Revision and cladistic analysis of the Afrotropical endemic genus Smeringopus Simon, 1890 (Araneae: Pholcidae)
Author
HUBER, BERNHARD A.
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-09-07
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3461.1.1
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Identification
key
This key is designed to identify the species groups of
Smeringopus
. Species within species groups are best identified by comparing diagnostic figures. Note that males and females must be present for this key to work.
1 Male
chelicerae with long distal lateral apophyses (
Figs. 24–27
); epigynum with distinct posterior indentation (
Figs. 38–57
).......................................................................................
rubrotinctus
group
- Male chelicerae with shorter distal apophyses; epigynum without posterior indentation............................. 2
2 Male
palpal cymbium with very long slender process near palpal tarsal organ (
Figs. 131, 132
)...........
chogoria
group
- Male palpal cymbium without or with much shorter process near palpal tarsal organ (e.g.
Figs. 357
,
367
,
387
)........... 3
3 Epigynum without pair of pockets........................................................................ 4
- Epigynum with pair of pockets (e.g.
Figs. 459
,
542
).......................................................... 7
4 Genital bulb with only one process (
Fig. 151
); cheliceral apophyses in relatively proximal position (
Fig. 153
)...
S. ngangao
- Genital bulb with two or three processes................................................................... 5
5 Male
palpal coxa with retrolateral apophysis (arrow in
Fig. 379
)........................................
S. pallidus
- Male palpal coxa without retrolateral apophysis............................................................ 6
6 Genital bulb with two processes...............................................
arambourgi
group and
S. ndumo
- Genital bulb with three processes (or dorsal process clearly bifid,
Figs. 338
,
360, 364
)...
natalensis
group (except
S. ndumo
)
7 Male
chelicerae with proximal frontal projections (
Figs. 771
,
779
,
788
)...............................
roeweri
group
- Male chelicerae without proximal frontal projections......................................................... 8
8 Legs without curved hairs............................................................................... 9
- Legs with curved hairs................................................................................ 10
9 Abdomen without dorsal pattern (
Figs. 530, 534
); procursus without distal pointed apophysis (
Figs. 533, 537
); cymbium with elongation (
Figs. 533, 537
)............................................................
cylindrogaster
group
- Abdomen with distinct dorsal pattern (
Figs. 699, 701, 703
); procursus with long distal pointed apophysis (
Figs. 706, 708
); cymbium without elongation (
Figs. 706, 708
)..................................................
thomensis
group
10 Procursus with long and slender distal process (
Figs. 402-404
); bulb with long pointed dorsal process on embolus (
Figs. 405, 406
).........................................................................................
S. lesserti
- Procursus with shorter distal process (e.g.
Figs. 487
,
500
,
609
); bulb without or with shorter dorsal process on embolus (e.g.
Figs. 503
,
658
,
698
).................................................................................. 11
11 Procursus distally strongly bent towards prolateral (e.g.,
Figs. 484
,
510
); valve in internal female genitalia medially barely widened and not clearly divided (
Figs. 460–474
)................................................
hypocrita
group
- Procursus distally not or only slightly bent towards prolateral (e.g.,
Figs. 651
,
657
,
675
); valve in internal female genitalia medially strongly widened and divided (
Figs. 593–607
).........................................
peregrinus
group