Description of five new spiders from Canada (Araneae: Linyphiidae)
Author
Dupérré, Nadine
Author
Paquin, Pierre
text
Zootaxa
2007
1632
1
20
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.179433
588b73cc-c94f-4f39-a203-be5f532102ee
1175-5326
179433
Tapinotorquis
new genus
Type
species.
Tapinotorquis yamaskensis
new species
.
Diagnosis.
The genus
Tapinotorquis
is distinguished from closely related genera of the
Tapinocyba
group (
sensu
Millidge 1977
:15) by the combination of following characters: small spiders (0.98–1.09); tibia I–III with two dorsal macrosetae, tibia IV with one dorsal macroseta; metatarsus I with dorsal trichobothrium (Tm I 0.31–0.33); male cephalothorax unmodified; paracymbium flat, with large apical part, proximal part inconspicuous, bearing setae; sperm duct (SD) making a coil in the tegulum (
Fig. 38
), and running through the upper portion of the distal part of the tegulum (
Fig. 42
). Females are characterized by the copulatory openings situated on the upright slit of the ventral plate (
Fig. 43
).
Distribution.
Northeastern North
America
.
Etymology.
Masculine genus. The stem:
Tapino-
refers to the close affinity of this genus to the
Tapinocyba
group defined by
Millidge (1977)
and the ending -
torquis
: a ring, refers to the form of the sperm duct in the tegulum of the male palp.