Paracenobiopelma

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Paracenobiopelma

Genus of spiders

Paracenobiopelma is a monotypic genus of South American brushed trapdoor spiders containing the single species, Paracenobiopelma gerecormophilum. It was first described in 1952,[2] and has only been found in Brazil.[1] Their closest relatives are found in the genus Sason, which occur in south Asia.[3]

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Name

The genus name is combined from the Ancient Greek "para" (παρά), meaning "near to", and the genus name "Cenobiopelma", now renamed "Oligoxystre". "Cenobiopelma" is derived from the Ancient Greek roots ceno "evacuation", bio "life", and pelma "sole of the foot".

The species name is derived from the roots ger "to carry", cormo "tree trunk" and philum "to like".

References

  1. [1]
    "Gen. Paracenobiopelma Feio, 1952". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  2. [2]
    Feio, J. L. de A. (1952). "A remarkable arboreal mygalomorpha "Paracenobiopelma gerecormophila" g. n., sp. n. (Araneae, Barychelidae)". Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. 113 (Zool): 1–23.
  3. [3]
    Raven, R. (1986). "A revision of the spider genus Sason Simon (Sasoninae, Barychelidae, Mygalomorphae) and its historical biogeography" (PDF). J. Arachnol. 14: 47–70.


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