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Xiruana minacu Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Oliveira, Luiz Fernando M., Brescovit, Antonio D. (2015): A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical spider genus Xiruana Brescovit 1997 (Araneae: Anyphaenidae, Anyphaeninae). Zootaxa 3980 (2): 201-229, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3980.2.3

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Arachnida
order
Araneae
family
Anyphaenidae
genus
Xiruana
species
Xiruana minacu

diagnosis

Diagnosis. The females of Xiruana minacu n. sp. differ from all other females in the genus by the sub-square anterior border of the epigynal plate and by the thicker anterior portion of the copulatory ducts (Figs 13 A, B).

etymology

Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

materials_examined

Other material examined. Only the holotype.

materials_examined

Type material. Female holotype from Usina Hidrelétrica Serra da Mesa (13 ° 31 ’ 58 ” S; 48 ° 13 ’ 12 ” W), Minaçu, Goiás, Brazil, 18 – 30. XI. 1996, A. B. Bonaldo, L. Moura leg., deposited in MCN 27961.

Name

Homonyms
Xiruana minacu Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015
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