Stenoterommata

Stenoterommata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Nemesiidae
Genus: Stenoterommata
Holmberg, 1881[1]

Stenoterommata is a genus of spiders in the family Nemesiidae, found in eastern South America.[1]

Taxonomy

The genus was erected by E. L. Holmberg in 1881, with the type species Stenoterommata platensis.[1] Holmberg explained that the genus name referred to the fact that the posterior eyes of the species were narrower than any other species in Argentina.[2] The name Stenoterommata is a Latinized form of stenoterommatos, an adjective derived from Greek, meaning "narrower eyed", and is feminine,[1] as it implicitly modifies aranea, "spider".

Species

As of April 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

  • Stenoterommata arnolisei Indicatti et al., 2008 – Brazil
  • Stenoterommata crassistyla Goloboff, 1995 – Uruguay, Argentina
  • Stenoterommata curiy Indicatti et al., 2008 – Brazil
  • Stenoterommata grimpa Indicatti et al., 2008 – Brazil
  • Stenoterommata iguazu Goloboff, 1995 – Argentina
  • Stenoterommata leporina (Simon, 1891) – Brazil
  • Stenoterommata maculata (Bertkau, 1880) – Brazil
  • Stenoterommata melloleitaoi Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2004 – Brazil
  • Stenoterommata palmar Goloboff, 1995 – Brazil, Argentina
  • Stenoterommata platensis Holmberg, 1881 (type species) – Argentina
  • Stenoterommata quena Goloboff, 1995 – Argentina
  • Stenoterommata tenuistyla Goloboff, 1995 – Argentina
  • Stenoterommata uruguai Goloboff, 1995 – Argentina

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Gen. Stenoterommata Holmberg, 1881", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), retrieved 2016-04-16
  2. Holmberg, E.L. (1881), "Géneros y especies de arácnidos argentinos nuevos ó poco conocidos", Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina 11: 125–133


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