Description of the female of the orb-weaver spider Testudinaria gravatai (Araneae: Araneidae)
Testudinaria Taczanowski, 1879 includes nine valid species; only four of these species have both sexes described. In this paper we describe the female of T. gravatai Levi, 2005, which can be recognized specially by the abdominal pattern of spots. Testudinaria gravatai Levi, 2005 is similar to T. qua...
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| description | Testudinaria Taczanowski, 1879 includes nine valid species; only four of these species have both sexes described. In this paper we describe the female of T. gravatai Levi, 2005, which can be recognized specially by the abdominal pattern of spots. Testudinaria gravatai Levi, 2005 is similar to T. quadripunctata Taczanowski, 1879, but can be distinguished from that species by the presence of a single median excavation on the upper margin of the epigynal atrium; by copulatory duct almost straight in the basal portion and narrower in the distal portion. We have based our description on a single available female, collected in Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil, a new locality record for the species. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-134128073238478c8358c22141b462342023-01-03T06:07:07ZengSociedade Brasileira de ZoologiaZoologia (Curitiba)1984-46701984-46892010-02-0127112813010.1590/S1984-46702010000100019Description of the female of the orb-weaver spider Testudinaria gravatai (Araneae: Araneidae)Renato Augusto TeixeiraArno Antonio LiseTestudinaria Taczanowski, 1879 includes nine valid species; only four of these species have both sexes described. In this paper we describe the female of T. gravatai Levi, 2005, which can be recognized specially by the abdominal pattern of spots. Testudinaria gravatai Levi, 2005 is similar to T. quadripunctata Taczanowski, 1879, but can be distinguished from that species by the presence of a single median excavation on the upper margin of the epigynal atrium; by copulatory duct almost straight in the basal portion and narrower in the distal portion. We have based our description on a single available female, collected in Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil, a new locality record for the species.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702010000100019Neotropical regionnew recordtaxonomy |
| spellingShingle | Renato Augusto Teixeira Arno Antonio Lise Description of the female of the orb-weaver spider Testudinaria gravatai (Araneae: Araneidae) Zoologia (Curitiba) Neotropical region new record taxonomy |
| title | Description of the female of the orb-weaver spider Testudinaria gravatai (Araneae: Araneidae) |
| title_full | Description of the female of the orb-weaver spider Testudinaria gravatai (Araneae: Araneidae) |
| title_fullStr | Description of the female of the orb-weaver spider Testudinaria gravatai (Araneae: Araneidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Description of the female of the orb-weaver spider Testudinaria gravatai (Araneae: Araneidae) |
| title_short | Description of the female of the orb-weaver spider Testudinaria gravatai (Araneae: Araneidae) |
| title_sort | description of the female of the orb weaver spider testudinaria gravatai araneae araneidae |
| topic | Neotropical region new record taxonomy |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702010000100019 |
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