Aysenia huayun

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dionycha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Sectio: Dionycha

Familia: Anyphaenidae
Subfamilia: Amaurobioidinae
Tribus: Amaurobioidini
Genus: Aysenia
Species: Aysenia huayun

Name

• Aysenia huayun González & Ramírez, 2012: 15, figs. 12a-d, 13a-f, 14a-d, 20

Holotype: CAS temporary preparations MGM-00017, MGM-00018, MGM-00019, female, 27.XI.1950, Ross & Michelbacher.

Type locality: Chile, Región V de Valparaíso, Petorca province, Zapallar.

Etymology: The specific name is taken from the word spine in the language of the Mapuche, indigenous inhabitants of southern Chile and Argentina, and referring to the distinctive spine pattern of the new species.

References

• González Márquez, M.E.; Ramírez, M.J. 2012: A revision and phylogenetic analysis of the spider genus Aysenia Tullgren (Araneae: Anyphaenidae, Amaurobioidinae). Zootaxa, 3201: 1–26. Preview