Paramedmassa

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Paramedmassa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Corinnidae
Genus: Paramedmassa
Jin, H. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2019 [1]
Species:
P. day
Binomial name
Paramedmassa day
(Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2014) [1]

Paramedmassa is a monotypic genus of Asian corinnid sac spiders containing the single species, Paramedmassa day. [1] The genus was erected by C. Jin, H. L. Zhang, and F. Zhang in 2019 for a single species previously placed in Allomedmassa . [2] The fourth section of the first legs can have anywhere from five to ten spines, depending on locale. Jin and Zhang propose that the morphological variance could indicate multiple species, but more individuals will need to be found and studied before a solid conclusion can be reached. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Paramedmassa Jin, H. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2019". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  2. Dankittipakul, P.; Singtripop, T. (2014). "Allomedmassa, a new spider genus from evergreen forests of Southeast Asia (Araneae: Corinnidae)". Revue suisse de Zoologie . 121 (1): 15–31.
  3. Jin, C.; Zhang, H. L.; Zhang, F. (2019). "First records of the corinnid genera Allomedmassa Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2014 and Medmassa Simon, 1887 from China, with the description of a new genus (Araneae: Corinnidae)". Zootaxa. 4585 (3): 459–477. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4585.3.3. PMID   31716155. S2CID   146048734.