Acutipetala

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Acutipetala
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Acutipetala
Dankittipakul & Zhang, 2008[1]
Type species

Dankittipakul & Zhang, 2008
Species
  • Acutipetala donglini Dankittipakul & Zhang, 2008
  • Acutipetala octoginta Dankittipakul & Zhang, 2008

Acutipetala is a small genus of southeast Asian funnel weavers native to the evergreen forests of northern Thailand. They are medium-sized spiders, 6.7 millimetres (0.26 in) to 8.8 millimetres (0.35 in) long, and are distinguished by the distinctive appearance of several genital structures, including the embolus and the median apophysis of the male pedipalp.[2] The eyes are in two rows, both of which are strongly curved forward.

The genus was first described by P. Dankittipakul and Z. S. Zhang in 2008,[2] and As of March 2022 it contains only two species: and .[1] The name is a combination of the Latin "acutus", meaning "sharp", and the Greek "petalon" (πετάλων), in reference to the sharp, flower petal shape of the medial apophysis of the male pedipalp.[2]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Acutipetala Dankittipakul & Zhang, 2008". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  2. ^ a b c Dankittipakul, P.; Zhang, Z. S. (2008). "Acutipetala gen. nov., a new genus of funnel-web spiders from northern Thailand (Araneae, Agelenidae)". Zoological Science. 25: 546–553.

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