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Lapsias
About: Lapsias is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2 publications have been published within this topic receiving 5 citations.
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TL;DR: Five new species of lapsiine jumping spiders from Ecuador are described, including the first Lapsias Simon from outside Venezuela, and some of these new species maymerit separate genera when the group's phylogeny is better known.
Abstract: Five new species of lapsiine jumping spiders from Ecuador are described, including the first Lapsias Simon from outsideVenezuela. Lapsias lorax, sp. nov. is known from a cloud forest just west of Quito. A new species from the slopes of Vol-can Sumaco is tentatively assigned to Lapsias, Lapsias guamani sp. nov. Lapsias canandea, sp. nov. is the first lapsiinedescribed from the lowlands west of the Andes. The genus Lapsias is poorly defined, and some of these new species maymerit separate genera when the group's phylogeny is better known. Two new species of Thrandina Maddison are describedfrom about 2000 m elevation, Thrandina cosanga sp. nov. from the eastern slopes of the Andes, and Thrandina bellavista sp. nov. from the western slopes. New illustrations are provided for the already-described Thrandina parocula Maddison. Photographs of living individuals are presented for all species.
4 citations
TL;DR: A new spider genus and species from México and Guatemala, Amilaps mayanagen, is described, distinct from other members of the jumping spider tribe Lapsiini by its four retromarginal cheliceral teeth and the large sclerite cradling the embolus.
Abstract: A new spider genus and species from Mexico and Guatemala, Amilaps mayanagen. et sp. nov., is described, distinct from other members of the jumping spider tribe Lapsiini (subfamily Spartaeinae) by its four retromarginal cheliceral teeth and the large sclerite cradling the embolus. It is the first living lapsiine known outside of South America. This tribe has received attention recently for new species and genera in Ecuador and Brazil, but Simon's original four species of Lapsias, described from Venezuela in 1900 and 1901, remain relatively poorly known. Accordingly, new illustrations of Simon's type material are given, and a lectotype is designated for L. cyrboides Simon, 1900. The three forms of females in Simon's material from Colonia Tovar, Aragua, are reviewed and illustrated, and they are a tentatively matched with the three male lectotypes of his species from the same location.
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