Micaria quinquemaculata (Caporiacco, 1936) Caporiacco, 1936

Haddad, Charles R. & Bosmans, Robert, 2013, Synonymy of the North African spider genus Castanilla Caporiacco, 1936 with Micaria Westring, 1851 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), Zootaxa 3734 (3), pp. 397-399 : 399

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.3.10

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:425CFA86-8464-41E5-8A69-AEDAC4018922

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6154976

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039F87E1-FFDF-FF89-FF21-FF003395FDC5

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scientific name

Micaria quinquemaculata (Caporiacco, 1936)
status

comb. nov.

Micaria quinquemaculata (Caporiacco, 1936) , comb. nov.

Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1 – 5. 1 – 3

Castanilla quinquemaculata Caporiacco, 1936a: 83 , fig. 4 (juvenile #f holotype: LIBYA: Fezzan, Wadi Tanezzuft [25°51'N, 10°19'E], 8.III.1934, leg. Scortecci, MZUF 135 – examined).

Remarks: Examination of the holotype of C. quinquemaculata indicates that the specimen is a juvenile female (body length 2.0 mm) and does not have a developed epigyne, confirming information in the catalogue of type specimens in MZUF (Berdondini & Whitman 2002). Consequently, there is no epigyne that will allow a definitive identification. However, it clearly belongs to Micaria based on the morphological characteristics mentioned in the introductory remarks ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1 – 5. 1 – 3 ). The species is considered a nomen dubium here and should be redescribed when additional specimens become available from the vicinity of the type locality in Libya.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Gnaphosidae

Genus

Micaria

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