Microdipoena nyungwe Baert 1989
Creators: name: Lopardo, Lara
name: Hormiga, Gustavo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Mysmenidae
Microdipoena
Microdipoena nyungwe

description: Microdipoena nyungwe
Rwanda: Forêt de Nyungwe, 7,5 km S de Pindura, rivière Nyungwe, 1850 m, litière de forêt, tamisage, Jocqué, Nsengimana & Michiels, 9.xi.1985, ♂ holotype (MRAC 164.921).
Tanzania: Tanga, E. Usambara Mtns., Amani, forest, 5°5.7′S 38°38′E, 950 m, 27.x–9.xi.1995, Griswold, Scharff, Ubick, ♂ ♀ (ZMUC 5599, ♂ ♀ SEM, ♂ ♀ composite, ♂ ♀ genitalic drawing).
Madagascar: Fianarantsoa: Forêt d’Atsirakambiaty, 7.6 km 285° WNW Itremo, 22°35′36″S, 46°33′48″E, 1550 m, 22–26.i.2003, montane rainforest, general collecting day spiders, Fisher, Griswold et al., BLF7156, 10♀ 4♂ 13juv (CASENT 9017312, ♂ ♀ SEM, ♀ genitalic drawing). Mahajanga: Parc National d’Ankarafantsika, Forêt de Tsimaloto, 18.3 km 46° NE de Tsaramandroso, 2–8.iv.2001, 16°13′41″S, 46°8′37″E, elev 135 m, tropical dry forest, EF19 sifted litter, Fisher, Griswold et al., BLF3599, 12♀ 4♂ 11juv (CASENT 9007648, 75 % ethanol, LLS-036(♂)-037(♀), ♂ ♀ sequenced); Parc National Tsingy de Bemaraha, 3.4 km 93°E Bekopaka, Tombeau Vazimba, 6–10.XI.2001, 19°8′31″S, 44°49′41″E, elev. 50 m, tropical dry forest, EF19 sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood), B.L. Fisher et al. BLF4232, ♂ (CASENT 9008782). Antsiranana: Nosy Be, Parc National de Lokobe, 4.95 km 125°ESE Hellville, 13°24′56″S, 048°18′27.3″E, elev 0–200 m, lowland rainforest, 13–16.ii.2003, D. Andriamalala, D. Silva, C. Griswold, H. Ratsirarson, General collecting, day BLF7999, ♀ (CASENT 9005495); ♀ (CASENT 9005496); Reserve Speciale d’Ambre, 3.5 km 235°SW Sakaramy, 26–31.i.2001, 12°28′8″S, 49°14′32″E, Elev. 325 m, tropical dry forest, EF22 pitfall trap, general coll. Day, Fisher, Griswold et al., BLF2655, 3♂ ♀ (CASENT 9006768); J.J. Rafanomezantsoa et al., JJR0115, 2♀ 2♂ (CASENT 9004613); Montagne des Français, 7.2 km, 142° SE Antsiranana (= Diego Suarez), 12°19′22″S, 49°20′17″E, Elev 180 m, 22–28.ii.2001, tropical dry forest, EF19 sifted litter, Fisher, Griswold et al., BLF3128, ♀ (CASENT 9007145). Toamasina: Res. Analamazaotra, Parc National Andasibe, 23 road km E Moramanga, 18°56′38″S, 48°25′3″E, 18°56′38.2″S, 48°25′03.2″E, elev 960 m, 16–18.i.2003, general collecting day, rainforest, C. Griswold, D. Silva, D. Andriamalala, BLF7993, ♂ juv (CASENT 9018286); Toliara: Parc National de Zombitse, 19.8 km 84° E Sakaraha, 22°50′36″S, 44°42′36″E, el. 770 m, 5–9.ii.2003, dry forest on sandy soil, general collecting day spiders, Fisher, Griswold et al., BLF7512, ♂ (CASENT 9005786). Antananarivo: R. S. d’Ambohitantely, Forêt d’Ambohitantely, primary forest, ca. 20.9 km 72° NE d’Ankazobe, 18°13′30.3″S, 47°16′44″E, Elev. 1574 m, montane rainforest, Ludd /raking, 19.iii.2003, D. Andriamalala, D. Silva, et al., DSD0037, 4♀ ♂ 12juv (CASENT 9014984).
description: Published as part of Lopardo, Lara & Hormiga, Gustavo, 2015, Out of the twilight zone: phylogeny and evolutionary morphology of the orb-weaving spider family Mysmenidae, with a focus on spinneret spigot morphology in symphytognathoids (Araneae, Araneoidea), pp. 527-786 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 173 (3) on page 730, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12199, http://zenodo.org/record/5331625