Neriene fuegiana Simon, 1902

Duperre, Nadine & Harms, Danilo, 2018, Raising the Dead: Rediscovery and redescription of some lost spider types (Araneae) described by Eugene Simon, Evolutionary Systematics 2 (1), pp. 1-20 : 1

Neriene fuegiana Simon, 1902 Fig. 4 A–C

Neriene fuegiana Simon, 1902: 17 (as Neriene fuegiana n. sp., description female).

Oedothorax fuegianus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 262 (transferred female).

Oedothorax fuegianus Miller, 2007: 244, f. 186C (female illustration, misplaced in this genus).

Type locality.

Coll. Mich. 187. Süd-Feuerland, Küstenstich-Ebenen südwestlich von Kap San Pio; 27.XII.92.

Dimensions.

♀. long. 2,7 mm.

Determination label.

Neriene fuegiana n. sp. Nr. 20.

Locality label.

187. Feuerld. S.K.wstl.v.Kp.S.Pio, Coll. Michaelsen. 27.XII.92.

Remarks.

This species was transferred by Petrunkevitch (1911) to the genus Oedothorax . In 2007, Miller (2007) mentionned that the primary type is from Argentina, Terra de Fue [Tierra del Fuego] 54°15' S 68°0'W (Michl., MNHN 14110, holotype female) and that this species is probably misplaced in this genus. The specimen examined by Miller is probably part of the type series but the locality data are imprecise and only Tierra del Fuego is mentionned. Miller provides illustrations of the female genitalia that correspond to the specimen held at the Hamburg Museum; however, he does not designate a lectotype and his assumption of holotype status is invalid. The specimen in Hamburg is designated as lectotype because it is evidently part of the type series and the specimen No. 14110 at the MNHN is designated as a paralectotype.

Type material.

Lectotype ♀ designated here (ZMH-A0000758).

Description.

Female (lectotype). Total length: 1.74; cephalothorax length: 0.59; cephalothorax width: 0.48. COLORATION: "cephalothorax pale yellow, eyes with thin black ring. Abdomen dorsally white, both sides with wide dark indistinct pattern, median line complete, with 4 or 5 slightly brownish arched transverse lines, ventrally pale reddish-brown." CEPHALOTHORAX: Longer than wide (Fig. 4A), pars cepalica slightly arched, pars thoracica slooping gradually; clypeus 2xAME; sternum as lons as wide. EYES: round, all surround by black pigment and about the same size; AME touching, AME-LE separated by their radius, LE touching, LE-PME separated by their radius, PME separated by their diameter. LEG: Tm I: 0.45. ABDOMEN: Oval. GENITALIA: Epigynum with triangular median protrusion, two large, oval spermathecae visible through integument (Fig. 4B, C).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution.

Chile, Kap San Pio.

Current systematic position.

Linyphiidae , Oedothorax fuegiana Simon, 1902.