Myrmekiaphila flavipes (Petrunkevitch) BOND & PLATNICK, 2007

BOND, JASON E. & PLATNICK, NORMAN I., 2007, A Taxonomic Review of the Trapdoor Spider Genus Myrmekiaphila (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Cyrtaucheniidae), American Museum Novitates 3596 (1), pp. 1-32 : 29

Myrmekiaphila flavipes (Petrunkevitch) , new combination

Figures 1 , 106

Aptostichus flavipes Petrunkevitch, 1925: 317 (female holotype from Mitchell , Lawrence Co., Indiana, in AMNH, examined).

DIAGNOSIS: Females can be distinguished on the basis of their unique spermathecal morphology (fig. 106): the spermathecae are widely separated and have a small base, with a relatively elongate stalk terminating in a very lightly sclerotized hemispherical bulb.

DESCRIPTION: Female described by Petrunkevitch (1925); males are unknown.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: UNITED STATES: INDIANA: Lawrence Co.: Mitchell [38.7328 –86.4736, MYR204], Sept. 1, 1906 (A., W. Petrunkevitch, AMNH), 1♀ (holotype) .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality in Mitchell, Indiana (fig. 1).

Figures

Fig. 1. Generalized distribution map for Myrmekiaphila species. com – M. comstocki, cor – M. coreyi, fol – M. foliata, fla – M. flavipes, fluv – M. fluviatilis, how – M. howelli, jen – M. jenkinsi, mil – M. millerae, min – M. minuta, nyo – M. neilyoungi, tor – M. torreya.

Figs. 99–106. 99–105. Myrmekiaphila minuta, new species, from Alachua Co., Florida. 99–101. Male left leg I: retrolateral, prolateral, and ventral (metarsus) views. 102–104. Male left pedipalp: retrolateral, ventral, and prolateral views. 105. Spermathecae. 106. Myrmekiaphila flavipes (Petrunkevitch) from Lawrence Co., Indiana, spermathecae.