Styposis tepus Agnarsson, 2006
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https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00213.x |
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Styposis tepus |
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comb. nov. |
STYPOSIS TEPUS ( LEVI, 1967) View in CoL , COMB. NOV.
Synonymy:
Anelosimus tepus Levi, 1967: 15 , figs 28–29, ♀
Types: Female holotype from Chile, Osorno, Termas de Puyehue , 240 m, 14.iii.1965, H. Levi, in MCZ, examined .
Comments: This medium-sized (2.2 mm) species is transferred to Styposis . It clearly belongs to Pholcommatinae , having a large colulus with two setae, and AME smaller than other eyes. It differs from Anelosimus by having a single trichobothrium dorsally on female palpal tibia, and epigynum a transparent plate without ridges. Furthermore, as pointed out by Levi (1967: 15): ‘This species is readily separated from most other Anelosimus by the unusual coloration...’, the abdomen lacks a dorsal band, but has dark-pigmented spots on dorsum. Its placement in Styposis (instead of the similar Selkirkiella ) is speculative based on the female alone, but is congruent with Levi’s statement (see above) on the similarity of the palps of S. camoteensis and S. tepus . The female, furthermore, has a simple copulatory duct, while the many similar sympatric species of Selkirkiella have tightly spiralling copulatory ducts.
Levi HW. 1967. The theridiid spider fauna of Chile. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 136: 1 - 20.
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Museum of Comparative Zoology |
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Styposis tepus
Agnarsson, Ingi 2006 |
Anelosimus tepus
Levi HW 1967: 15 |