Revision of the huntsman spider genus Micrommata Latreille, 1804 (Sparassidae Sparassinae)
Author
Jäger, Peter
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-10-02
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“
Micrommata
”
darlingi
Pocock, 1901
Figs 141–148
Micrommata darlingi
Pocock, 1901
b: 339
(Description of female;
holotype
female from
ZIMBABWE
:
Mashonaland East
:
Mazoe
[=
Mazowe
: ca.
17°30’37.78”S
,
30°58’22.81”E
,
1270 m
; today listed as belonging to
Mashonaland Central
], J. ff.
Darling
, NHM 99.3.7.41; examined).
Distribution.
Zimbabwe
.
Notes.
This species is definitely not congeneric with
M. virescens
by its genitalia (
Figs 141–143
) and therefore does not belong to the genus
Micrommata
. The exact systematic position cannot be determined at present. Its female copulatory organs are somewhat similar to those of
Eusparassus
Simon, 1903
, as well as somatic characters such as eye arrangement, cheliceral dentition with 2 promarginal and 3 retromarginal teeth (
Figs 144–148
;
Moradmand &
Jäger
2012
: e.g., figs 3A–B). However, differences between the
two types
of copulatory organs (e.g., MS freely visible or copulatory ducts not reaching the posterior part in “
Micrommata
”
darlingi
) suggest to wait for a definite transfer when males and probably molecular analyses are available.