Gliding canopy flatties and relatives from the Selenops banksi group (Araneae: Selenopidae)
Author
Crews, Sarah C.
Author
Galvis, William
Author
Esposito, Lauren A.
text
Journal of Natural History
2021
2021-03-11
54
35 - 36
2343
2365
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2020.1844914
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2020.1844914
1464-5262
5029271
EBB43509-9E17-4F75-920A-BE332F014705
Selenops banksi
group
Muma, 1953
Diagnosis
Males of the
Selenops banksi
group can be distinguished from other species by the short embolus beginning around 8–9 o’clock, and having an embolic apophysis which is obscured by the embolus in ventral view (
Figures 3
(a–h) and 5(a–f)). Females of the group can be separated from other species by the strongly sclerotised copulatory ducts with several turns, with inconspicuous primary spermathecae, a median lobe or septum, and medially located epigynal pockets (
Figure 6
(a–d, f–g)). Both males and females have the sternum longer than wide and the labium truncated with rounded anterior edges (
Figure 2
(g,k–l, q)).