title: Description of Califorctenus (Cteninae, Ctenidae, Araneae), a new spider genus from Mexico.
abstract: Califorctenus gen. nov. (Araneae: Ctenidae) a new genus and a new species (Califorctenus cacachilensis sp. nov.) from the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico are described and illustrated. Califorctenus gen. nov. can be diagnosed by the morphology of the male palp, with embolus cylindrical and elongated, locking lobes of embolus positioned retrolaterally and the cup-shaped and elongated median apophysis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Aracnología y Entomología, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Instituto Politécnico Nacional 195, Playa Palo de Santa Rita Sur, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México.. ljimenez04@cibnor.mx.
authors.forename: María Luisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Jimenez
authors.forename: James Edwin
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Berrian
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Polotow
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Palacios-Cardiel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D013112:Spiders
keywords: Araneae, taxonomy, new species, Baja California Sur