Raveniolayangren sp. n., a new troglobiontic spider from Hunan, China (Araneae, Nemesiidae)

BACKGROUND: Troglomorphism is rare known in Mygalomorphae. Only three troglomorphic mygalomorphs have been recorded in China: Raveniolabeelzebub Lin & Li, 2020, R.lamia Yu & Zhang, 2021 and Sinopesagollum Lin & Li, 2021. NEW INFORMATION: A new troglobiontic species of the genus Raveniola...

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Autores principales: Lin, Ye-Jie, Yan, Xunyou, Li, Shuqiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2022
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Taxonomy & Inventories
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9848455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36761515
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e85946
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author Lin, Ye-Jie
Yan, Xunyou
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description BACKGROUND: Troglomorphism is rare known in Mygalomorphae. Only three troglomorphic mygalomorphs have been recorded in China: Raveniolabeelzebub Lin & Li, 2020, R.lamia Yu & Zhang, 2021 and Sinopesagollum Lin & Li, 2021. NEW INFORMATION: A new troglobiontic species of the genus Raveniola is described from China: R.yangren sp. n. (female) from Hunan. Photos and morphological description of the new species are given.This new species has elongated appendages and degenerated eyes in order to adapt to the cave environment. It can be distinguished by the stubby, unbranched spermathecae from other Raveniola.
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spelling pubmed-98484552023-02-08 Raveniolayangren sp. n., a new troglobiontic spider from Hunan, China (Araneae, Nemesiidae) Lin, Ye-Jie Yan, Xunyou Li, Shuqiang Biodivers Data J Taxonomy & Inventories BACKGROUND: Troglomorphism is rare known in Mygalomorphae. Only three troglomorphic mygalomorphs have been recorded in China: Raveniolabeelzebub Lin & Li, 2020, R.lamia Yu & Zhang, 2021 and Sinopesagollum Lin & Li, 2021. NEW INFORMATION: A new troglobiontic species of the genus Raveniola is described from China: R.yangren sp. n. (female) from Hunan. Photos and morphological description of the new species are given.This new species has elongated appendages and degenerated eyes in order to adapt to the cave environment. It can be distinguished by the stubby, unbranched spermathecae from other Raveniola. Pensoft Publishers 2022-05-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9848455/ /pubmed/36761515 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e85946 Text en Ye-Jie Lin, Xunyou Yan, Shuqiang Li https://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.
spellingShingle Taxonomy & Inventories
Lin, Ye-Jie
Yan, Xunyou
Li, Shuqiang
Raveniolayangren sp. n., a new troglobiontic spider from Hunan, China (Araneae, Nemesiidae)
title Raveniolayangren sp. n., a new troglobiontic spider from Hunan, China (Araneae, Nemesiidae)
title_full Raveniolayangren sp. n., a new troglobiontic spider from Hunan, China (Araneae, Nemesiidae)
title_fullStr Raveniolayangren sp. n., a new troglobiontic spider from Hunan, China (Araneae, Nemesiidae)
title_full_unstemmed Raveniolayangren sp. n., a new troglobiontic spider from Hunan, China (Araneae, Nemesiidae)
title_short Raveniolayangren sp. n., a new troglobiontic spider from Hunan, China (Araneae, Nemesiidae)
title_sort raveniolayangren sp. n., a new troglobiontic spider from hunan, china (araneae, nemesiidae)
topic Taxonomy & Inventories
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9848455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36761515
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e85946
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