Triangulum Jiang & Li, 2022

Xin, Yafei, Jiang, Tongyao, Yao, Zhiyuan & Li, Shuqiang, 2022, Twenty new spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from Late Cretaceous Kachin amber (Myanmar), Zoological Systematics 47 (1), pp. 1-65 : 64

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.2022101

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1C62670D-1CEB-4A0C-8A12-D8824F6B61DA

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7172620

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/743FB854-0919-BC5A-B1F1-CD59FEC2FC95

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Triangulum Jiang & Li
status

gen. nov.

Genus † Triangulum Jiang & Li , gen. nov.

Type species. Triangulum thutai Jiang & Li , sp. nov.

Etymology. The generic name is derived from the Latin word “ triangulum ” meaning “triangle” referring to the shape of the carapace. The generic name is neutral.

Diagnosis. Triangulum Jiang & Li , gen. nov. can be distinguished from all other theridiid genera in Kachin amber by the characters of the carapace and the male palp. The carapace is triangular in lateral view. The palp has a large tegulum and subtegulum.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Theridiidae

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