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A review of the holarctic genus tmeticus menge, 1868 (araneae, linyphiidae), with a description of a new genus

ZooKeys (2010) 59 15-37
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.59.508
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Abstract

Eight species attributed to Tmeticus are reviewed; five are redescribed and illustrated: T. affinis (Blackwall, 1885), T. bipunctis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906), T. nigriceps Kulczyn ́ski, 1916, T. ornatus (Emerton, 1914) and T. tolli Kulczyn ́ski, 1908. The new genus, Paratmeticus gen. n. is erected for T. bipunctis, and a new combination is established: Paratmeticus bipunctis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906), comb. n. Three species names: Gongylidium vile Kulczyn ́ski, 1885, syn. n., Tmeticus difficilis Kulczyn ́ski, 1926, syn. n. and. T. dubius Kulczyński, 1926, syn. n., are synonymized with T. tolli Kulczyński, 1908. Although G. vile has date priority over T. tolli it is synonymized because of the lack of usage. Three species from Japan attributed o Tmeticus: T. neserigonoides Saito & Ono, 2001, T. nigerrimus Saito & Ono, 2001 and T. vulcanicus saito & Ono, 2001 are not related to T. affinis, the type species of the genus, and their affinities remain unclear. The male of T. nigriceps is described for the first time.©Y.M. Marusik, S. Koponen.

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  • Figures 1–4. Copulatory organs of Tmeticus affi nis. 1 male palp, retrolateral view 2 palpal tibia, dorsolateral view 3 whole male palp, retrolateral view 4 epigyne, ventral view. (scale bar 0.1 mm).
  • Figures 5–9. Copulatory organs of Tmeticus affi nis. 5 male palp, retrolateral view 2 male palp, prolateral view 7 male palp, dorsal view 8 epigyne, caudal view 9 epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: Pt – protegulum; Ta – tibial apophysis; Ts – tegular sac.
  • Figures 10–20. Habitus and epigyne of Tmeticus affi nis (10–11, 19), Paratmeticus bipunctis (12–14), Tmeticus tolli (15–16, 20), T. ornatus (17) and T. nigriceps (18). 10, 12, 14–16 male habitus, dorsal view 11, 13 female general appearance, dorsal view 14, 17–20 epigyne, ventral view 15–16 diff erence in the size between males from the same sample. (scale bar 0. 2 mm, if not otherwise indicated).
  • Figures 21–26. Habitus of Tmeticus ornatus (21–22), T. nigriceps (23–24) and T. tolli (25–26). 21, 23, 25 male, dorsal view 22, 24, 26 female, dorsal view.
  • Figures 27–31. Copulatory organs of Tmeticus tolli. 27 male palp, retrolateral view 28 palpal tibia, dorso-lateral view 29 bulbus, prolateral view 30 – whole male palp, retrolateral view 31 epigyne, ventral view.
  • Figures 32–34. Copulatory organs of Tmeticus tolli. 32 male palp, retrolateral view 33 epigyne, ventral view 34 epigyne, caudal view. Abbreviations: Ap – anterior radial process; Me – embolic membrane; Ts – tegular sac.
  • Figures 35–39. Copulatory organs and male carapace of Tmeticus nigriceps. 35 male palp, retrolateral view 36 palpal tibia, dorso-lateral view 37 whole male palp, retrolateral view 38 male carapace, dorsal view 39 epigyne, ventral view. (scale bar 0.1 mm).
  • Figures 40–44. Copulatory organs of Tmeticus nigriceps. 40 male palp, retrolateral view 41 male palp, prolateral view 42 male palp, dorso-prolateral view 43 epigyne, ventral view 44 epigyne, caudal view. Abbreviations: Ap – anterior radial process; Em – embolus proper; Me – embolic membrane; Ts – tegular sac.

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Marusik, Y. M., & Koponen, S. (2010). A review of the holarctic genus tmeticus menge, 1868 (araneae, linyphiidae), with a description of a new genus. ZooKeys, 59, 15–37. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.59.508

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