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)
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(
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AG;
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AC)
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<emphasis id="00968C776F3A300AFF0FBD01BD4BFEC7" box="[151,378,266,289]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="55">Prionolaema gracilis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="00968C776F3A300AFF0FBD27BCCFFEA5" box="[151,254,300,323]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="55">T. earmra</emphasis>
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: 294
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, f. 3545, pl. 5c.
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.
<taxonomicName id="F5E22BE66F3A300AFF7CBD46BDF6FE82" box="[228,455,333,356]" class="Arachnida" family="Tetragnathidae" genus="Prionolaema" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="6" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis id="00968C776F3A300AFF7CBD46BDF6FE82" box="[228,455,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="55">Prionolaema gracilis</emphasis>
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: four
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from
<collectingCountry id="4AF510F56F3A300AFD30BD46BFA1FE82" box="[680,912,333,356]" name="Antigua and Barbuda" pageId="6" pageNumber="55">Antigua and Barbuda</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="4AF510F56F3A300AFC03BD46BFC5FE82" box="[923,1012,333,356]" name="Antigua and Barbuda" pageId="6" pageNumber="55">Antigua</collectingCountry>
, University of Iowa Expedition
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(MCZ 21481, examined).
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<emphasis id="00968C776F3A300AFE46BD66BE85FE62" box="[478,692,365,388]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="55">Tetragnatha earmra</emphasis>
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: male
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from
<collectingCountry id="4AF510F56F3A300AFC04BD66BFE5FE62" box="[924,980,365,388]" name="United States of America" pageId="6" pageNumber="55">USA</collectingCountry>
, Florida, Dade Co., Everglades Natl. Park,
<taxonomicName id="F5E22BE66F3A300AFF5FBD86BD29FE42" ID-CoL="7C38M" box="[199,280,397,420]" class="Arachnida" family="Tetragnathidae" genus="Tetragnatha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="6" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="earmra">Earmra</taxonomicName>
, SE
<collectingCountry id="4AF510F56F3A300AFED0BD86BDBDFE42" box="[328,396,397,420]" name="Iceland" pageId="6" pageNumber="55">Island</collectingCountry>
.
<date id="465C76A56F3A300AFE0FBD86BDCFFE42" box="[407,510,397,420]" pageId="6" pageNumber="55" value="1973-01-28">28.i.1973</date>
, (MCZ 21149, examined).
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Justification of the transfer: Detailed examination of
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of
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<emphasis id="00968C776F3A300AFC04BDDEB822FE08" box="[924,1043,469,494]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="55">P. gracilis</emphasis>
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(
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AG) suggests that these animals belong to the genus
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. Further comparison of male palpal morphology (
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AC) with drawings and the
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material of
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confirmed that these specimens belong to the same species. The female genital morphology is also as in
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<emphasis id="00968C776F3A300AFDF5BE46BED0FD80" box="[621,737,589,614]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="55">T. earmra</emphasis>
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(
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AC). Based on these observations we consider the transfer of
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fully justified. The species
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<emphasis id="00968C776F3A300AFD4DBE7EBF77FD68" box="[725,838,629,654]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="55">T. earmra</emphasis>
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should be regarded as a junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="00968C776F3A300AFAD4BE7EBCF9FD50" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="55">P. gracilis</emphasis>
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.
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Despite its relatively smaller chelicerae, compared to other
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<emphasis id="00968C776F3A300AFC35BECEB80AFD38" box="[941,1083,709,734]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="55">Tetragnatha</emphasis>
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species, all other characters clearly place this species in the genus
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<emphasis id="00968C776F3A300AFDEDBEE6BF32FCE0" box="[629,771,749,774]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="55">Tetragnatha</emphasis>
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. Not surprisingly,
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was uncertain of the generic placement of
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: “I am not quite satisfied as to the generic position of this species.” The finding of
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on the island of
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broadens southward the known distribution of this species, which before this study was known only from Florida.
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