Selkirkiella carelmapuensis, (LEVI, 1963)

Agnarsson, Ingi, 2006, A revision of the New World eximius lineage of Anelosimus (Araneae, Theridiidae) and a phylogenetic analysis using worldwide exemplars, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 146 (4), pp. 453-593 : 513

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00213.x
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5487979
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scientific name	Selkirkiella carelmapuensis
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SELKIRKIELLA CARELMAPUENSIS ( LEVI, 1963) View in CoL

Synonymies:

Anelosimus carelmapuensis Levi, 1963: 45 , figs 45–48, ♀, Levi, 1967: 13, fig. 33, ♂.

Selkirkiella carelmapuensis Agnarsson, 2004 View in CoL .

Types: Female holotype from Chile, Llanquehue, Carelmapu, 21–28.ii.1957, L. Peña, in KBIN, examined .

Comments: The species was transferred to Selkirkiella by Agnarsson (2004) and the examination of the type specimen confirms this transfer. It has a prominent colulus with two setae, small AME, and the epigynum is characteristic of Selkirkiella , with a small opening and copulatory ducts winding and encircling itself lateral to the copulatory opening.

References

Agnarsson I. 2004. Morphological phylogeny of cobweb spiders and their relatives (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 141: 447 - 626.

Levi HW. 1963. The American spiders of the genus Anelosimus (Araneae, Theridiidae). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 82: 30 - 48.

Levi HW. 1967. The theridiid spider fauna of Chile. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 136: 1 - 20.