A Taxonomic Review of the Trapdoor Spider Genus Myrmekiaphila (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Cyrtaucheniidae)
Author
BOND, JASON E.
Author
PLATNICK, NORMAN I.
text
American Museum Novitates
2007
2007-12-12
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Myrmekiaphila flavipes
(Petrunkevitch)
,
new combination
Figures 1
,
106
Aptostichus flavipes
Petrunkevitch, 1925: 317
(female
holotype
from
Mitchell
,
Lawrence Co.
,
Indiana
, in AMNH, examined).
DIAGNOSIS: Females can be distinguished on the basis of their unique spermathecal morphology (fig. 106): the spermathecae are widely separated and have a small base, with a relatively elongate stalk terminating in a very lightly sclerotized hemispherical bulb.
DESCRIPTION: Female described by
Petrunkevitch (1925)
; males are unknown.
MATERIAL EXAMINED:
UNITED STATES
:
INDIANA
:
Lawrence Co.
:
Mitchell
[
38.7328
–86.4736
, MYR204],
Sept. 1, 1906
(
A., W. Petrunkevitch
,
AMNH
),
1♀
(
holotype
)
.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the
type
locality in Mitchell,
Indiana
(fig. 1).