Paramicromerys madagascariensis, (SIMON, 1893)

Huber, Bernhard A., 2003, Cladistic analysis of Malagasy pholcid spiders reveals generic level endemism: Revision of Zatavua n. gen. and Paramicromerys Millot (Pholcidae, Araneae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 137 (2), pp. 261-318 : 286-287

PARAMICROMERYS MADAGASCARIENSIS ( SIMON, 1893)

( FIGS 131, 132 )

Micromerys madagascariensis Simon, 1893: 472–474 , fig. 462. Timm, 1976: 72, figs 13, 14.

Paramicromerys madagascariensis: Millot, 1946: 146– 147 , fig. 21(a)–(d).

Type. Male holotype from unspecified locality in Madagascar; collector and collection date unknown, in MNHN (9277; AR 10501) .

Diagnosis. Very closely related to P. betsileo , with almost identical palps (compare Figs 131 and 135 ), but with male cheliceral apophyses much closer together (compare Figs 132 and 133 ).

Male (holotype). Total length ~1.6 (deformed), carapace width ~0.7. Femur 1: 5.6, other segments and legs missing. Habitus and prosoma shape apparently as in P. betsileo (cf. Figs 102 and 103 ). Carapace ochre with black margin; sternum ochre; opisthosoma grey with dark spots dorsally. Ocular area deformed. Chelicerae as in Fig. 132 , without modified hairs on tips of apophyses; distance between tips of apophyses 55 Mm. Palps as in Fig. 131 , differing from P. betsileo primarily by the shapes of the trochanter apophyses (arrows in Fig. 131 ).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. Unknown.

Material examined. MADAGASCAR: type above .

Figures

Figures 131–138. Paramicromerys madagascariensis (131–132) and P. betsileo (133–138). 131, Left male palp, retrolateral view; arrows point to distinctive apophyses on trochanter. 132–133, Male chelicerae, frontal views. 134–135, Left male palp, pro- and retrolateral views. 136, Male chelicerae, lateral view. 137-138, Cleared epigynum, ventral (137) and dorsal (138) views. ‘d’: distinctive element of procursus; ‘e’: embolus; ‘p’: pocket; ‘to’: tarsal organ. Scale lines: 0.4 mm (131, 134–135), 0.2 mm (132, 133, 136), 0.3 mm (137, 138).

Figures 102–121. Paramicromerys habitus, males in dorsal and lateral views. 102–103, P. betsileo. 104–105, P. mahira. 106–107, P. rothorum. 108–109, P. rabeariveloi. 110–111, P. coddingtoni. 112–113, P. nampoinai. 114–115, P. scharffi. 116– 117, P. ralamboi. 118–119, P. manantenina. 120–121, P. marojejy.