All creatures great and small: two new synonymies in the Saint Helenian endemic genus Tecution Benoit, 1977 (Araneae: Miturgidae)

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Authors
Sherwood, D.
Henrard, A.
Fowler, L.
Discipline
Biological sciences
Subject
Biological collection and data management
Audience
Scientific
Date
2023
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The type material of three species of the endemic genus Tecution Benoit, 1977 on Saint Helena are re-examined. Tecution helenicola Benoit, 1977 syn. nov. and Tecution mellissi (O. Pickard- Cambridge, 1873) syn. nov. are synonymized with Tecution planum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873), based on identical palpal morphology and the discovery of a gradient of cheliceral size variation in a large amount of non-type material from Saint Helena Island. A brief discussion on the habitat and ecology of T. planum is provided.
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Sherwood, D.; Henrard, A.; Fowler, L.; Ashmoles, P. (2023). All creatures great and small: two new synonymies in the Saint Helenian endemic genus Tecution Benoit, 1977 (Araneae: Miturgidae). , Arachnology, Vol. 19(5), 780 787, ISSN: Print ISSN: 2050-9928 / Online ISSN: 2050-9936,
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issn: Print ISSN: 2050-9928 / Online ISSN: 2050-9936
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Article
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Language
eng