The subfamily Eutichurinae in the Neotropical region, with the revision of the genus Eutichurus Simon, 1896 (Araneae, Miturgidae)
Iheringia Serie Zoologia
1994
Journal Article
76
101-159
Parque Nacional del Manu Morphology Physiology Systematics Taxonomy Arachnida Chelicerata Arthropoda Invertebrata Animalia Eutichurus animals arthropods chelicerates invertebrates nomenclature redescription synonymy new species Madre de Dios Bibliography
The subfamily Eutichurinae is diagnosed and characterized. Eight species of Eutichurus Simon, 1896 are redescribed: E. ferox Simon, 1896, type species; E. furcifer Kraus, 1955; E. lizeri Mello-Leitao, 1938; E. luridus Simon, 1896: E. ravidus Simon, 1896; E. sigillatus Chickering, 1937; E. putus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898; and E. tropicus (L. Koch, 1866). Fifteen new species are described: E. arnoi, E. brescoviti, E. marquesae, and E. valderramai, all from Colombia; E. pallatanga from Ecuador; E. silvae from Ecuador and Peru; E. abiseo, E. cuzco, E. madre, E. manu, E. saylapampa, E. yalen and E. zarate, all from Peru; E. ibiuna and E. itamaraju from Brazil. Radulphius Keyserling, 1891 is characterized on the base of R. bicolor Keyserling, 1891, type species, and R. camacan n. sp.. both from Brazil. Ericaella new genus is proposed for Eutichurus longipes Chickering, 1937, type species from Panama, and Ericaella samiria n. sp. from Peru. The male of Eutichurus putus and the females of E. sigillatus, E. furcifer and Ericaella longipes, comb. n., are described for the first time. Lectotypes and paralectotypes are designated for Eutichurus ferox, E. ravidus and E. luridus. Three specific names are synonymyzed: Eutichurus birabeni Mello-Leitao, 1941 with E. lizeri Mello- Leitao, 1938; Eutichurus ecuadorensis Schmidt, 1971 with E. putus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898; Philisca pallida Mello-Leitao, 1943 with Eutichurus ravidus Simon, 1896.