Parbatthorax

Parbatthorax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Parbatthorax
Tanasevitch, 2019[1]
Type species
P. unicornis
Tanasevitch, 2019
Species
  • Parbatthorax proiectus Irfan & Peng, 2019
  • Parbatthorax unicornis Tanasevitch, 2019
The general location of the Himalayas mountain range

Parbatthorax is a small genus of Asian sheet weavers first described by A. V. Tanasevitch in 2019.[2] As of April 2022 it contains only two species: P. proiectus and P. unicornis.[1] Its appearance resembles members of Gongylidioides and Glebala, but it can be distinguished by the unique shape of its carapace and a highly modified palpal tibia and paracymbium. The genus name is a combination of the Parbat District, where the first specimen was found, and the "thorax", whose unique shape is one of its distinguishing factors.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Parbatthorax Tanasevitch, 2019". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  2. ^ a b Tanasevitch, A. V. (2019). "A new erigonine genus from the Nepal Himalayas (Araneae, Linyphiidae)". Turkish Journal of Zoology. 43 (2): 229–232. doi:10.3906/zoo-1801-40. S2CID 91668519.

Further reading

  • Irfan, M.; Peng, X. J. (2019). "The genus Parbatthorax Tanasevitch, 2019 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) new to China, with a new species from the Gaoligong Mountains". European Journal of Taxonomy (555): 1–19. doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.555. S2CID 204253700.
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