Macrophyes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893

Martínez, Leonel, Brescovit, Antonio Domingos & Oliveira, Luiz Fernando M., 2020, Two new species of the ghost spider genus Macrophyes O. Pickard-Cambridge 1893 from Colombia and description of the first male of Mesilla Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Anyphaenidae: Anyphaeninae), Zootaxa 4853 (4), pp. 581-590 : 582

Macrophyes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893

Macrophyes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893:106 , 107, type species: M. attenuata O. Pickard Cambridge, 1893:107 ; Brescovit 1992: 102; Brescovit 1997: 62.

Diagnosis. Macrophyes species resemble those of Mesilla by having elongated and thin body; long and thin legs; median apophysis on anterior side of the tegulum and a large retromarginal tooth on distal side of chelicerae, but can been distinguished by the laminar ventral tegular projection; a short embolus basally inserted on the tegulum ( Brescovit 1992: 105, figs 1−3, 6−11; 1993: 116, figs 1, 2; Figs 1 C−E). Females are characterized by their thin copulatory ducts, anteriorly curved and with small seminal receptacles on medial region; laminar and convergent lateral borders, forming a median, longer than wide atrium, and copulatory openings in anterior position ( Brescovit 1992: 105, figs 4, 5; 1993: 116, figs 3−6; Figs 1F, G ).

Figures

FIGURE 1A−G. Macrophyes sanzi n. sp. Male (MPUJ_ENT 0061936): A habitus, dorsal view; C left palp, retroventral view; D same, retrolateral view; E same, ventral view. Female (MPUJ_ENT 0061923): B habitus, dorsal view; F epigynum, ventral view; G epigynum, dorsal view.Abbreviations:A, atrium; CD, copulatory ducts; E, embolus; FD, fertilization ducts; LB, lateral borders; MA, median apophysis; RTA, retrolateral tibial apophysis; S, spermathecae; SD, spermatic ducts; SR, seminal receptacles; T, tegulum; VTP, ventral tegular process. Scale bars: A, B, F: 2mm; C: 1mm; D−E: 0.5mm; F, G: 0.2mm.