Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya
A new genus and three new species of the spider family Palpimanidae Thorell, 1870 from Kenya are described. Sceliscelis Oketch & Li, gen. nov. is close to Sarascelis Simon, 1887 and Scelidocteus Simon, 1907 but differs in the structure of the male palp. The new species reported are Sceli...
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| author | Ambata D. Oketch Sergei Zonstein Esther N. Kioko Shuqiang Li |
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| description | A new genus and three new species of the spider family Palpimanidae Thorell, 1870 from Kenya are described. Sceliscelis Oketch & Li, gen. nov. is close to Sarascelis Simon, 1887 and Scelidocteus Simon, 1907 but differs in the structure of the male palp. The new species reported are Sceliscelis marshi Oketch & Li, sp. nov., Scelidocteus taitave Oketch & Li, sp. nov., and Hybosida machondogo Oketch & Li, sp. nov. Sceliscelis marshi sp. nov. is described from males and females collected from Tsavo in south Kenya. Scelidocteus taitave sp. nov. can be distinguished from other congeners, as well as from the morphologically similar Scelidomachus socotranus Pocock, 1899, by the shape of the palpal “conductor”. Hybosida machondogo sp. nov. differs from other six-eyed Hybosida spp. by possessing rudimentary posterior median eyes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a08e1156f5ca4432a6138800c4a87bd02022-12-22T01:07:23ZengPensoft PublishersAfrican Invertebrates2305-25622020-07-016129310610.3897/afrinvertebr.61.5400454004Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from KenyaAmbata D. Oketch0Sergei Zonstein1Esther N. Kioko2Shuqiang Li3National Museums of KenyaUniversity of VendaNational Museums of KenyaInstitute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of SciencesA new genus and three new species of the spider family Palpimanidae Thorell, 1870 from Kenya are described. Sceliscelis Oketch & Li, gen. nov. is close to Sarascelis Simon, 1887 and Scelidocteus Simon, 1907 but differs in the structure of the male palp. The new species reported are Sceliscelis marshi Oketch & Li, sp. nov., Scelidocteus taitave Oketch & Li, sp. nov., and Hybosida machondogo Oketch & Li, sp. nov. Sceliscelis marshi sp. nov. is described from males and females collected from Tsavo in south Kenya. Scelidocteus taitave sp. nov. can be distinguished from other congeners, as well as from the morphologically similar Scelidomachus socotranus Pocock, 1899, by the shape of the palpal “conductor”. Hybosida machondogo sp. nov. differs from other six-eyed Hybosida spp. by possessing rudimentary posterior median eyes.https://africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/article/54004/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Ambata D. Oketch Sergei Zonstein Esther N. Kioko Shuqiang Li Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya African Invertebrates |
| title | Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya |
| title_full | Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya |
| title_short | Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya |
| title_sort | description of a new genus and three new species of the family palpimanidae arachnida araneae from kenya |
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