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Article: On a new species group in the spider genus Socalchemmis (Araneae, Tengellidae).(SHORT COMMUNICATION)(Report)
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- Journal of Arachnology
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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ABSTRACT. A new species, Socalchemmis arroyoseco, described from Monterey County, California, is clearly not a member of either of the species groups currently recognized in that genus, but does appear to be more closely related to those species groups than to the other genera in the Liocranoides complex.
Keywords: Taxonomy, North America, Liocranoides, Anachemmis, Titiotus, California
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North America is home to a distinctive group of large hunting spiders with a remarkable character combination: the presence of three tarsal claws and claw tufts (tufts are usually found only in two-clawed taxa). This highly unusual combination of ...