Myrmavola yamasakii Prószyński, 2016,

Prószyński, Jerzy, 2016, Delimitation and description of 19 new genera, a subgenus and a species of Salticidae (Araneae) of the world, Ecologica Montenegrina 7, pp. 4-32 : 13-14

Myrmavola yamasakii Prószyński, 2016 sp. n.

Figures 1K , 2H , 3K , 5B–D

Synonym: Myrmarachne mariaelenae : Yamasaki & Ahmad 2013: 534, fig. 26A-G, 27A-G (misidentified) syn. n.

Material. Syntypes 2 males and 3 females, Gunung Alab, Crocker Range Park , Sabah, 9 X 2010, T. Yamasaki leg. ; 5 males and 24 females, Kinabalu Park Headquarter area , Sabah, 10–12 XI 2010, T. Yamasaki leg. [studied by T. Yamasaki].

Etymology. Named for Dr. Takeshi Yamasaki, an author of excellent papers on Myrmarachne .

Diagnosis. Resembling Myrmavola galianoae ( Prószyński, 2001) , comb. n., from which differs distinctly by small and narrow posterior pocket of epigyne, fitted into wide span between proximal ends of spermathecal " pipes " ( Fig. 1K ), in M. christae ( Prószyński, 2001) , comb. n., the posterior pocket is also small and narrow, but the posterior ends of "pipes" are very close each other and the pocket is fitted tightly.

Male bulbus oval with open additional loop, tibial apophysis slightly longer than in Myrmarachne , gently waving apically, but not twisted, there is no flange ( Fig. 3K ). Body shape and color pattern similar to the remaining species of the genus, without any resemblance to Myrmarachne ( Figs. 5B–D ).

For full description - see Yamasaki & Ahmad (2013: 534-535).

Nomenclatorical note. Original name of this species - Myrmarachne mariaelenae used by Yamasaki & Ahmad, 2013 is a result of double mistake, the first - assumption by Edwards & Benjamin (2009: 14) that the species Damoetas galianoae Prószyński, 2001 should be transferred to the genus Myrmarachne , where would become junior homonym of Myrmarachne galianoae Cutler, 1981 . Hence they replaced specific name by " mariaelenae ". Because classification to Myrmarachne cannot be sustained, the replacement name become superfluous as never used in the primary literature. The second mistake was identification of the species described by Yamasaki & Ahmad as conspecific with " mariaelenae " - that is originally " galianoae ", as these specimen are in fact not conspecific, it become necessary to describe them under new name. Informed on the changed status of this species Dr. Yamasaki did not use the occasion to describe it himself.

Distribution. Species known from Borneo: Sabah.

Figures

Figure 1. Body color pattern and the internal structure in the informal group of MYRMARACHNINES: A – Myrmarachne formicaria, female and male; C – D Myrmarachne smaragdina, female and male; E – F Myrmaplata plataleoides, female and male. The internal structure of epigyne in: G – Myrmage gedongensis, H – Myrmatheca alticephalon, I – Toxeus maxillosus, K – Myrmavola yamasaki. The sources of photos: A – B – ©Photo J. Lissner; C –

Figure 2. Diversity of internal structures of epigyne in MYRMARACHNINES: A – Myrmarachne tristis, B – C – M. ramosa compared with its alleged synonym M. melanocephala, D – Myrmanu nubilis, E – Myrmapeni chickeringi, F – Myrmagua guaranitica, G – Myrmaplata plataleoides, H – Myrmavola galianoae, I – Myrmapana panamensis, J – Myrmele peckhami. Sources: A, G, H – J. Prószyński, ©Annales zoologici, 2003, 51, 3: 109, Fig. 452; 1992, 44, 9: 85- 186, Figs 87; 2001, 51 (4): 520-521, Figs 10; B – J. Prószyński,©Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, 2003, 12: 301, Fig. 29; C –Edwards & Benjamin, Zootaxa 2009, 2309: 10, Fig. 5C; D, J – F.R. Wanless, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology series) 33: 111, Fig. 72B; 119, Fig. 80D; 143, Fig. 70; Reproduced with the permission of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; E, F – M. E. Galiano, Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, Entomologia, Buenos Aires, 3: 143, Figs. 65; 136, Fig. 66

Figure 3. The diversity of palps in MYRMARACHNINES: A – Myrmarachne tristis, B – M. ramosa, C – Myrmapana panamensis, D – Myrmage gedongensis, E – Myrmapeni penicillata, F –Toxeus maxillosus, G – Myrmavola galianoae, H – Myrmaplata plataleoides, I - Myrmele peckhami, J – Myrmatheca alticephalon, K – Myrmavola yamasakii – palp, tibia dorsally and male chelicera. Sources: A, G – Prószyński, ©Annales zoologici, 2003, 51, 3: 109, Figs 449-450; 520-521, Figs. 7 – 8; B, D, H – J. Prószyński, ©Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, 2003, 12 (7): 301, 22-23; 308, Figs 49-513; 299, Figs 4-5; 117, Figs 49-50; C, E – M. E. Galiano, ©Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, Entomologia, Buenos Aires 3: 143, Figs 69-70; 117, Figs. 49- 50; 136, Figs 46-47; I - F.R. Wanless, ©Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology series) 33(1): 119, Fig. 80A. Reproduced with the permission of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London..

Figure 5. Diagnostic characters of Myrmavola and Pellenes. A – Myrmavola galianoae – lateral view, B – D – M. yamasakii, carapace laterally, dorsal views of male and female; E – G – Pellenes (Pellap) lapponicus - palps and epigyne and its internal structure, SEM photo of dissected bulbus, dorsal and lateral views (E – embolus, CTE – conductor). Sources: A – J. Prószyński, ©Annales zoologici, 2001, 51 (4): 520-521, Fig. 6; B, – D – M. yamasakii - T. Yamasaki & A. Ahmad, 2013, Zootaxa 3710: 534, Figs. 26A, C; E, F – J. Prószyński, unpublished; G – Logunov, Marusik 1999 [2000]. Arthropoda Selecta 8 (4): 269, scan. phot. 22-23. By courtesy