Myrmapana Prószyński, 2016,

Prószyński, Jerzy, 2016, Delimitation and description of 19 new genera, a subgenus and a species of Salticidae (Araneae) of the world, Ecologica Montenegrina 7, pp. 4-32 : 8-9

Gen. Myrmapana Prószyński, 2016 gen. n.

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Type species. Myrmarachne panamensis Galiano, 1969 .

Documentation studied. The comparative diagnostic drawings of 5 species in Prószyński 2016a and original literature.

Etymology. Name combines words Myrmarachne and panamensis , grammar gender assumed female.

Diagnosis. Female. " Pipes-like" sclerotized spermathecae are relatively short, with broad anterior dilatation ( Fig. 2I ), resembling Asiatic genera Emertonius Peckham & Peckham, 1892 and Toxeus Koch C.L., 1846 . Copulatory ducts are not demonstrated in drawings of internal structures of epigyne, by analogy to other genera could have shape of membranous coils. Males have almost circular bulbus, encircled with coils of embolus inside semitranslucent sheath. Spermophor broad with distinct additional loop. Tibial apophysis (RTA) short, straight, slightly inclined ( Fig. 3C ). Male chelicerae long, dorsally flattened and broad, ventrally with row of tiny individual teeth along internal posterior edge, fang is very long. Body is not constricted ( Fig. 4E ).

More diagnostic documentation - see at: http://www.peckhamia.com/salticidae/q24- Myrmapana .html and, especially, Galiano (1969: 136, fig. 11-12, 21-23, 34-35, 42, 46-48, 62, 66).

Distribution. South and Central America.

Composition. The following species are transferred from genus Myrmarachne MacLeay, 1839 : Myrmapana brasiliensis (Mello-Leitao, 1922) comb. n., M. centralis (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) comb. n., M. mocamboensis (Galiano,1974) comb. n., M. panamensis ( Galiano, 1969) comb. n., M. parallela (Fabricius, 1794) comb. n.

Figures

Figure 2. Diversity of internal structures of epigyne in MYRMARACHNINES: A – Myrmarachne tristis, B – C – M. ramosa compared with its alleged synonym M. melanocephala, D – Myrmanu nubilis, E – Myrmapeni chickeringi, F – Myrmagua guaranitica, G – Myrmaplata plataleoides, H – Myrmavola galianoae, I – Myrmapana panamensis, J – Myrmele peckhami. Sources: A, G, H – J. Prószyński, ©Annales zoologici, 2003, 51, 3: 109, Fig. 452; 1992, 44, 9: 85- 186, Figs 87; 2001, 51 (4): 520-521, Figs 10; B – J. Prószyński,©Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, 2003, 12: 301, Fig. 29; C –Edwards & Benjamin, Zootaxa 2009, 2309: 10, Fig. 5C; D, J – F.R. Wanless, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology series) 33: 111, Fig. 72B; 119, Fig. 80D; 143, Fig. 70; Reproduced with the permission of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; E, F – M. E. Galiano, Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, Entomologia, Buenos Aires, 3: 143, Figs. 65; 136, Fig. 66

Figure 3. The diversity of palps in MYRMARACHNINES: A – Myrmarachne tristis, B – M. ramosa, C – Myrmapana panamensis, D – Myrmage gedongensis, E – Myrmapeni penicillata, F –Toxeus maxillosus, G – Myrmavola galianoae, H – Myrmaplata plataleoides, I - Myrmele peckhami, J – Myrmatheca alticephalon, K – Myrmavola yamasakii – palp, tibia dorsally and male chelicera. Sources: A, G – Prószyński, ©Annales zoologici, 2003, 51, 3: 109, Figs 449-450; 520-521, Figs. 7 – 8; B, D, H – J. Prószyński, ©Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, 2003, 12 (7): 301, 22-23; 308, Figs 49-513; 299, Figs 4-5; 117, Figs 49-50; C, E – M. E. Galiano, ©Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, Entomologia, Buenos Aires 3: 143, Figs 69-70; 117, Figs. 49- 50; 136, Figs 46-47; I - F.R. Wanless, ©Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology series) 33(1): 119, Fig. 80A. Reproduced with the permission of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London..

Figure 4. Habitus diversity in MYRMARACHNINES: A – Myrmarachne tristis, B – M. ramosa, C – Toxeus maxillosus, D – Toxeus hirsutipalpi, E– Myrmapana panamensis, dorsal and lateral views, F – Myrmatheca alticephalon. G – H – Myrmapeni penicillata, dorsal and lateral views, I - Panachraesta paludosa. Sources: A – Prószyński, ©Annales zoologici, 2003, 51, 3: 109, Fig. 468; B, D – M. Edmunds & J. Prószyński, ©Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, 2003, 12: 301, Fig 21; 20, Fig. 110 C, F –T. Yamasaki & Ahmad, Zootaxa, 2013, 3710 (6): 538, Figs 30A, B; 508, Fig. 4A. © Magnolia Press; E, G, H – M. E. Galiano, Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, Entomologia, Buenos Aires 3: 136, Figs 46-47; 143, Figs. 46-47, 117, Figs 3-4; I – J. Prószyński 1987: 74. By courtesy.