Apopyllus now Platnick & Shadab, 1984

Azevedo, Guilherme H. F., Ott, Ricardo, Griswold, Charles E. & Santos, Adalberto J., 2016, A taxonomic revision of the ground spiders of the genus Apopyllus (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), Zootaxa 4178 (3), pp. 301-327 : 310

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4178.3.1

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Apopyllus now Platnick & Shadab, 1984
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Apopyllus now Platnick & Shadab, 1984 View in CoL

Figs 3 View FIGURE 3 C, 4C, 5C, 6C, 7C, 8C, 10E, 11E, 12E, 13E, 14A

Apopyllus now Platnick & Shadab, 1984: 7 View in CoL , figs 19–22. Male holotype and female paratype from the south slope of Veeris Berg, Curaçao (12º10’7”N, 68º59’25”W), 20.XII.1962, H.W. Levi coll., deposited in MCZ (examined).

Diagnosis. Females can be distinguished by the anterior ridge arched and thick on the sides ( Figs 10 View FIGURE 10 E, 11E). Males can be diagnosed by the retrolateral cymbial projection shorter than the RTA in dorsal and ventral view, by the shorter embolus, with a more distally situated embolus loop, and by the shape of the robust RTA ( Figs 3 View FIGURE 3 C, 4C, 5C, 6C, 7C, 8C).

Description. See Platnick & Shadab (1984).

Material examined. Only the holotype and paratype.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Curaçao ( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 A).

Platnick, N. I. & Shadab, M. U. (1984) A revision of the neotropical spiders of the genus Apopyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates, 2788, 1 - 9.

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FIGURE 3. Apopyllus spp., male left palp in ventral view, drawings. A A. silvestrii (MCTP 26293). B A. suavis (IBSP 129024). C A. now (MCZ 22335). D A. ivieorum (AMNH). E A. aeolicus new. sp. (CHNUFPI 1567). F A. centralis new sp. (UFMG 4395). G A. atlanticus new sp. (UFMG 16828).

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FIGURE 10. Apopyllus spp., epigynum, ventral view, drawings. Vulva can be seen by transparency. A A. silvestrii (MCTP 26293). B A. suavis (MNRJ 58361). C A. malleco (AMNH). D A. huanuco (AMNH). E A. now (MCZ 24971). F A. gandarela new. sp. (UFMG 16876). G A. centralis new sp. (UFMG 4564). H A. atlanticus new sp. (MCTP 27338).

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FIGURE 14. Geographic distribution records of Apopyllus species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Gnaphosidae

Genus

Apopyllus