The spider genus Mazax (araneae: corinnidae: castianeirinae) newly recorded from South America, with the description of a new species

Authors

  • Gonzalo D. Rubio Instituto de Biología Subtropical, Universidad Nacional de Misiones (IBS-CONICET), Bertoni 85 (3370), Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina
  • Tarik Danişman Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Kırıkkale, TR-71451 Kırıkkale, Turkey

Keywords:

ant-mimicking, Argentina, Castianeirinae, spider taxonomy

Abstract

The spider genus Mazax O. P.-Cambridge, 1898 (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae) is reported from South America for the first time. A new species, M. ramirezi sp. nov., is described and illustrated, and SEM images of the genus Mazax are presented here for the first time. The exclusive morphology of the secondary spermathecae (not oval and lung-shaped) indicates that the specimens described herein clearly belong to a new species of Mazax. An updated dichotomous key to the known species of the genus is provided.

 

El género Mazax O. P.-Cambridge, 1898 (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae) es registrado por primera vez para Sudamérica. Es descrita e ilustrada una nueva especie, M. ramirezi sp. nov., aquí se presentan por primera vez imágenes MEB del género Mazax. De acuerdo con la morfología única de las espermatecas secundarias (no ovaladas y en forma de pulmón), los especímenes que aquí se describen pertenecen claramente a una nueva especie de Mazax. Se provee una actualización de la clave dicotómica para las especies conocidas del género.

 

View this article in BioOne

Downloads

Issue

Vol. 97, No. 3 (September 2014)

Section

Research Papers

License

Copyright for any article published in Florida Entomologist is held by the author(s) of the article. Florida Entomologist is an open access journal. Florida Entomologist follows terms of the Creative Commons, Attribution Non-Commercial License (cc by-nc). By submitting and publishing articles in Florida Entomologist, authors grant the FOJ and Florida Entomologist's host institutions permission to make the article available through Internet posting and electronic dissemination, and to otherwise archive the information contained both electronically and in a hard printed version. When used, information and images obtained from articles must be referenced and cited appropriately. Articles may be reproduced for personal, educational, or archival purposes, or any non-commercial use. Permission should be sought from the author(s) for multiple, non-commercial reproduction. Written permission from the author(s) is required for any commercial reproduction.