Hygropoda linearis ( Simon, 1903 )

Cruz, Estevam L. & Silva, Da, 2012, On the nursery-web spider genus Hypsithylla Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Pisauridae) and its synonymy with Hygropoda Thorell, 1894, Zootaxa 3523, pp. 59-63 : 60

Hygropoda linearis ( Simon, 1903) . New combination.

Hypsithylla linearis Simon, 1903: 38 , immature female holotype from Antongil, Madagascar, type not found in the collection of Muséum National d´Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) (not examined).

Note. The type-specimen of the type species was not found in the collection of MNHN (Christine Rollard, pers. comm.), but Simon (1903: 38) mentioned long and flexible tarsi in the original description, a character known only from Hygropoda and Megadolomedes Davies & Raven, 1980 in Pisauridae . Other characters that could be used to differentiate the members of Hygropoda from those of Megadolomedes are: relative length of legs (4123 in Megadolomedes and 123 in Hygropoda ), geographic distribution ( Megadolomedes is endemic to Australia), body size (Megadolemedes females are much larger than males), eye proportions (AME nearly the same size as ALE in Megadolomedes ) and cheliceral promargin and retromargin teeth (three/ three in Hygropoda and three/ four in Megadolomedes ). The differences between the genera presented here are based only on non-genitalic characters, once there is no information on genitalic characters for H. linearis , since the only known specimen is a juvenile.