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Psellocoptus Prodontus
''Psellocoptus'' is a genus of South American running spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1896. When Eugène Simon discovered the first species (''P. flavostriatus''), he described it as a "beautiful and large species from the forests of Venezuela which sfound running rapidly on the trunks of trees". The species name ''flavostriatus'' means "striped yellow". ''P. buchlii'' is named after the late Harro Buchli, and the species name ''prodontus'' is from the Greek meaning "tooth in front". Two other species were found in 1971, and are very similar to the first, though the genus as a whole is quite distinct from any other in general form and characteristics. It probably became isolated from the more widespread genera '' Myrmecium'' and ''Castianeira''. While the similar genera ''Myrmecium'' and ''Sphecotypus'' also have an indented carapace A carapace is a Dorsum (biology), dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4,000 species. Work on spiders His most significant work was ''Histoire Naturelle des Araignées'' (1892–1903), an encyclopedic treatment of the spider genera of the world. It was published in two volumes of more than 1000 pages each, and the same number of drawings by Simon. Working at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, it took Simon 11 years to complete, while working at the same time on devising a taxonomic scheme that embraced the known taxa. Simon described a total of 4,650 species, and as of 2013 about 3,790 species are still considered valid. The International Society of Arachnology offers a Simon Award recognising lifetime achievement. The Eocene fossil spider species '' Cenotextricella simoni'' was named in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psellocoptus Flavostriatus
''Psellocoptus'' is a genus of South American Corinnidae, running spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1896. When Eugène Simon discovered the first species (''P. flavostriatus''), he described it as a "beautiful and large species from the forests of Venezuela which [is] found running rapidly on the trunks of trees". The species name ''flavostriatus'' means "striped yellow". ''P. buchlii'' is named after the late Harro Buchli, and the species name ''prodontus'' is from the Greek language, Greek meaning "tooth in front". Two other species were found in 1971, and are very similar to the first, though the genus as a whole is quite distinct from any other in general form and characteristics. It probably became isolated from the more widespread genera ''Myrmecium (spider), Myrmecium'' and ''Castianeira''. While the similar genera ''Myrmecium'' and ''Sphecotypus'' also have an indented carapace, ''Psellocoptus'' has a rounded anterior end and a relatively unsegmented red-brown, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psellocoptus Buchlii
''Psellocoptus'' is a genus of South American running spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1896. When Eugène Simon discovered the first species (''P. flavostriatus''), he described it as a "beautiful and large species from the forests of Venezuela which sfound running rapidly on the trunks of trees". The species name ''flavostriatus'' means "striped yellow". ''P. buchlii'' is named after the late Harro Buchli, and the species name ''prodontus'' is from the Greek meaning "tooth in front". Two other species were found in 1971, and are very similar to the first, though the genus as a whole is quite distinct from any other in general form and characteristics. It probably became isolated from the more widespread genera '' Myrmecium'' and ''Castianeira''. While the similar genera ''Myrmecium'' and ''Sphecotypus'' also have an indented carapace A carapace is a Dorsum (biology), dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psellocoptus Prodontus
''Psellocoptus'' is a genus of South American running spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1896. When Eugène Simon discovered the first species (''P. flavostriatus''), he described it as a "beautiful and large species from the forests of Venezuela which sfound running rapidly on the trunks of trees". The species name ''flavostriatus'' means "striped yellow". ''P. buchlii'' is named after the late Harro Buchli, and the species name ''prodontus'' is from the Greek meaning "tooth in front". Two other species were found in 1971, and are very similar to the first, though the genus as a whole is quite distinct from any other in general form and characteristics. It probably became isolated from the more widespread genera '' Myrmecium'' and ''Castianeira''. While the similar genera ''Myrmecium'' and ''Sphecotypus'' also have an indented carapace A carapace is a Dorsum (biology), dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southern subregion of a single continent called America. South America is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest. The continent generally includes twelve sovereign states: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela; two dependent territories: the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; and one internal territory: French Guiana. In addition, the ABC islands of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Ascension Island (dependency of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, a British Overseas Territory), Bouvet Island ( dependency of Norway), Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corinnidae
Corinnidae is a family of araneomorph spiders, sometimes called corinnid sac spiders. The family, like other "clubionoid" families, has a confusing taxonomic history. Once it was a part of the large catch-all taxon Clubionidae, now very much smaller. The original members of the family are apparently similar only in that they have eight eyes arranged in two rows, conical anterior spinnerets that touch and are generally wandering predators that build silken retreats, or sacs, usually on plant terminals, between leaves, under bark or under rocks. In 2014, Martín Ramírez recognized the family in a restricted sense, including only the subfamilies Corinninae and Castianeirinae. Two former subfamilies of the Corinnidae are now treated as separate families, Phrurolithidae and Trachelidae. As now recognized, Corinnidae contains 71 genera and over 800 species worldwide. Among the common genera are ''Castianeira'' (nearly world wide) and ''Corinna'' (widespread). Members of the genus ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Language
Greek ( el, label=Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy (Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrmecium (spider)
''Myrmecium'' is a genus of ant-mimicking corinnid sac spiders first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1824. The unrelated jumping spider species ''Synemosyna formica'' has been mistaken for a member of this genus twice, once by Eugène Simon in 1897 (''Myrmecium lunatum'') and once by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1932 (''Myrmecium rubrum''). Species it contains thirty-nine species in South America and the Caribbean: *'' Myrmecium amphora'' Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Venezuela *'' Myrmecium bifasciatum'' Taczanowski, 1874 – Bolivia, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil *'' Myrmecium bolivari'' Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Venezuela, Colombia *'' Myrmecium bonaerense'' Holmberg, 1881 – Argentina *'' Myrmecium camponotoides'' Mello-Leitão, 1932 – Brazil *'' Myrmecium carajas'' Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil *'' Myrmecium carvalhoi'' Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil *'' Myrmecium catuxy'' Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Colombia, Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castianeira
''Castianeira'' is a genus of ant-like corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1879. They are found in Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas, but are absent from Australia. Twenty-six species are native to North America, and at least twice as many are native to Mexico and Central America. Description Spiders of this genus have eight eyes in two procurved rows, the upper row slightly wider than the lower row. This distinguishes them from species of ''Micaria'' that almost always have straight rows of eyes. The opisthosoma is not constricted, and has an elongate to oval shape to mimic that of ants. In addition to the ant-like coloration, the abdomen has white scale-like setae. The rear pair of legs are the longest, and the front pair are second longest. Mimicry Some species mimic specific groups of ants, while others only have generic body modifications to look more ant-like, such as an elongated body or a carapace pattern that creates the illusion of a third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphecotypus
''Sphecotypus'' is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1895. Species it contains four species: *'' Sphecotypus birmanicus'' ( Thorell, 1897) – Myanmar *'' Sphecotypus borneensis'' Yamasaki, 2017 – Malaysia (Borneo) *'' Sphecotypus niger'' (Perty, 1833) (type Type may refer to: Science and technology Computing * Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc. * Data type, collection of values used for computations. * File type * TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file. * Ty ...) – Nicaragua to Brazil *'' Sphecotypus taprobanicus'' Simon, 1897 – Sri Lanka References Araneomorphae genera Corinnidae Spiders of Asia {{Corinnidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carapace
A carapace is a Dorsum (biology), dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids, as well as vertebrates, such as turtles and tortoises. In turtles and tortoises, the underside is called the plastron. Crustaceans In crustaceans, the carapace functions as a protective cover over the cephalothorax (i.e., the fused head and thorax, as distinct from the abdomen behind). Where it projects forward beyond the eyes, this projection is called a rostrum (anatomy), rostrum. The carapace is Calcification, calcified to varying degrees in different crustaceans. Zooplankton within the phylum Crustacea also have a carapace. These include Cladocera, ostracods, and Isopoda, isopods, but isopods only have a developed "cephalic shield" carapace covering the head. Arachnids In arachnids, the carapace is formed by the fusion of prosomal tergites into a single Plate (animal anatomy), plate which carries the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
