, fascinating, interesting” and refers to the specific tegular apophysis and retrolateral tibial apophysis of the male, the unique epigynal atrium of the female as well as to the enigmatic scars around the female epigyne. The gender is masculine.
Diagnosis.
Males may be recognised by the following combination of characters (
Figs 17–22
): 1. Massive TA extending distinctly beyond prolateral cymbial margin, 2. Massive RTA, proximally arising from palpal tibia and bulging distinctly retrolaterally and 3. Complete loss of conductor. Females are similar to those of
Sinopoda
and
Borniella
gen. nov.
in having a fused internal duct system divided into an anterior and a posterior part with glandular appendages situated anteriorly but can be easily distinguished from both latter genera by the anteriorly situated atrium, the absence of epigynal pockets and lobal septum, and the semicircular first windings of the internal duct system (
Figs 23–37
; both other genera without atrium, epigynal pockets and lobal septum present and copulatory openings separated, i.e. not situated together in an atrium, and first winding different).
Description.
See description of
type
species.
Distribution.
Borneo (
Malaysia
: West
Sarawak
) (
Fig. 98
: blue squares).
Species included.
Only the
type
species.