Emertonius" palawanensis, Prószyński, 2018

Prószyński, Jerzy, 2018, Review of genera Evarcha and Nigorella, with comments on Emertonius, Padilothorax, Stagetillus, and description of five new genera and two new species (Araneae: Salticidae) *, Ecologica Montenegrina 16, pp. 130-179 : 170-171

" Emertonius" palawanensis sp. n.

Figure 21 Q-R1

Myrmarachne exasperans Wanless, 1978b: 235 , f. 1A-F (male only).

Type - holotype male labelled as " Myrmarachne exasperans " by F. R . Wanless , from " Philippines: Palawan Manialingajan Pinigisan, 600 m. 12.viii.1961, Noona Dan Exp. 1961-62 ( BMNH)" .

Remarks. Specimen mismatched 7 * by Wanless (1978: 236, 238, f. 1, not f. 2) as a male supposed to match female lectotype of Myrmarachne exasperans (= Emertonius exasperans ) from Java, is described here as a new species to straighten records and to attract attention of the next revident to study it. It certainly does not belong to Myrmarachne , but placement in the genus Emertonius is only provisional, due to insufficient documentation. Finding its real placement seems to be not possible without examination of its true matching female.

Diagnosis. Key characters are shown on original drawings by Wanless ( Fig. 21 Q-R), there are no comparable species known.

Description. See facsimile below. Differs from both Emertonius and Myrmarachne by body shape ( Fig. 21Q ), in particular by fringe across abdomen in about one fourth of its length, delimiting anterior surface, which in many Myrmarachne may be covered by separate sclerite. Palps, as drawn by Wanless, are not characteristic ( Fig. 21R ), chelicerae elongate with a row of separate teeth along its whole edge ( Fig. 21R 1 ).

Figures

Figure 1-I. For figure caption see under Figure 1-II.

Figure 21-I. For figure caption see under Figure 21-II.