A new genus of Micromygalinae (Araneae, Microstigmatidae) from Brazil, with transfer of Masteriaemboaba Pedroso, Baptista & Bertani, 2015 and description of six new species

Abstract. The family Microstigmatidae is composed of two subfamilies, Microstigmatinae and Micromygalinae, seven genera and 16 species. Micromygalinae is monotypic, comprising the species Micromygalediblemma Platnick & Forster, 1982 from Panama. A new genus, Tonton is described as a new member o...

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Autores principales: Passanha, Victor, Cizauskas, Igor, Brescovit, Antonio D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6333731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30651710
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.814.29906
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Sumario:Abstract. The family Microstigmatidae is composed of two subfamilies, Microstigmatinae and Micromygalinae, seven genera and 16 species. Micromygalinae is monotypic, comprising the species Micromygalediblemma Platnick & Forster, 1982 from Panama. A new genus, Tonton is described as a new member of the Micromygalinae. Masteriaemboaba Pedroso, Baptista & Bertani, 2015, is transferred to the new genus and six new species from Brazil are described and attributed to Tontongen. n.: the type species, T.itabiritosp. n., T.quecasp. n., T.matodentrosp. n. and T.sapalosp. n., all from the state of Minas Gerais; T.ipiausp. n. from the state of Bahia and T.quiteriasp. n. from the state of Maranhão. Among the cavernicolous species, only T.itabiritosp. n. is considered troglobitic by the total absence of eyes.

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