Wulfila O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895

Rivera-Quiroz, F. Andrés & Álvarez-Padilla, Fernando, 2019, Description of five new Wulfila (Araneae, Anyphaenidae) species from Mexico with comments on the taxonomy of the genus, Zootaxa 4712 (2), pp. 269-289 : 271

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4712.2.6

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:67D13AB4-2D2B-4897-93D2-2A60FD68CCCB

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5921822

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E59E2F-FFEB-8804-45E8-B92AC1CC58DB

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scientific name

Wulfila O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895
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Genus Wulfila O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 View in CoL View at ENA

Diagnosis: Wulfila can be distinguished from other anyphaenid genera by the combination of the following characters: pale green coloration (turning to pale yellow or white); AME much smaller than ALE; first pair of legs about 1/3 longer than legs II; male palp with a conspicuous, long, flattened bRTA originating from the base of the segment, bulb with a tegular ventral projection (PTV) extending apically, a posterior tegular projection (PTP) at least half as long as the PTV, a short and complex MA and a filiform embolus; female epigynes usually bulging ventrally and posteriorly over the epigastric furrow, copulatory ducts variable, either short and S-shaped with small accessory bulbs or relatively long and with sac-like modifications, spermathecae oval to sub-spherical, fertilization ducts projecting anteriorly.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Anyphaenidae

SubFamily

Anyphaeninae

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