basitibia

English

Etymology

From basi- +‎ tibia.

Noun

basitibia (plural basitibiae)

1. (zoology) The portion of the tibia of an arachnid that is closest to the body.

   Coordinate term: distitibia

   • 2014 August 1, Ana Caroline O. Vasconcelos, Alessandro P. L. Giupponi, Rodrigo L. Ferreira, “A new species of Charinus from Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with comments on its sexual dimorphism (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae)”, in The Journal of Arachnology, volume 42, number 2, →DOI, page 159:

     Leg I: Tibia with 23 articles and tarsus (basitarsus+distitarsus) with 41 articles. Leg IV (Fig. 13): Basitibia with 4 pseudoarticles and 1 medial trichobothrium on the last article. Distitibia with 3 basal and 15 distal trichobothria; frontal and caudal series with 6 trichobothria each.

   • 2016 February 17, Alessandro Ponce de Leão Giupponi, Gustavo Silva de Miranda, “Eight New Species of Charinus Simon, 1892 (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae) Endemic for the Brazilian Amazon, with Notes on Their Conservational Status”, in PLOS One, volume 11, number 2, →DOI, page 1:

     All new species can be differentiated from the other species of the genus by the number of pseudo-articles in basitibia IV, the presence/absence of median eyes, and the shape of the female gonopod.

Related terms

• basitibial