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dc.contributor.authorFannes, W.
dc.date2013
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-15T10:05:38Z
dc.date.available2016-03-15T10:05:38Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/1742
dc.descriptionThe goblin spider genus <EM>Zyngoonops</EM> Benoit, 1977 is revised. The type and hitherto only species, <EM>Z. clandestinus</EM> Benoit from the Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R.C.), is redescribed on the basis of topotypical material. Nine new species are described from the D.R.C. (<EM>Z. moffetti</EM>, <EM>Z. redii</EM>, <EM>Z. goedaerti</EM>, <EM>Z. rockoxi</EM>, <EM>Z. beatriceae</EM>, <EM>Z. chambersi</EM>, <EM>Z. swammerdami</EM>, <EM>Z. marki</EM>) and the Central African Republic (<EM>Z. walcotti</EM>). Members of <EM>Zyngoonops</EM> show remarkable modifications of the sternum and pedicel tube: the sternum has two heavily sclerotized posterior extensions, and the pedicel tube has a protruding ventral lip. The female genitalia are complex, consisting of an epigastric scape, two uterine sclerites, and a long genital duct. In most species, the distal part of the duct is highly coiled. Males resemble those of <EM>Antoonops</EM> Fannes and Jocqué and <EM>Coxapopha</EM> Platnick in having elaborately modified endites, a pair of pleural flaps, and a carapace with extended anterolateral corners. The type species of <EM>Coxapopha</EM> is redescribed, and new images of the female genitalia of <EM>Antoonops</EM> and <EM>Coxapopha</EM> are provided. A cladistic analysis of morphological characters provides support for the monophyly of <EM>Zyngoonops</EM> and identifies <EM>Z. redii</EM> as the most basal species of the genus.
dc.languageeng
dc.titleThe goblin spider genus <EM>Zyngoonops</EM> (Araneae, Oonopidae), with notes on related taxa.
dc.typeArticle
dc.subject.frascatiBiological sciences
dc.audienceScientific
dc.subject.freeInvertebrates
dc.source.titleBulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
dc.source.volume379
dc.source.page1 117
Orfeo.peerreviewedYes
dc.identifier.urlhttp://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/6436
dc.identifier.rmca3194


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