Mimetus insidiator Simon
Creators: name: Benavides, Ligia R.
name: Giribet, Gonzalo
name: Hormiga, Gustavo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Mimetidae
Mimetus
Mimetus insidiator

description: <i>Anansi insidiator</i> (Thorell, 1899) new combination <i>Mimetus insidiator</i> Thorell, 1899: 29. Female holotype from Cameroon. No specific collection data (“Feminam singulam vidi, a Sjöstedt in Camerun captam.”). No examined. <i>Mimetus insidiator</i> Simon, 19 03: 92 <i>Mimetus insidiator</i> Lessert, 1930: 622. Figs. 6 a <i>–</i> b. Figures 13 <i>–</i> 16 <i>Diagnosis. Anansi insidiator</i> can be distinguished from other mimetids by its short cymbio-ectal process, flagellum in the conductor that is as long as the maximum cymbium width and epigynum piriform with its base wider. <i>Description. Male</i> (Figs. 14 and 15; GH98 4, GH1576). Habitus as in Figures 1 4 A <i>–</i> C. Total length 5.37; cephalothorax 2.48 long, 1.82 wide, 0.94 high; abdomen 2.74 long, 1.54 wide, 1.62 high. Carapace pale yellow with two lines of macrosetae running from fovea to ocular area and a dark brown stripe running longitudinally from edge to margin, wider from fovea to anterior carapace margin (Fig. 14 A). Sternum yellowish (Fig. 14 C), 1.07 long, 0.81 wide, labium 0.46 long, 0.35 wide; darker than sternum (Fig. 14 J). Clypeus 0.17 high; AME inter-distance 0.12, PME 0.09. PME-AME distance 0.14; AME-ALE 0.10; PME-PLE 0.18. Chelicerae yellow with distal margins dark brown (Fig. 13 D); ChL 1.11; ChW1 0.33; ChW2 0.32. Palp as in Figures 13 E <i>–</i> I and 15B <i>–</i> H. Cymbium (Figs. 14 E <i>–</i> I) 0.75 long 0.33 wide, with a short ectobasal process next to paracymbium (Figs. 15 B <i>–</i> C). Paracymbium spoon-shaped; tegulum discoid, embolus flagelliform, running parallel to tegulum (Figs. 14 E, H); conductor projecting ventrally, with a flagellum that is approximately half the length of embolus (Figs. 14 E, H; 15G, H). Epiandrous fusules in two clusters; each cluster on a protuberance that carries ca. 5 fusules (Fig. 15 A). Spinnerets as in Figures 15 I <i>–</i> K. <i>Female.</i> (Figs. 16 and 17; GH985-GH986). Habitus as in Figures 16 A <i>–</i> C. Total length 4.77, cephalothorax 3.04 long, 1.47 wide, 0.97 high; abdomen 2.60 long 1.44 wide, 1.23 high. Carapace pale yellow with two lines of setae that run from fovea to ocular area. Sternum light yellow. Clypeus 0.15 high; AME inter-distance 0.12, PME 0.04. PME-AME distance 0.13; AME-ALE 0.12; PME-PLE 0.18. ChL 1.62; ChW1 0.42; ChW2 0.45 (Fig. 16 C). Epigynum projecting posteriorly 0.55 long, 0.40 wide, piriform, with its base wider and narrower towards its apex (Figs. 16 D; 17B <i>–</i> C). Copulatory openings facing posteriorly (Figs. 17 D <i>–</i> E); oval spermathecae; copulatory ducts as long as the spermathecae. Spinnerets as in Figures 17 F- H. PLS without cylindrical spigots (Fig. 17 H). <i>Distribution.</i> Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. <i>Remarks.</i> Although we were unable to examine Thorell’s type specimen of <i>Mimetus insidiator</i>, his description and additional descriptions and drawings in the works of Simon (1903) and Lessert (1930), and the thesis of Harms (2007), allow the species identification. <i>Additional Material Examined.</i> CAMEROON: Southwest Province: Meme Div. Mt. Koupe above Nyassosso forest. 800 <i>–</i> 12 0 0 m, 4 <i>°</i> 50′N, 9 <i>°</i> 41′E. 16- 19.ii.1992. C. Griswold, N. Scharff, C. Wanzie, S. Larcher, P. Masongo leg. (CASENT9026639, 1M, 1J); Fako Div: Mt. Cameroon, south side, mist forest. 1425m, 4 <i>°</i> 0 6′28 <i>″</i> N, 9 <i>°</i> 0 7′10 <i>″</i> E. 26-28.i.1992. J. Coddington, C. Griswold, G. Hormiga, S. Larcher leg. (CASENT902 663 7, 1M; CASENT9026634, 1M); Mt. Cameroon, south side, N. Mapanja (1F with “ball” of first instars, GH photo voucher, 27.i.1992 /roll #6/ PHOTOS 25-29, G. Hormiga leg.); Central Province: Ototomo forest, near Ngoumou (Giribet Locality 77 0), 3.66195500 83 <i>°</i> 11.300 2490066 <i>°</i>, 731 m. 5.vi.2009. L. Benavides, G. Giribet, G.N. Legrand, J. Murienne leg. (GH0986, 1M, 1F; 1F SEM voucher); Ototomo Forest, near Ngoumou (Giribet Locality 764), 3.64446097 0 5 <i>°</i> 11.291 0 620216 <i>°</i>, 686 m, 4.vi.2009. L. Benavides, G. Giribet, G.N. Legrand, J. Murienne leg. (GH984, 1M); Ototomo Forest, near Ngoumou (Giribet Locality 768), 3.6591 940094 <i>°</i> 11.286 1010246 <i>°</i>, 711 m, 5.vi.2009. L. Benavides, G. Giribet, G.N. Legrand, J. Murienne leg. (GH985, 1F). Moyen- Ogooué Province: Lambaréné (Giribet Locality 797). ‾0.6582 48961 <i>°</i> 10.199 16398 <i>°</i>. 136 m. vi. 2009. L. Benavides, G. Giribet, J. Murienne leg. (1M, 2F, 1J; 1M SEM voucher); Matute, Tiko plantation. 24.iv- 6.v.1949. B. Malkin leg. (CAS 9028 644, 3M, 1F, 1J; 1F abdomen for SEM). CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Prefecture Shanga-Mbaére: Parc National Dzanga-Ndoki, 37.9 km 1 68 <i>°</i> S Lidjombo, rainforest EC30 beating low vegetation. 360 m, 2 <i>°</i> 22′14 <i>″</i> N, 16 <i>°</i> 1 0′ 21 <i>″</i> E. 20-28.v. 200 1. B.L. Fisher Collection Code BLF4128 (CASENT9026516, 6F, 9J). GABON: Province Ogooue Maritime: Aire d’Exploitation Rationelle de Fauna des Monts Doudou, 24.3 km 307 <i>°</i> NW Doussala, rainforest, beating foliage. 2 <i>°</i> 13′21 <i>″</i> S, 10 <i>°</i> 24′21 <i>″</i> E, 375 m, 6.iii. 20 0 0. B.L. Fisher #2172 (CASENT902 8663, 1F); Mts Cristal, Tchimbelé, beating, primary rainforest. 9.vi-11.vi.2007. D. De Bakker, W. Maddison, M. Bodner leg. (Mus. R. Afr. Centr 221722, 1F); Ogooué- Ivindo, Reserve du Plateau d’Ipassa, Makokou (Giribet Locality 789), 0.5107 85971 <i>°</i> 12.800 0 9704 <i>°</i>, 635 m, 12.vi.2009. (GH989, 1F). EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Bioko: Arena Blanca, 7 km N. Luba 3 <i>°</i> 31′21 <i>″</i> N, 8 <i>°</i> 35′0 <i>″</i> E. 14.iv. 199 8. M. Boko, D.K. Dabney, L. Henwood, R.W. Tomos, D. Ubick, J.V. Vindum leg. (CAS 9026 614, 1F, 3J); 3.5 km N of Luba, swampy forest, 3 <i>°</i> 28′54 <i>″</i> N, 8 <i>°</i> 34′58 <i>″</i> E, 13.x.19 98. M. Boko, D.K. Dabney, L. Henwood, R.W. Tomos, D. Ubick, J.V. Vindum leg. (CAS 902 6606, 1M; CASENT902661 3, 1M).
description: Published as part of <i>Ligia R. Benavides, Gonzalo Giribet &amp; Gustavo Hormiga, 2016, Gonzalo Giribet, pp. 1-31 in Cladistics 32 (6)</i> on page 27, DOI: 10.1111/cla.12174, http://zenodo.org/record/192098
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