Two new species of Scotinella Banks, 1911 (Araneae: Phrurolithidae) from Mexico, with a discussion on the female genitalic morphology and intraspecific variation
Author
Chamé-Vázquez, David
0000-0003-3433-153X
Laboratorio de Aracnología y Entomología, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S. C., La Paz, 23096, Baja California Sur, México & chamevazquez @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3433 - 153 X
chamevazquez@gmail.com
Author
Guzmán-García, Carlos Ernesto
0009-0006-9540-4041
Laboratorio de Entomología “ Biol. Sócrates Cisneros Paz ”, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. Morelia, 58004, Michoacán, México & zlatan _ 512 @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0006 - 9540 - 4041
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Author
Maldonado-Carrizales, Juan
0000-0002-1320-7372
Laboratorio de Entomología “ Biol. Sócrates Cisneros Paz ”, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. Morelia, 58004, Michoacán, México & jumaca 994 @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1320 - 7372
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-09-28
5351
4
453
466
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.4.3
journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.5351.4.3
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Genus:
Scotinella
Banks, 1911
Type
species.
Scotinella pallida
Banks, 1911
Remarks.
See
Dondale & Redner (1982)
,
Penniman (1985)
, and
Chamé-Vázquez & Jiménez (2022)
for diagnostic characteristics and discussions on the conformation of the copulatory organs. Only two of the eight Mexican species are known from both sexes:
S. coahuilana
(Gertsch & Davis, 1940)
and
S. elpotosi
Chamé-Vázquez & Jiménez, 2022
(
World Spider Catalog 2023
). Furthermore, the Mexican species
S. adjacens
(Gertsch & Davis, 1940)
,
S. approximata
(Gertsch & Davis, 1940)
,
S. tamaulipana
(Gertsch & Davis, 1940)
, and
S tepejicana
(Gertsch & Davis, 1940)
are known from males only, while
S. debilis
(Gertsch & Davis, 1940)
and
S. diversa
(Gertsch & Davis, 1940)
are known from females only.