Lycinus frayjorge
| Lycinus frayjorge | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Pycnothelidae |
| Genus: | Lycinus |
| Species: | L. frayjorge
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| Binomial name | |
| Lycinus frayjorge Goloboff, 1995[1]
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Lycinus frayjorge is a mygalomorph spider of Chile, named after its type locality: Parque Nacional Fray Jorge, Limarí, Region IV (Coquimbo).[2] The female spermathecae are most similar to those of L. gajardoi, which differs by the less numerous maxillary cuspules, the lighter scopula IV, and the presence of pseudopreening combs.
Description
[edit]- Female: total length 24.9 millimetres (0.98 in); cephalothorax length 9.9 millimetres (0.39 in), width 8.8 millimetres (0.35 in); cephalic region length 6.55 millimetres (0.258 in), width 6.6 millimetres (0.26 in); fovea width 1.4 millimetres (0.055 in); medial ocular quadrangle length 0.84 millimetres (0.033 in), width 1.35 millimetres (0.053 in); labium length 1.05 millimetres (0.041 in), width 1.95 millimetres (0.077 in); sternum length 5.6 millimetres (0.22 in), width 4.5 millimetres (0.18 in). Its cephalic region is short, wide and convex. Its labium possesses 1 cuspule. A serrula is absent and its sternum is reborded. Chelicerae: rastellum is formed by numerous small, short and blunt cusps. Its cephalothorax is yellowish-brown, with dark striae, while its legs are a uniformly yellowish-brown colour and the dorsal abdomen is dark-brown, with a chevron as in L. epipiptus, but almost hidden by a dark pubescence and pigmentation.[2]
Distribution and Behaviour
[edit]Only from its type locality, Region IV (Coquimbo Region). They are found in a habitat similar to that described for Chaco socos, at the side of a ravine, from burrows closed with the typical double flap.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Taxon details Lycinus frayjorge Goloboff, 1995". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- ^ a b Goloboff, Pablo A. "A revision of the South American spiders of the family Nemesiidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). Part 1, Species from Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay. Bulletin of the AMNH; no. 224." (1995).
