The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level
Author
Rix, Michael
Western Australian Museum, Welshpool DC, Perth, Australia
Author
Harvey, Mark
Western Australian Museum, Perth, Welshpool, Australia
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ZooKeys
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journal article
10.3897/zookeys.36.306
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Micropholcomma mirum
Hickman, 1944
Micropholcomma mira
Hickman, 1944: 191
, figs 23–31.
Micropholcomma mirum
Hickman
:
Brignoli, 1983: 374
.
Davies, 1985: 89
.
Platnick, 2009
.
Type
material:
Syntype
male and female: New Town,
Tasmania
,
Australia
, from moss in a garden lawn,
23.XII.1943
(
AMS
KS6620).
Remarks
.
Micropholcomma mirum
is a distinctive Tasmanian species, with males possessing a large posterior sclerotic ring around the spinnerets (see
Hickman 1944
, fig. 24) and an unusual, transverse posterior sclerite.