Theoa vesica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea

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 Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Linyphiidae
Subfamilia: Micronetinae
Genus: Theoa
Species: Theoa vesica

Name

• Theoa vesica Zhao & Li, 2014: 50, figs. 100–103

Holotype: IZCAS, ♂, 4.–11.05.2007.

Type locality: CHINA: Yunnan: Menglun Town: Xishuangbanna Nature Reserve, 21°57.010'N, 101°12.058'E, elevation ca 814 m.

Etymology: The name is derived from the Latin word ‘vesica’, which means ‘bladder, purse’, referring to the pouch-shaped structure in the vulva; noun in apposition.

References

• Zhao, Q.; Li, S. 2014: A survey of linyphiid spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Linyphiidae). ZooKeys 460: 1-181. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.460.7799 Reference page.  [original description: p. 50, figs. 100–103]