Lycinus domeyko

Lycinus domeyko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Pycnothelidae
Genus:	Lycinus
Species:	L. domeyko
Binomial name
Lycinus domeyko Goloboff, 1995 [1]

Lycinus domeyko is a mygalomorph spider of Chile, named after its type locality: Domeyko, Huasco, Region III (Atacama Region). ^[2] It is the smallest species in the genus. Its size, the size of the bulb, its short embolus and the cymbial setae directed toward the apex distinguish this species from all other Lycinus.

Description

• Male: total length 11.5 millimetres (0.45 in); cephalothorax length 5.25 millimetres (0.207 in), width 4.25 millimetres (0.167 in); cephalic region length 3 millimetres (0.12 in), width 2.6 millimetres (0.10 in); medial ocular quadrangle length 0.44 millimetres (0.017 in), width 0.8 millimetres (0.031 in); labium length 0.5 millimetres (0.020 in), width 0.85 millimetres (0.033 in); sternum length 2.63 millimetres (0.104 in), width 2.25 millimetres (0.089 in). The labium possesses no cuspules. Its sternal sigilla is small, oval and shallow, while its sternum is rebordered. Chelicerae: rastellum is weak, its fang furrow carries about 10 medium-sized denticles. The cheliceral tumescence is rounded and flat. Cephalothorax, legs and palpi are a yellowish-orangish brown colour, while the abdomen with chevron is formed by 6 recurved lines becoming gradually smaller towards the posterior end. ^[2]

Distribution and Behaviour

Known only from its type locality in Chile.

See also

• Spider anatomy
• Regions of Chile

References

1. "Taxon details Lycinus domeyko Goloboff, 1995". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
2. 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).

External links

• "Lycinus domeyko". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• ADW entry
• "Lycinus domeyko". The Encyclopedia of Life .