Hortipes gigapophysalis

Hortipes gigapophysalis

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Corinnoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Corinnoidea

Familia: Corinnidae
Subfamilia: Phrurolithinae
Genus: Hortipes
Species: Hortipes gigapophysalis

Name

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Hortipes gigapophysalis Jocqué, Bosselaers & Henrard, 2012

Etymology: refers to the extraordinarily long retrolateral tibial apophysis on the male palp.
Type locality: GUINEA, Mt. Nimba, Station de pompage Zié, alt. 1250 m, 07° 40’ N - 008° 22’ W, 03 Feb. 2012, hand collecting by A. Henrard, C. Allard, P. Bimou and M. Sidibé near Zié river, forest.
Holotype: ♂ MRAC 239507
Paratypes: 2 ♂♂ (MRAC 239104) and, together with holotype, 1 ♀ (MRAC 239482): GUINEA, Mt. Nimba, Pierre Richaud, Kaiser 1, alt. 1480 m, 07° 39’ N - 008° 22’ W, 7 Oct. 2011, hand collecting by A. Henrard and D. Vandenspiegel, at the entrance (± 4 m inside) of disused humid adit, under wood log.

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