Myrmecotypus haddadi Perger & Rubio, 2021

Silva-Junior, Cláudio J. & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2024, A revision of the South American species of the ant-mimicking spider genus Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae), Zootaxa 5555 (4), pp. 451-496 : 461-462

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Myrmecotypus haddadi Perger & Rubio, 2021
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Myrmecotypus haddadi Perger & Rubio, 2021 View in CoL

Figs 4A–K View FIGURE 4 , 5A–I View FIGURE 5

Myrmecotypus haddadi Perger & Rubio, 2021b: 182 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , fig. 23 (holotype, ♂, BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz department, Santa Cruz de la Colina, Urubo; in Zoological Museum Hamburg, University of Hamburg, Germany , ZMH-A0015356, not examined).

Diagnosis. Males of M. haddadi resemble those of M. niger by the presence of a sclerotized RTP but can be recognized by the RTP being elongated, sclerotized and excavated ( Fig. 4G–I View FIGURE 4 ), whereas it is hook-shaped in M. niger ( Fig. 8G, H View FIGURE 8 ); females can be recognized by the epigyne with two large circular copulatory openings and two small posterior transverse sutures ( Fig. 4J View FIGURE 4 ).

Description. See Perger & Rubio, 2021.

Variation. Length (1♂) total 3.82, carapace 2.06, femur I 0.90; (2♀) total 3.77–4.02, carapace 2.11–2.24, femur I 0.90–1.04.

New records. BOLIVIA: Beni: Estação Ecológica de Beni [14°33’24.0’’S, 66°05’14.8’’W], 1♀, VIII.1993, A.D. Brescovit leg. ( IBSP, IB-24016 ) GoogleMaps . BRAZIL: Rondônia: Porto Velho, Maravilha [08°47’22.4’’S, 63°52’53.5’’W], 1♂ 1♀, 15. IV.1996, Eq. IBSP / SMNK leg. ( IBSP, IB-7947 ); GoogleMaps Amazonas: Manaus, Reserva de Campinas [02°57’58.4’’S, 59°55’22.0’’W], 1♀, 01.XII.1979, P. S. Oliveira leg. ( IBSP, IB-151344 ) GoogleMaps .

Distribuition. Bolivia and northern Brazil ( Fig. 25 View FIGURE 25 ).

Perger, R. & Rubio, G. D. (2021 b) Myrmecotypus haddadi sp. nov. - a new species of ant resembling sac spider from the Bolivian orocline (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae). Zootaxa, 4969 (1), 54 - 60. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4969.1.2

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FIGURE 4. Myrmecotypus haddadi Perger & Rubio, 2021 A–C, G–I male (IBSP, IB- 8710), D–F, J–K. female (IBSP, IB- 8708): A male, dorsal view; B same, lateral view; C same, ventral view; D female, dorsal view; E, same, lateral view; F same, ventral view; G male palp, ventral view; H same, retrolateral view; I same, retrodorsal view, RTP; J female epigyne, ventral view; K same, dorsal view.Abbreviations: E, embolus; RTP, retroapical tegular projection; CO, copulatory opening, CD, copulatory duct; ST II, secondary spermathecae; ST I, primary spermathecae; FD, fertilization duct. Scale: 1 mm.

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FIGURE 5. Myrmecotypus haddadi Perger & Rubio, 2021 (MPEG): A male carapace, retrolateral view; B female carapace, dorsal view; C chelicerae; D promarginal and retromarginal teeth; E endites; F female spinnerets, G internal female genitalia; I RTP and embolus. Abbreviations: E, embolus; RTP, retroapical tegular projection; CO, copulatory opening, CD, copulatory duct; ST II, secondary spermathecae; ST I, primary spermathecae; PLS, posterior lateral spinnerets; PMS, posterior medial spinnerets; ALS, anterior lateral spinnerets.

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FIGURE 8. Myrmecotypus niger Chickering, 1937. A–C, G–I male (MCN-23421), D–F, J–K. female (MPEG) A male, dorsal view; B same, lateral view; C same, ventral view; D female, dorsal view; E, same, lateral view; F same, ventral view; G male palp, ventral view; H same, retrolateral view; I female epigyne, ventral view; J same, dorsal view. White arrow indicating medial loop, black arrow indicating lateral loop.Abbreviations: E, embolus; RTP, retroapical tegular projection; CO, copulatory opening, CD, copulatory duct; ST II, secondary spermathecae; ST I, primary spermathecae; FD, fertilization duct. Scale: 1 mm.

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FIGURE 25. Distribution records of species of Myrmecotypus.

IBSP

Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo

SMNK

Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Corinnidae

Genus

Myrmecotypus