Micrommata, Latreille, 1804

Jäger, Peter, 2023, Revision of the huntsman spider genus Micrommata Latreille, 1804 (Sparassidae Sparassinae), Zootaxa 5352 (1), pp. 1-45 : 37

“ Micrommata ” darlingi Pocock, 1901

Figs 141–148

Micrommata darlingi Pocock, 1901 b: 339 (Description of female; holotype female from ZIMBABWE: Mashonaland East: Mazoe [= Mazowe: ca. 17°30’37.78”S, 30°58’22.81”E, 1270 m; today listed as belonging to Mashonaland Central], J. ff. Darling , NHM 99.3.7.41; examined).

Distribution. Zimbabwe.

Notes. This species is definitely not congeneric with M. virescens by its genitalia ( Figs 141–143 ) and therefore does not belong to the genus Micrommata . The exact systematic position cannot be determined at present. Its female copulatory organs are somewhat similar to those of Eusparassus Simon, 1903 , as well as somatic characters such as eye arrangement, cheliceral dentition with 2 promarginal and 3 retromarginal teeth ( Figs 144–148 ; Moradmand & Jäger 2012: e.g., figs 3A–B). However, differences between the two types of copulatory organs (e.g., MS freely visible or copulatory ducts not reaching the posterior part in “ Micrommata ” darlingi ) suggest to wait for a definite transfer when males and probably molecular analyses are available.

Figures

FIGURES 141–148. Micrommata darlingi, holotype female from Zimbabwe.141–143 Copulatory organ (141 epigyne, ventral; 142 vulva, dorsal; 143 schematic course of IDS, dorsal). 144–145 Prosoma with eye arrangement, dorsal. 146 Opisthosoma with colouration pattern, ventral. 147–148 Chelicerae, ventral (147 right, 148 left).