The spider genus Kukulcania in South America (Araneae: Filistatidae): a redescription of K. brevipes (Keyserling) and new records of K. hibernalis (Hentz)
Author
Brescovit, Antonio D.
Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, Butantã, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, CEP 05503 - 900. E-mail: adbresc @ terra. com. br
Author
Santos, Adalberto J.
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antonio Carlos, 6627. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. CEP 31270 - 901. E-mail: oxyopes @ yahoo. com
text
Zootaxa
2013
2013-11-06
3734
3
301
316
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3734.3.1
1175-5326
5275639
7317B702-B3AC-4DFF-90AA-BFEB44B7F6E1
Genus
Kukulcania
Lehtinen, 1967
Type
species
,
Filistata hibernalis
Hentz, 1842
.
Diagnosis
.
This genus belongs to the Filistatinae and differ from other Neotropical filistatids by great size (
7–25 mm
), calamistrum with setae on the sulcated area, conspicuous fovea, tarsal spines, and male palp with elongated tibiae and cymbium not fused to the tegulum (
Ramírez & Grismado 1997
;
2008
).