Lycinus quilicura
| Lycinus quilicura | |
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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. quilicura
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| Binomial name | |
| Lycinus quilicura Goloboff, 1995[1]
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Lycinus quilicura is a mygalomorph spider of Chile, named after its type locality: Quilicura, Región Metropolitana.[2] The species is distinguished from others in the genus by its distinctly long embolus.
Description[edit]
- Male: total length 21.2 millimetres (0.83 in); cephalothorax length 9.7 millimetres (0.38 in), width 8.3 millimetres (0.33 in); cephalic region length 5.5 millimetres (0.22 in), width 5.2 millimetres (0.20 in); medial ocular quadrangle length 0.75 millimetres (0.030 in), width 1.41 millimetres (0.056 in); labium length 0.9 millimetres (0.035 in), width 1.6 millimetres (0.063 in); sternum length 5 millimetres (0.20 in), width 4.05 millimetres (0.159 in). Its labium and maxillae lack cuspules. A serrula is absent or quite reduced. Chelicerae: rastellum is weak, formed by long and stiff bristles; its fang furrow possesses 12 medium sized denticles. Cheliceral tumescence is rounded and flat. Its leg I and tibia are unmodified and lack an apophysis, while its metatarsus is straight. The entire spider is blackish brown and densely covered with a golden-brown pubescence; chevron (similar to L. gajardoi and other Chilean species of its genus) almost completely occluded by a very dark color and pubescence.[2]
Distribution and Behaviour[edit]
Only from its type locality, Región Metropolitana.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Taxon details Lycinus quilicura 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).
