FNZ 64 - Pisauridae (Arachnida: Araneae) - Morphology and terminology
Vink, CJ; Dupérré, N 2010. Pisauridae (Arachnida: Araneae). Fauna of New Zealand 64, 60 pages.
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ISSN 0111-5383 (print),
ISSN 1179-7193 (online)
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64.
ISBN 978-0-478-34722-7 (print),
ISBN 978-0-478-34723-4 (online)
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Published 13 Jul 2010
ZooBank: http://zoobank.org/References/05FA0262-846F-4216-96B4-D5ED10D3A7D9
Morphology and terminology
The morphological structures required for the identification of New Zealand Pisauridae are referred to in Fig. 1–11, 18–25 and explained in the glossary of technical terms (Appendix A), and Forster (1967). As with almost all spiders, the male pedipalp and the female epigynum are important when identifying pisaurids to species; however, colouration is also useful in the identification of Dolomedes species (Carico 1973), so it is possible to identify later instar juveniles of some species. The morphological nomenclature of the pedipalp and the epigynum follows Sierwald (1989a, 1990). Somatic nomenclature follows Carico (1973).
A phylogenetic species concept (Wheeler & Platnick 2000) has been implemented in this study. It defines a species as the smallest aggregation of populations diagnosable by a unique combination of character states.