Grismadox mboitui comb. nov. (Pett, 2021)

Pett, Brogan L., Rubio, Gonzalo D. & Perger, Robert, 2022, Grismadox gen. nov., a new Neotropical genus of ant-resembling spiders (Araneae, Corinnidae, Castianeirinae), including the description of two new species from Bolivia and Paraguay, Zoosystematics and Evolution 98 (1), pp. 1-11 : 1

Grismadox mboitui comb. nov. (Pett, 2021)

Myrmecotypus mboitui (Pett, 2021) 79, figs 3-13. Male holotype and female paratypes (CCPLT) from Ñeembucú department, Paraguay, examined.

Type deposit.

Holotype ♂ CIPLT-Ar 301. Paratypes 2♀ CIPLT-Ar 303, 1♀ CIPLT-Ar 300.

Diagnosis.

Separated from congeners by: pedipalp with four and a half coils (vs. three, four or five); RTAs in ventral view much larger than that of other species; constriction between ST I and ST II moderate (vs. absent or distinct); COs slightly anterolateral to ST (vs. far anterior); carapace orangish (vs. dark brown to black, greyish or yellowish).

Description.

See: Pett (2021).

Geographical and ecological distribution.

Epigeal in savanna-like wetland in the Humid Chaco area.

Etymological notes.

G. mboitui was named after the Guaraní mythological figure Mbói tu’ĩ, and all details of the specific epithet are accurate. However, it was incorrectly stated in parentheses of the etymology section that Mbói = parrot and tu’ĩ = snake (in Guaraní), when in fact this was an incorrect transcription and the opposite is true. Mbói = snake and tu’ĩ = parrot.