A review of the wasp mimicking spider genus Coenoptychus Simon, 1885 (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae) Author Paul, Jimmy Author Sankaran, Pradeep M. Author Sebastian, Pothalil A. Author Joseph, Mathew M. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-04-20 4413 1 163 172 journal article 30225 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.1.6 5c15b6b5-6e7f-4123-aa5e-b1de4fae06b8 1175-5326 1221984 EED9AB62-B396-41F6-B294-AE965BA055B0 Coenoptychus tropicalis ( Haddad, 2004 ) comb. nov. Graptartia tropicalis Haddad, 2004 : 78 , figs 3, 6, 9, 12, 14‒16, 29‒33 ( Holotype ♀ : TANZANIA : Kyela (garden), leg. R. Jocqué , 9.XI.1991 , MRAC 173236 —not examined). Justification for transfer . The original description and illustrations of G. tropicalis ( Haddad, 2004 ) indicate that the diagnostic features of the species match the somatic and genitalic features of Coenoptychus : male smaller and less robust than female, recurved PER, abdomen and legs with feathery setae, promargin of chelicerae with three teeth, subtriangular spermathecae I and reniform spermathecae I, lack of RTA in the male palp, and spiralled embolus with two turns ( Haddad 2004: figs 3, 9, 12, 14, 29‒33 ). Based on these characters, we propose the transfer of this species to Coenoptychus . Distribution. Democratic Republic of the Congo , Ivory Coast , South Africa , Tanzania ( Fig. 5 ). Note. The transfer of both G. mutillica and G. tropicalis to Coenoptychus is supported by the cladistic analysis of Afrotropical Castianeirinae by Haddad (2013) , wherein these two species were in a clade paraphyletic to Graptartia granulosa Simon, 1896 . He suggested that these two species may belong to Coenoptychus , but did not formally transfer them.