Micaria tersissima Simon, 1910
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.4.5 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6045776 |
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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.
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Micaria tersissima Simon, 1910
Marusik, Yuri M. & Omelko, Mikhail M. 2017 |
Micaria tersissima
Simon 1910: 203 |