A new genus of the subfamily Euagrinae is described from Chile, Vilchura calderoni gen. et sp. nov. this is the second euagrine genus described for South America. The genus is distinguished from other euagrine genera by its short and recurved fovea, the presence of a megaspine on both male tibiae I and II, and the female spermathecae divided into 2–3 lobes.
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1 March 2017
Vilchura calderoni, a New Genus and Species of Euagrinae (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae) from Chile
Duniesky Ríos-Tamayo,
Pablo Goloboff
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Arachnology
Vol. 17 • No. 4
March 2017
Vol. 17 • No. 4
March 2017
Chile
spider taxonomy