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Further study of two Chinese cave spiders (Araneae, Mysmenidae), with description of a new genus

Abstract. The current paper expands knowledge of two Chinese cave spider species originally described in the genus Maymena Gertsch, 1960: M. paquini Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 and M. kehen Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009. With the exception of these two species, the genus Maymena is endemic t...

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Autores principales: Feng, Chengcheng, Miller, Jeremy A., Lin, Yucheng, Shu, Yunfei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6694075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31423079
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.870.35971
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description Abstract. The current paper expands knowledge of two Chinese cave spider species originally described in the genus Maymena Gertsch, 1960: M. paquini Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 and M. kehen Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009. With the exception of these two species, the genus Maymena is endemic to the western hemisphere, and new evidence presented here supports the creation of a new genus for the Chinese species, which we name Yamanetagen. nov. The male of Y. kehen is described for the first time. Detailed illustrations of the habitus, male palps and epigyne are provided for these two species, as well as descriptions of their webs. DNA sequences are provided for both Yamaneta species. We build on a previously published phylogenetic analysis of Mysmenidae to assess the phylogenetic position of Yamaneta and its relationship to true Maymena.
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spelling pubmed-66940752019-08-16 Further study of two Chinese cave spiders (Araneae, Mysmenidae), with description of a new genus Feng, Chengcheng Miller, Jeremy A. Lin, Yucheng Shu, Yunfei Zookeys Research Article Abstract. The current paper expands knowledge of two Chinese cave spider species originally described in the genus Maymena Gertsch, 1960: M. paquini Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 and M. kehen Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009. With the exception of these two species, the genus Maymena is endemic to the western hemisphere, and new evidence presented here supports the creation of a new genus for the Chinese species, which we name Yamanetagen. nov. The male of Y. kehen is described for the first time. Detailed illustrations of the habitus, male palps and epigyne are provided for these two species, as well as descriptions of their webs. DNA sequences are provided for both Yamaneta species. We build on a previously published phylogenetic analysis of Mysmenidae to assess the phylogenetic position of Yamaneta and its relationship to true Maymena. Pensoft Publishers 2019-08-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6694075/ /pubmed/31423079 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.870.35971 Text en Chengcheng Feng, Jeremy A. Miller, Yucheng Lin, Yunfei Shu http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Further study of two Chinese cave spiders (Araneae, Mysmenidae), with description of a new genus
title Further study of two Chinese cave spiders (Araneae, Mysmenidae), with description of a new genus
title_full Further study of two Chinese cave spiders (Araneae, Mysmenidae), with description of a new genus
title_fullStr Further study of two Chinese cave spiders (Araneae, Mysmenidae), with description of a new genus
title_full_unstemmed Further study of two Chinese cave spiders (Araneae, Mysmenidae), with description of a new genus
title_short Further study of two Chinese cave spiders (Araneae, Mysmenidae), with description of a new genus
title_sort further study of two chinese cave spiders (araneae, mysmenidae), with description of a new genus
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6694075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31423079
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.870.35971
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