Goblin Spiders
Prethopalpus Baehr, Harvey, Burger & Thoma, 2012
Type species: Opopaea fosuma Burger, 2002
Fauna Portal Genus Number: 2907
(after Baehr & Harvey 2012): Males of Prethopalpus resemble most species of Opopaea in having an enlarged palpal patella, but most species can be easily distinguished by the separate cymbium and bulb, which is fused in a few species; females and males lack a pair of small dorsolateral, triangular extensions on the pedicel as well as the paired curved scutal ridges on the scutopedicel region; females of Prethopalpus share with Opopaea the paddle-shaped sclerite and the naillike structure, but have additionally a single, central receptaculum of various shapes.
Publications
Baehr BC, Harvey MS, Burger M, Thoma M (2012): The new Australasian goblin spider genus Prethopalpus (Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 369: 1 - 113
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