Biology:Harpathele
Harpathele is a genus of curtain-web spiders that was first described by Gabriel Wermelinger-Moreira, Denis Rafael Pedroso, Pedro de Souza Castanheira, and Renner Luiz Cerqueira Baptista in 2024. It is known only from the Southeast region of Brazil.[1]
Description
They are relatively small spiders for their family, with males measuring 14.6-21.4 mm long, and females measuring 16.0-21.7 mm long. They have a brown carapace, dark brown to orange brown legs, and an oval abdomen longer than it is wide that varies from dark brown to dirty yellow.[1]
Behaviour
Harpathele are presumably nocturnal, fossorial spiders like other members of Dipluridae. Specimens were collected from under rotten logs on the forest floor, without any webs.[1]
Species
As of November 2024[update], it contains 3 species:
- Harpathele cariacica Wermelinger-Moreira, Pedroso, Castanheira & Baptista, 2024 – Brazil
- Harpathele gymnognatha (Bertkau, 1880) (type) – Brazil
- Harpathele salinas palpator Wermelinger-Moreira, Pedroso, Castanheira & Baptista, 2024 – Brazil
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wermelinger-Moreira, Gabriel; Pedroso, Denis Rafael; Castanheira, Pedro de Souza; Cerqueira Baptista, Renner Luiz (9 July 2024). "A new genus of lyrate curtain-web spiders (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae) from southeastern Brazil, with two new species and revalidation of a formerly described species". Arachnology 19 (8). doi:10.13156/arac.2024.19.8.1060. https://bioone.org/journals/arachnology/volume-19/issue-8/arac.2024.19.8.1060/A-new-genus-of-lyrate-curtain-web-spiders-Araneae/10.13156/arac.2024.19.8.1060.short. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
Wikidata ☰ Q112124594 entry
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