Myrmage 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 : 6-7

Gen. Myrmage Prószyński, 2016 , gen. n.

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Type species. Myrmarachne gedongensis Badcock, 1918 .

Documentation studied. Comparative diagnostic drawings of 3 species in Prószyński (2016a) and original literature.

Etymology. Name combines words Myrmarachne and gedongensis , grammar gender assumed feminine.

Diagnosis. Spermathecal pipes are straight tubes of equal diameter along the whole of their length, without loops or dilatations, their entire internal surface is covered by minute spines ( Fig. 1G ). Pocket single, very short, located behind proximal ends of "pipes". Male palps with cymbium broad, distinct spermophor along the margin of bulbus, without additional thin loop ( Fig. 3D ). Palpal tibia apophysis double bent, with flange. Body of both sexes narrow, carapace with dorsal constriction, thorax sloping. Abdomen pear shaped, anteriorly narrowing, broadest in posterior half, with constriction in 1/3rd of length, there are two dorsal sclerites, the anterior is narrow, the posterior is round. The color pattern of alive uniformly black, preserved in alcohol fade to brown, locally light brow, pink or even yellow. Chelicerae of males long and high, of females short and broad.

Description of type species – see Edmunds & Prószyński (2003: 308, Figs 48-52).

More diagnostic documentation - see at: http://www.peckhamia.com/salticidae/q24- Myrmage .html.

Remarks. Yamasaki and Ahmad (2013) call attention to diversity among original specimens of Badcock, as well as difference in the spelling in original labels.

Distribution. Genus known from Borneo and Malay Peninsula.

Composition. The species transferred from the genus Myrmarachne MacLeay, 1839 : Myrmage gedongensis (Badcock, 1918) , comb. n., also Myrmage sp. Danum Valley, Sabah. Myrmarachne dishani Benjamin, 2015 and M. imbellis (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) from Sri Lanka, both described in Benjamin (2015: 10, 15) should be also placed in this genus.

– ©R. Whyte; E – F ©Photo H.K. Tang (from: http://peckhamia.com/photographers.html); G, H, I, K – T. Yamasaki A. H Ahmad, Zootaxa, 2013, 3710: 526, Fig. 19E; 538, Fig. 5A ; 538, Fig. 31E; 534, Fig. 27G.© 2013 Magnolia Press By courtesy. Remark. Color photos of 13 other species of MYRMARACHNINES, both in life and preserved, together with excellent diagnostic drawings of palps and epigyne, are provided in recent paper by Benjamin (2015).

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 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