Anelosimus camoteensis Levi, 1967: 15
A revision of the New World eximius lineage of Anelosimus (Araneae, Theridiidae) and a phylogenetic analysis using worldwide exemplars
Agnarsson, Ingi
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2006
2006-04-30
146
4
453
593
53BZ2
(LEVI, 1967)
Agnarsson
2006
Levi
1967
[173,615,1776,1800]
Arachnida
Theridiidae
Styposis
Animalia
Araneae
59
512
Arthropoda
species
camoteensis
comb. nov.
Anelosimus camoteensis Levi, 1967: 15, figs 30–32, ♂ ♀. Types: Female holotypeand male paratypefrom Chile, Juan Fernández Islands, Mása Tierra, Valle Ansón, Plazoleta del Yunque, 200–250 m, Camote side, 1– 28.iv.1962, B. Malkin, in AMNH, examined.
Comments: This small ( 1.2–1.5 mm) species is transferred to Styposis. It has a large leaf-like colulus, characteristic of Styposisand Pholcomma(see Levi, 1964a; Agnarsson, 2004). Like other Styposisthe lateral eyes and PME are large and close together, while the AME are small. The abdomen lacks a dorsal band, but has dark- and light-pigmented spots on dorsum. Both general habitus and genitalia strongly resemble other Styposisspecies.It is not clear why Levi placed this species in Anelosimusas he correctly states ( Levi, 1967: 15): ‘This very small, large-eyed species resembles species of Mysmena...The palpus... except for a mesal sclerite, is lightly sclerotized and unlike that of any other Anelosimusspecies, except the larger A. tepus.’ Anelosimus tepus Levi, 1967(= Styposis tepus) is described from a female in the same paper ( Levi, 1967) but interestingly, although comparing the males of the two species, Levi did not describe the male of S. tepus, which remains known only from the female.
1962-04-01
1962-04-28
1962-04-01
AMNH
B. Malkin
Chile
Plazoleta del Yunque
225
Female
Valle Anson
59
512
2
holotype