Styposis camoteensis, (LEVI, 1967), 2006

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 : 512

STYPOSIS CAMOTEENSIS ( LEVI, 1967) , COMB. NOV.

Synonymy:

Anelosimus camoteensis Levi, 1967: 15 , figs 30–32, ♂ ♀.

Types: Female holotype and male paratype from Chile, Juan Fernández Islands , Más a Tierra , Valle Ansón, Plazoleta del Yunque, 200–250 m, Camote side, 1– 28.iv.1962, B. Malkin, in AMNH, examined .

Comments: This small (1.2–1.5 mm) species is transferred to Styposis . It has a large leaf-like colulus, characteristic of Styposis and Pholcomma (see Levi, 1964a; Agnarsson, 2004). Like other Styposis the lateral eyes and PME are large and close together, while the AME are small. The abdomen lacks a dorsal band, but has dark- and light-pigmented spots on dorsum. Both general habitus and genitalia strongly resemble other Styposis species. It is not clear why Levi placed this species in Anelosimus as he correctly states ( Levi, 1967: 15): ‘This very small, large-eyed species resembles species of Mysmena ...The palpus... except for a mesal sclerite, is lightly sclerotized and unlike that of any other Anelosimus species , except the larger A. tepus .’ Anelosimus tepus Levi, 1967 (= Styposis tepus ) is described from a female in the same paper ( Levi, 1967) but interestingly, although comparing the males of the two species, Levi did not describe the male of S. tepus , which remains known only from the female.