Typhochrestus ikarianus, V. & Tanasevitch, 2011
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5962/bhl.part.117799 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FA87DB-FFA5-4609-2D8D-ABB3D1D427B3 |
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treatment provided by |
Carolina |
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scientific name |
Typhochrestus ikarianus |
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sp. nov. |
Typhochrestus ikarianus View in CoL sp. n. Figs 125-129
HOLOTYPE: Ƌ, Greece, Ikaria , route Monokampi - Evdilos, near Monokampi, 400 m a.s.l., 22.XI.1991, leg. B. Hauser [ZS-91/39].
PARATYPE: 1 Ƌ, Greece, Ikaria , route Aghios Kirykos - Oxea, near Oxea, under stones, 500 m a.s.l., 22.XI.1991, leg. B. Hauser [ZS-91/37] .
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name, an adjective, is derived from the name of the
Greek island where the new species was found.
DIAGNOSIS: The species is characterised by the shape of the palpal tibia and the absence of the anterior radical process in the embolic division.
DESCRIPTION: Male paratype. Total length 1.58. Carapace modified as shown in Figs 125 & 126, 0.75 long, 0.53 wide, pale brown with indistinct radial bands. Chelicerae 0.20 long, unmodified. Both holotype and paratype have white, almost transparent (probably bleach) legs. Leg I 2.10 long (0.60+0.15+0.60+0.45+0.30), IV 2.18 long (0.60+0.18+0.60+0.50+0.30). Chaetotaxy unclear because spines lost. Trichobothria on legs not found. Palp (Figs 127-129): Distal part of palpal tibia elongated and claw-shaped. Protegulum conical, membraneous. Radix without anterior radical process. Embolus with a wide membraneous edge, coiled. Abdomen 0.83 long, 0.55 wide, grey.
TAXONOMIC REMARKS: The new species belongs to a group of species which is characterized by the absence of the tail-shaped anterior radical process and seems to be FIGS 125-129
Typhochrestus ikarianus sp. n., Ƌ paratype from Oxea , Greece. (125, 126) Carapace , lateral and dorsal view, respectively. (127, 128) Right palp, retrolateral and prolateral view, respectively. (129) Palpal tibia, dorsal view .
most similar to T. simoni Lessert, 1907 , but well distinguished by the shape of the palpal tibia and by the absence of the lateral tooth on it.
DISTRIBUTION: Known from Ikaria Island only.
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