Lycinus quilicura explained
Lycinus quilicura is a mygalomorph spider of Chile, named after its type locality: Quilicura, Región Metropolitana.[1] The species is distinguished from others in the genus by its distinctly long embolus.
Description
- Male: total length 21.2mm; cephalothorax length 9.7mm, width 8.3mm; cephalic region length 5.5mm, width 5.2mm; medial ocular quadrangle length 0.75mm, width 1.41mm; labium length 0.9mm, width 1.6mm; sternum length 5mm, width 4.05mm. Its labium and maxillae lack cuspules. A serrula is absent or quite reduced. Chelicerae: rastellum is weak, formed by long and stiff bristles; its fang furrow possesses 12 medium sized denticles. Cheliceral tumescence is rounded and flat. Its leg I and tibia are unmodified and lack an apophysis, while its metatarsus is straight. The entire spider is blackish brown and densely covered with a golden-brown pubescence; chevron (similar to L. gajardoi and other Chilean species of its genus) almost completely occluded by a very dark color and pubescence.
Distribution and Behaviour
Only from its type locality, Región Metropolitana.
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Notes and References
- Goloboff, Pablo A. "A revision of the South American spiders of the family Nemesiidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). Part 1, Species from Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay. Bulletin of the AMNH; no. 224." (1995).
