Hortipes gigapophysalis

Taxonavigation

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

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.

References

Primary references

Jocqué, R., Bosselaers, J. & Henrard, A. 2012. A new species of Hortipes (Araneae, Corinnidae), the first spider with an insertable retrolateral tibial apophysis on the male palp. European Journal of Taxonomy 26: 1-11. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.26 . Reference page.

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