Parbatthorax
| Parbatthorax | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Parbatthorax Tanasevitch, 2019[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. unicornis Tanasevitch, 2019
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| The general location of the Himalayas mountain range | |
Parbatthorax is a small genus of Asian sheet weavers first described by A. V. Tanasevitch in 2019.[2] As of April 2022[update] it contains only two species: P. proiectus and P. unicornis.[1] Its appearance resembles members of Gongylidioides and Glebala, but it can be distinguished by the unique shape of its carapace and a highly modified palpal tibia and paracymbium. The genus name is a combination of the Parbat District, where the first specimen was found, and the "thorax", whose unique shape is one of its distinguishing factors.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Parbatthorax Tanasevitch, 2019". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
- ^ a b Tanasevitch, A. V. (2019). "A new erigonine genus from the Nepal Himalayas (Araneae, Linyphiidae)". Turkish Journal of Zoology. 43 (2): 229–232. doi:10.3906/zoo-1801-40. S2CID 91668519.
Further reading
[edit]- Irfan, M.; Peng, X. J. (2019). "The genus Parbatthorax Tanasevitch, 2019 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) new to China, with a new species from the Gaoligong Mountains". European Journal of Taxonomy (555): 1–19. doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.555. S2CID 204253700.