A taxonomic revision of the ground spiders of the genus Apopyllus (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)
Author
Azevedo, Guilherme H. F.
Author
Ott, Ricardo
Author
Griswold, Charles E.
Author
Santos, Adalberto J.
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Zootaxa
2016
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3
301
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4178.3.1
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Apopyllus now
Platnick & Shadab, 1984
Figs 3
C, 4C, 5C, 6C, 7C, 8C, 10E, 11E, 12E, 13E, 14A
Apopyllus now
Platnick & Shadab, 1984
: 7
, figs 19–22. Male
holotype
and female
paratype
from the south slope of Veeris Berg,
Curaçao
(
12º10’7”N
,
68º59’25”W
),
20.XII.1962
, H.W. Levi coll., deposited in MCZ (examined).
Diagnosis.
Females can be distinguished by the anterior ridge arched and thick on the sides (
Figs 10
E, 11E). Males can be diagnosed by the retrolateral cymbial projection shorter than the RTA in dorsal and ventral view, by the shorter embolus, with a more distally situated embolus loop, and by the shape of the robust RTA (
Figs 3
C, 4C, 5C, 6C, 7C, 8C).
Description.
See
Platnick & Shadab (1984)
.
Material examined.
Only the holotype and paratype.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality,
Curaçao
(
Fig. 14
A).