Brasilionata Explained

Brasilionata is a genus of Brazilian spiders first described by Wunderlich in 1995. It is represented by a single species, B. arborense.[1] [2] The defining characteristics of this genus include a homogeneous color pattern on the back of the abdomen, setae on the cymbial fold the same size as other setae, a space between the anterior median eyes, and a pointed switch on the end of the palpal bulb similar to that of Microdipoena. Only two specimens have been identified, one in 1995 and another in 2015.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mysmenidae. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2017-04-10.
  2. German. 1995. Wunderlich. J.. Drei bisher unbekannte Arten und Gattungen der Familie Anapidae (s.l.) aus Süd-Afrika, Brasilien und Malaysia (Arachnida: Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie. 4. 543–551.
  3. Hormiga. G.. Lopardo. L.. 2015. Out of the twilight zone: phylogeny and evolutionary morphology of the orb-weaving spider family Mysmenidae, with a focus on spinneret spigot morphology in symphytognathoids (Araneae, Araneoidea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 173. 3. 784. 10.1111/zoj.12199. free.

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