A survey of the Sumatran Ctenidae (Araneae). 4. A new species of Acantheis Thorell, 1891 with unique copulatory organs morphology
A new species, Acantheis kazantsevae sp. nov., is described from Sumatra Island (Indonesia) on the basis of both sexes. The male of the new species possesses unusual palp with a twisted tegular apophysis having two arms: a large boomerang-shaped anterior one and a posterior one with a deep cavity. Diagnosis, description and illustrations are provided. Systematic placement of the new species within Acantheis Thorell, 1891 is discussed.
Authors
- Alexander A. Fomichev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9268-622X)
- Mikhail M. Omelko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1556-6248)
- Yuri M. Marusik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4499-5148)
Institutions
- Russian Academy of Sciences (RU)
- Altai State University (RU)
- Far Eastern University (TH)
- National Research Tomsk State University (RU)
- Far Eastern Federal University (RU)
- University of the Free State (ZA)
- Institute of Biological Problems of the North (RU)
- Evolutionary Genomics (United States) (US)
- Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity FEB RAS (RU)
- Clinvet (ZA)
- Magadan Research Institute of Agriculture (RU)
- Vladivostok State University (RU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2024-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5536.3.9
- Primary Topic
- Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00