Stenoterommata iguazu is a species of mygalomorph spiders of Argentina, named after its type locality: Iguazú, Misiones.[2] Females are distinguished from other species in the genus, except S. platense, by the 2 + 2 spermathecae; from S. platense, they are distinguished by the outer spermathecal lobe having a single receptaculum. Males are distinguished from other species, except S. platense, by having a thin, well-sclerotized embolus and the bulbal duct with an even curvature; from S. platense, by the sudden tapering apical portion of the bulbal duct and the slightly smaller size.
| Stenoterommata iguazu | |
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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: | Stenoterommata |
| Species: | S. iguazu
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| Binomial name | |
| Stenoterommata iguazu Goloboff, 1995[1]
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Description
edit- Male: total length 8.2 millimetres (0.32 in); cephalothorax length 3.8 millimetres (0.15 in), width 2.75 millimetres (0.108 in); cephalic region length 2.32 millimetres (0.091 in), width 1.75 millimetres (0.069 in). Labium length 0.31 millimetres (0.012 in), width 0.57 millimetres (0.022 in). Sternum length 2.02 millimetres (0.080 in), width 1.61 millimetres (0.063 in). Its labium has no cuspules. Its sternal sigilla are small, oval and shallow; its sternum with a clear reborder. Chelicerae: rastellum with only long, thin and attenuate setae. Cheliceral tumescence is present, covered with hairs.[2]
- Female: total length 13.25 millimetres (0.522 in); cephalothorax length 4.65 millimetres (0.183 in), width 3.55 millimetres (0.140 in); cephalic region length 3.25 millimetres (0.128 in), width 2.67 millimetres (0.105 in); fovea width 0.65 millimetres (0.026 in); labium length 0.44 millimetres (0.017 in), width 0.90 millimetres (0.035 in); sternum length 2.63 millimetres (0.104 in), width 2.25 millimetres (0.089 in). Its cephalic region is convex with the fovea slightly procurved. The labia have 3 cuspules. Its sternal sigilla are small, oval, shallow and marginal; sternum is rebordered. Chelicerae: rastellum formed by thick setae; colour similar to S. Platense.[2]
Distribution
editNorthern Misiones Province, Argentina.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Taxon details Stenoterommata iguazu Goloboff, 1995". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
- ^ a b c 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).