Taxonomic notes on two sibling species of Metellina from Asia (Araneae, Tetragnathidae)

Abstract. Two sibling species, Metellina orientalis (Spassky, 1932) and M. kirgisica (Bakhvalov, 1974), occurring in the Middle East and Central Asia are redescribed and their distributions mapped. The previously unknown male of M. kirgisica is described for the first time. Stridulatory files on mal...

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Autores principales: Özkütük, Recep Sulhi, Marusik, Yuri M., Kunt, Kadir Boğaç, Elverici, Mert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5673836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29134007
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.695.13611
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Sumario:Abstract. Two sibling species, Metellina orientalis (Spassky, 1932) and M. kirgisica (Bakhvalov, 1974), occurring in the Middle East and Central Asia are redescribed and their distributions mapped. The previously unknown male of M. kirgisica is described for the first time. Stridulatory files on male chelicera of Metellina are also documented for the first time. The occurrence of M. kirgisica in Azerbaijan and Tajikistan and the presence of M. orientalis in Turkey are confirmed.

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