Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera
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Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G.
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Rosas, MARÍA V.
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Contreras-Ramos, Atilano
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Zootaxa
2013
3666
171
193
http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
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zt03666p193
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2
Key to the genera of
Spintharinae
(Modified from Levi & Levi 1962)
1. Opisthosoma straight in lateral view, with median or posterior humps (Fig. 8D-F)............................
Episinus
- Opisthosoma inclined or vertical in lateral view, with humps on anterior, median or posterior position, on all three positions, or missing (Figs. 8A-C, 9A-D, 10A-D)......................................................................2
2. Eyes in dorsal view in two parallel rows (Saaristo 2006, figs. 45-47)........................................
Moneta
- Eyes in dorsal view with a different arrangement (procurved or recurved) (Fig. 6A-D)...............................3
3. Posterior median eyes close to laterals (closer to laterals than with each other) (Fig. 6C, D) ...................
Stemmops
- Posterior median eyes far from laterals (closer between each other than with respect to laterals) (Fig. 6A, B)............4
4. Opisthosoma higher than wide (in lateral view) (Levi & Levi 1962, fig. 212)..............................
Thwaitesia
- Opisthosoma longer than wide (in lateral view) .............................................................. 5
5. Carapace flat and almost circular in outline (in dorsal view) (Levi 1954b, figs. 46,47).......................
Spintharus
- Carapace convex, sometimes highest in thoracic region, subtriangular in outline (in dorsal view) (Levi 1954a, figs. 10, 11, 19-25)........................................................................................
Chrosiothes