Triaeris fako Platnick, Dupérré, Ubick, and Fannes 2012
- Dataset
- Got Males?: The Enigmatic Goblin Spider Genus Triaeris (Araneae, Oonopidae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Platnick, Norman I., Dupérré, Nadine, Ubick, Darrell, Fannes, Wouter (2012): Got Males?: The Enigmatic Goblin Spider Genus Triaeris (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 2012 (3756): 1-36, DOI: 10.1206/3756.2, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/3756.2
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Oonopidae
- genus
- Triaeris
- species
- Triaeris fako
description
Figures 47 – 53
description
MALE: Unknown. FEMALE (PBI _ OON 3483, figs. 47 – 53): Total length 1.97. Carapace pale orange, sides finely reticulate. ALE largest, separated by their radius to diameter; posterior eye row procurved from front. Sternum, mouthparts pale orange. Dorsal scutum pale orange, covering half to 3 / 4 of abdomen length, more than half to most of abdomen width. Postepigastric scutum pale orange, with short, posteriorly directed lateral apodemes. Legs pale orange, without color pattern. Leg spination: patella I v 1 p- 1 r- 2; tibiae: I, II v 2 - 4 - 0; IV v 0 - 0 - 1 p. Genital atrium small, triangular, with transverse sclerotization; anterior receptaculum short, wide, with rounded tip; posterior receptaculum elongated, distally curled, with substantial terminal squiggle. OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.
diagnosis
DIAGNOSIS: Female can be recognized by the extremely long, distally curled posterior receptaculum, which has a substantial “ squiggle ” at its posterior end (figs. 52, 53).
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon.
distribution
Triaeris fako, new species Figures 47 – 53
etymology
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.
materials_examined
TYPE: Female holotype taken at an elevation of 400 m at a site 1.4 km NE of Etome, 4 ° 02 ′ 58.58 ″ N, 9 ° 07 ′ 31.43 ″ E, Limbe Subdivision, Fako Division, South-West Province, Cameroon (Jan. 13 – 19, 1992; S. Larcher, G. Hormiga, J. Coddington, C. Griswold, C. Wanzie), deposited in CAS (9046579, PBI _ OON 3483).