Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4969.1.2 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4813074 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C3023753-FFBD-F73A-ACD7-27B8FA4EE5CB |
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Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 |
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Genus Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 View in CoL
Type species: Myrmecotypus fuliginosus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 View in CoL (by original designation)
Diagnosis. Cephalic region wide (cephalic index range 64–89), carapace narrowed (carapace index ˂ 60), without thoracic groove but with slight depression instead; PER wider than AER and almost straight to moderately recurved, AME larger than ALE, PME–PME greater than PME–PLE, PLE situated close to lateral margin of cephalic area; abdomen only very slightly petiolated; tibia I ventral spines paired in 2–2, 3–2, 3–3 or 4–4 arrangement; trochanter IV notch usually absent, with only a tiny one, if present ( Perger & Rubio 2020a, 2021).
Key to the known Bolivian species of Myrmecotypus
1. Tibia I spination 3-3 or 5-5.............................................................................. 2
- Tibia I spination 4-4............................................................... M. niger Chickering, 1937 View in CoL
2. Carapace with shallow transverse constriction...............................................................3
- Carapace with deep transverse constriction................................... M. tahyinandu Perger & Rubio, 2020 View in CoL
3. Males.............................................................................................. 5
4. Females............................................................................................. 7
5. Embolus with at least one tegular projection near base........................................................ 6
- Embolus without tegular projection, twisted....................................... M. iguazu Rubio & Arbino, 2009 View in CoL
6. Embolus slightly curved................................................ M. rubrofemoratus Perger & Rubio, 2021 View in CoL
- Embolus cat claw-shaped................................................................ M. haddadi View in CoL sp. nov.
7. Epigyne openings rounded.............................................................................. 8
- Epigyne openings narrow, transverse............................................. M. iguazu Rubio & Arbino, 2009 View in CoL
8. Epigyne openings distal to spermathecae................................... M. rubrofemoratus Perger & Rubio, 2021 View in CoL
- Epigyne openings mediolateral to spermathecae.............................................. M. haddadi View in CoL sp. nov.
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