Micaria tersissima Simon, 1910

Marusik, Yuri M. & Omelko, Mikhail M., 2017, Redescription of Micaria beaufortia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), with notes on Afrotropical Micaria, Zootaxa 4294 (4), pp. 462-470 : 463

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.4.5

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6045776

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scientific name

Micaria tersissima Simon, 1910
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Micaria tersissima Simon, 1910 View in CoL

Micaria tersissima Simon 1910: 203 View in CoL (♂).

Comments. As in the previous species, M. tersissima is known only from the holotype and a single taxonomic entry. It was described based on the male from " Petit Namaqualand: Kamaggas " ( Fig. 30 View FIGURE 30 ). Similar to M. chrysis , it is currently listed in the World Spider Catalog (2017) as being known from Namibia, although it was described from South Africa. Simon (1910) mentioned that the species certainly belongs to Micaria , and indicated the presence of a small thoracic fovea (as an exceptional character). A small fovea is present in M. beaufortia ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 1 ‒ 7 ) and also documented in M. formicaria (Sundevall, 1831) (fig. 4a in Wunderlich 1980). It is unlikely that M. tersissima and M. beaufortia are conspecific; M. tersissima males are smaller, only 3.5 mm long vs. 4.35 long for M. beaufortia . Judging from their similar size and closely spaced type localities, these two species from the Northern Cape and known by different sexes might end up being synonyms.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Gnaphosidae

Genus

Micaria

Loc

Micaria tersissima Simon, 1910

Marusik, Yuri M. & Omelko, Mikhail M. 2017
2017
Loc

Micaria tersissima

Simon 1910: 203
1910
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