Systematics and natural history of Barronopsis (Araneae: Agelenidae), with description of a new species
Author
Stocks, Ian Christopher
text
Zootaxa
2009
2270
1
38
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.190927
62c50144-8ec8-48c1-a07e-c2fb433d3533
1175-5326
190927
Barronopsis texana
species group
Composition.
B. texana
(
Gertsch 1934
)
,
B. jeffersi
(
Muma 1945
)
,
B. floridensis
(
Roth 1954
)
,
B. arturoi
Alayón 1993
.
Diagnosis.
Males: Number of loose embolic coils>2 (
Figs. 20–21
,
23
,
43
); tight embolic coils with free edges, apparently stacked bowls; sperm duct undulating (
Fig. 25
); no pale sternal stripe; CW> 1.08 (
Tab. 5
); aerial webs on trees, bushes, houses, buildings or handrails.
Females: Atrial guides tooth-like (
Figs. 51
,
57–58
), may be sharp and close together, or blunt and further spaced. No pale sternal stripe, but there may be a small, irregular pale spot. Larger spiders (
Tab. 5
), DSL usually>
3 mm
. Webs placed above ground, on trees, bushes, buildings.