Macrophyes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893:106
M. attenuata O. Pickard Cambridge, 1893:107
Brescovit 1992: 102
Brescovit 1997: 62
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)
Martínez, Leonel
Brescovit, Antonio Domingos
Oliveira, Luiz Fernando M.
Zootaxa
2020
2020-09-24
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O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893
O. Pickard-Cambridge
1893
[151,669,1338,1365]
Arachnida
Anyphaenidae
Macrophyes
Animalia
Araneae
1
582
Arthropoda
genus
MacrophyesO. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893:106, 107, typespecies: M. attenuataO. Pickard Cambridge, 1893:107; Brescovit 1992: 102; Brescovit 1997: 62.
Diagnosis. Macrophyesspecies resemble those of Mesillaby 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 1C−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).