Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera
Author
Durán-Barrón, César G.
Author
Rosas, María V.
Author
Contreras-Ramos, Atilano
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Zootaxa
2013
3666
2
171
193
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3666.2.4
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1175-5326
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Spintharinae Hentz, 1850
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The subfamily
Spintharinae
is conformed by the genera
Chrosiothes
Simon, 1894
;
Episinus
Walckenaer
, in Latreille, 1809;
Moneta
O. P.-Cambridge, 1870;
Spintharus
Hentz, 1850
;
Thwaitesia
O. P.-Cambridge, 1881 and
Stemmops
O. P.-Cambridge, 1894. Unambiguous synapomorphies include (Agnarsson 2004): conductor huge and folded (Agnarsson 2004, fig. 46A–D; fig. 90F–G), cheliceral base thin (Agnarsson 2004, fig. 84C), colulus small or replaced by two setae (Agnarsson 2004, fig. 70A), tarsal comb bristles with dorsal margin notched (Agnarsson 2004, fig. 84E), web modified (Agnarsson 2004, fig. 97A), and outermost fiber of the egg sac loosely spun (Agnarsson 2004, fig. 88C).