Enigmatic and extravagant genitalia in the spider genus Mastigusa (Araneae, Cybaeidae) - a taxonomic revision
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Enigmatic and extravagant genitalia in the spider genus Mastigusa (Araneae, Cybaeidae) - a taxonomic revision. / Castellucci, Filippo; Luchetti, Andrea; Scharff, Nikolaj.
In: Invertebrate Systematics, Vol. 38, No. 3, IS23047, 2024.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Enigmatic and extravagant genitalia in the spider genus Mastigusa (Araneae, Cybaeidae) - a taxonomic revision
AU - Castellucci, Filippo
AU - Luchetti, Andrea
AU - Scharff, Nikolaj
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 CSIRO. All rights reserved.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Mastigusa is a genus of small palearctic spiders that has recently been moved to the family Cybaeidae after the first inclusion of the genus in a phylogenetic matrix. Three species are currently recognised: M. arietina, M. lucifuga and M. macrophthalma. The status and delimitation, though, has always been problematic due to inconsistency in the characters used to discriminate between these, leading to great confusion in identity and distribution. We present a detailed morphological redescription of the genus and a taxonomic revision of the included species by the combined use of morphological data and molecular species-delimitation techniques based on the mitochondrial COI gene. The status of the three currently described species has been reevaluated and Mastigusa diversa was revalidated based on material from the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa and the United Kingdom. The distribution of Mastigusa species is updated based on novel taxonomic considerations, and comments on the natural history and ecological differences observed in the species are provided. ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AAD3FAED-440F-4295-B458-455B1D913F81
AB - Mastigusa is a genus of small palearctic spiders that has recently been moved to the family Cybaeidae after the first inclusion of the genus in a phylogenetic matrix. Three species are currently recognised: M. arietina, M. lucifuga and M. macrophthalma. The status and delimitation, though, has always been problematic due to inconsistency in the characters used to discriminate between these, leading to great confusion in identity and distribution. We present a detailed morphological redescription of the genus and a taxonomic revision of the included species by the combined use of morphological data and molecular species-delimitation techniques based on the mitochondrial COI gene. The status of the three currently described species has been reevaluated and Mastigusa diversa was revalidated based on material from the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa and the United Kingdom. The distribution of Mastigusa species is updated based on novel taxonomic considerations, and comments on the natural history and ecological differences observed in the species are provided. ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AAD3FAED-440F-4295-B458-455B1D913F81
KW - Cybaeidae
KW - DNA barcoding
KW - integrative taxonomy
KW - Mastigusa
KW - morphology
KW - phylogenetics
KW - species delimitation
KW - taxonomic revision
U2 - 10.1071/IS23047
DO - 10.1071/IS23047
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85188958804
VL - 38
JO - Invertebrate Systematics
JF - Invertebrate Systematics
SN - 1445-5226
IS - 3
M1 - IS23047
ER -
ID: 389365991