A new species of Hortipes (Araneae, Corinnidae), the first spider with an insertable retrolateral tibial apophysis on the male palp
- Hortipes gigapophysalis (Araneae, Corinnidae) is a new species described from both sexes from montane forest on Mt Nimba, eastern Guinea. The species is remarkable for its long, whip-shaped retrolateral tibial apophysis (RTA) on the male palp. The structure apparently has an insertable function as the epigyne of the female contains a separate set of ducts starting from a central concavity that is unique in the genus. This duct system is apparently meant to receive the supple RTA. This type of structural arrangement has never previously been found in spiders.
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| Author: | Rudy JocquéGND, Jan Bosselaers, Arnaud HenrardORCiD |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-327031 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2012.26 |
| Parent Title (English): | European journal of taxonomy : 26 |
| Series (Serial Number): | European journal of taxonomy : EJT (26) |
| Publisher: | Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
| Place of publication: | Paris |
| Document Type: | Part of Periodical |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2012/10/31 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2012/10/31 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2013/12/18 |
| Tag: | Corinnidae; Guinea; Mt Nimba; genitalia; morphology |
| Page Number: | 11 |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 11 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 362948801 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0 |
