Stenoterommata

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Stenoterommata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Pycnothelidae
Genus: Stenoterommata
Holmberg, 1881 [1]
Type species
S. platensis
Holmberg, 1881
Species

26, see text

Synonyms [1]

Stenoterommata is a genus of South American araneomorph spiders in the family Pycnothelidae. It was first described by E. L. Holmberg in 1881. [3] Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was transferred to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985, [4] then to the Pycnothelidae in 2020. [5] It is a senior synonym of Ctenochelus. [2]

Contents

The name is a Latinized form of the Ancient Greek "stenoterommatos", referring to posterior eyes that are narrower than any other species in Argentina. [3]

Species

As of December 2022 it contains 26 species, found in Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil: [1]

Formerly included:

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2021). "Gen. Stenoterommata Holmberg, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 22.5. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 Guadanucci, J. P. L.; Indicatti, R. P. (2004). "Redescription of Fufius funebris Vellard, 1924 and description of Fufius lucasae sp. n. with comments on Ctenochelus maculatus Mello-Leitão, 1923 (Mygalomorphae, Cyrtaucheniidae)". Revista Ibérica de Aracnología. 10: 256.
  3. 1 2 Holmberg, E. L. (1881). "Géneros y especies de arácnidos argentinos nuevos ó poco conocidos". Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina. 11: 270–278.
  4. Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 106.
  5. Opatova, V.; et al. (2020). "Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae using genomic scale data". Systematic Biology. 69 (4): 701. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syz064 . PMID   31841157.

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