Apopyllus ivieorum Platnick & Shadab, 1984

Azevedo, Guilherme H. F., Ott, Ricardo, Griswold, Charles E. & Santos, Adalberto J., 2016, A taxonomic revision of the ground spiders of the genus Apopyllus (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), Zootaxa 4178 (3), pp. 301-327 : 310-311

Apopyllus ivieorum Platnick & Shadab, 1984

Figs 3 D, 4D, 5D, 6D, 7D, 8D, 14A

Apopyllus ivieorum Platnick & Shadab, 1984: 8 , figs 15–16. Male holotype from 8 mi west of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico (16º57’19”N 96º28’15”W), 29.VIII.1966. J. and W. Ivie coll., deposited in AMNH (examined).

Diagnosis. Males can be distinguished by the cymbial incision distally situated, by the absence of a cymbial retrolateral projection, and the characteristic shape of RTA ( Figs 3 D, 4D, 5D, 6D, 7D, 8D).

Description. See Platnick & Shadab (1984). Females unknown.

Material examined. Only the type material.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Oaxaca, Mexico ( Fig. 14 A).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Apopyllus spp., male left palp in ventral view, drawings. A A. silvestrii (MCTP 26293). B A. suavis (IBSP 129024). C A. now (MCZ 22335). D A. ivieorum (AMNH). E A. aeolicus new. sp. (CHNUFPI 1567). F A. centralis new sp. (UFMG 4395). G A. atlanticus new sp. (UFMG 16828).

FIGURE 14. Geographic distribution records of Apopyllus species.