Coenoptychus mutillicus ( Haddad, 2004 ) Paul & Sankaran & Sebastian & Joseph, 2018

Paul, Jimmy, Sankaran, Pradeep M., Sebastian, Pothalil A. & Joseph, Mathew M., 2018, A review of the wasp mimicking spider genus Coenoptychus Simon, 1885 (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae), Zootaxa 4413 (1), pp. 163-172 : 170

Coenoptychus mutillicus ( Haddad, 2004) comb. nov.

Graptartia mutillica Haddad, 2004: 76 , figs 2, 5, 8, 11, 13, 24‒28 (Holotype ♀: SOUTH AFRICA: Deelhoek farm, Bloemfontein district, 28°54'S, 26°07'E, 1250 m, leg. C.R. Haddad, under old oil drum, 12.I.2001, NMBA 9451 —not examined).

Justification for transfer. Judging from the original description and illustrations of G. mutillica ( Haddad, 2004) , this species would be better placed in Coenoptychus than in Graptartia : male smaller and less robust than female, recurved PER, abdomen and legs with feathery setae, promargin of chelicerae with three teeth, round spermathecae II and reniform spermathecae I, lack of palpal RTA, and spiralled embolus with 2.5 turns ( Haddad 2004: figs 2, 8, 11, 13, 24‒28). All these indicate that this species is misplaced in Graptartia and its transfer to Coenoptychus is hereby proposed.

Distribution. Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Tanzania ( Fig. 5 ).

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FIGURE 5. Distribution records of Coenoptychus pulcher (circles), C. mutillicus (squares) and C. tropicalis (triangles): type localities (black), new records (red), other published records (white).