Synonymy of the North African spider genus Castanilla Caporiacco, 1936 with Micaria Westring, 1851 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)
Author
Haddad, Charles R.
Author
Bosmans, Robert
text
Zootaxa
2013
3734
3
397
399
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3734.3.10
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Micaria quinquemaculata
(Caporiacco, 1936)
,
comb. nov.
Fig. 5
Castanilla quinquemaculata
Caporiacco, 1936a: 83
, fig. 4 (juvenile #f
holotype
:
LIBYA
: Fezzan, Wadi Tanezzuft [
25°51'N
,
10°19'E
],
8.III.1934
, leg. Scortecci, MZUF 135 – examined).
Remarks: Examination of the
holotype
of
C. quinquemaculata
indicates that the specimen is a juvenile female (body length 2.0 mm) and does not have a developed epigyne, confirming information in the catalogue of
type
specimens in MZUF (Berdondini & Whitman 2002). Consequently, there is no epigyne that will allow a definitive identification. However, it clearly belongs to
Micaria
based on the morphological characteristics mentioned in the introductory remarks (
Fig. 5
). The species is considered a
nomen dubium
here and should be redescribed when additional specimens become available from the vicinity of the
type
locality in
Libya
.