Myrmecotypus rubrofemoratus 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 : 472-473

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scientific name	Myrmecotypus rubrofemoratus Perger & Rubio, 2021
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Myrmecotypus rubrofemoratus Perger & Rubio, 2021 View in CoL

Figs 1C View FIGURE 1 , 14A–E View FIGURE 14

Myrmecotypus rubrofemoratus Perger & Rubio, 2021a: 3 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , figs 2–6 (holotype, ♂, BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz department: Cafetal coffee plantation, 3 km west of Buena Vista village; in Instituto de Biología Subtropical , Misiones , Argentina , IBSI-Ara 1507, not examined)

Diagnosis. Males of Myrmecotypus rubrofemoratus resemble those of M. formicus comb. nov. and M. drogon spec. nov. by the tibia I ventral spination 3-3 and by the presence of a tegular process in the male palp ( Figs 14D, I View FIGURE 14 ) but can recognized by the RTP being wider than the embolus ( Fig. 14D View FIGURE 14 ). Females differ from other Myrmecotypus by the presence of two furrows below the copulatory openings (Perger & Rubio 2021: fig. 3B)

Description. Perger & Rubio (2021).

New records. PERU: Madre de Dios, Zona Reservada Manu, Puesto Reservada de Manu, Puesto de Vigil. , Pakitza , Zone 2 forest, 11°58’S 71°18’W, 1♂, 9.X.1987, D. Silva & J. Coddington leg. ( USMN) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Peru and Bolivia ( Fig. 26 View FIGURE 26 ).

References

Perger, R. & Rubio, G. D. (2021 a) A new species of Myrmecotypus Pickard-Cambridge spider (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae) from the Bolivian orocline, imitating one of the world's most aggressive ants. Insecta Mundi, 860, 1 - 8.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Myrmecotypus spp, living species: A Myrmecotypus olympus Reiskind, 1969; B Myrmecotypus niger Chickering, 1937; Photo: César Favacho; C Myrmecotypus rubrofemoratus Perger & Rubio, 2021. Photo: Artur Anker/Pedro Martins.

FIGURE 14. Myrmecotypus spp. A–E Myrmecotypus rubrofemoratus Perger & Rubio, 2021 (USMN), F–J Myrmecotypus formicus comb. nov. ((MPEG(ARA)-035465) A male, dorsal view; B same, lateral view; C same, ventral view; D male palp, ventral view; E, same, retrolateral view; F male, dorsal view; G same, lateral view; H same, ventral view; I male palp, ventral view; J same, retrolateral view. Abbreviations: E, embolus; RTP, retroapical tegular projection; p, tegular process. Scales: 1 mm.