On the genera of the spider subfamily Otiothopinae (Araneae, Palpimanidae).

PLATNICK, NORMAN I.; GRISMADO, CRISTIAN J.; RAMÍREZ, MARTÍN J.

AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES

AMER MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY

Lugar: New York; Año: 1999 vol. 3257 p. 1 - 25

0003-0082

New information on cheliceral and genitalicand genitalic morphology supports the monophyly of the genus Anisaedus Simon and suggests that A. gaujoni Simonsupports the monophyly of the genus Anisaedus Simon and suggests that A. gaujoni SimonSimon and suggests that A. gaujoni Simon from Ecuador and northern Peru and A. stridulans Gonz.ilez from southern Peru are sisterand northern Peru and A. stridulans Gonz.ilez from southern Peru are sisterfrom southern Peru are sister species, that A. pellucidas Platnick from northern Chile is their closest relative, and that A. rufusthat A. pellucidas Platnick from northern Chile is their closest relative, and that A. rufustheir closest relative, and that A. rufus (Thllgren) from northern Argentina represents thefrom northern Argentina represents the sister group of the three west Andean species.group of the three west Andean species. Three new species of the genus Fernandezina Birabennew species of the genus Fernandezina Biraben are described: F. maldonado from Peru, F.described: F. maldonado from Peru, F. dasilvai from the Atlantic forests of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and F. ilheus from the Atlantic forestsAtlantic forests of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and F. ilheus from the Atlantic forestsF. ilheus from the Atlantic forests of Bahia, Brazil. A new species, Otiothops atlanticus, is described, also from the Atlantic forestsA new species, Otiothops atlanticus, is described, also from the Atlantic forestsalso from the Atlantic forests of Bahia, that has the most unusual genitalicBahia, that has the most unusual genitalic features of any known otiothopine, but appearsany known otiothopine, but appears nevertheless to be most closely related to 0. recurvusto be most closely related to 0. recurvus Platnick. A new genus, Notiothops, is describedA new genus, Notiothops, is described to contain two Chilean species previouslycontain two Chilean species previously misplaced in Otiothops, N. birabeni (Zapfe) andin Otiothops, N. birabeni (Zapfe) and N. maulensis (Platnick), as well as six new speciesmaulensis (Platnick), as well as six new species (N. noxiosus, N. huaquen, N. campana, N. penai,noxiosus, N. huaquen, N. campana, N. penai, N. llolleo, and N. cekalovici) from Chile.llolleo, and N. cekalovici) from Chile.