On Venezuelan pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae)
Author
Huber, Bernhard A.
33607F65-19BF-4DC9-94FD-4BB88CED455F
0000-0002-7566-5424
Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany.
b.huber@leibniz-zfmk.de
Author
Villarreal, Osvaldo
679C385E-B068-4351-9D2F-97753E534C26
0000-0001-5355-3723
Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela. & Museu Nacional / UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
osvaldovillarreal@gmail.com
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-10-01
718
1
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journal article
10.5852/ejt.2020.718.1101
2118-9773
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Micropholcus fauroti
(Simon, 1887)
Notes
Micropholcus fauroti
is common in buildings in tropical countries around the world. In
Venezuela
, it has been collected at numerous localities in the states
Bolívar
,
Falcón
,
Mérida
,
Nueva Esparta
,
Sucre
,
Táchira
, and
Zulia
(
González-Sponga 2004
, under various names – see Huber 2009;
Colmenares 2008
; Huber 2011; below; Fig. 1055).
González-Sponga (2004)
described four species in his new genus
Mariguitaia
that were all synonymized with
Micropholcus fauroti
without seeing the types (Huber 2009). Our reexamination of all types in
Nov. 2018
confirmed these synonymies. As usual, González-Sponga did
not
separate the
holotype
from the
paratypes
if originating from the same locality, so they are here simply treated as ‘types’ (except for
Mariguitaia museorum
and
M. sucrensis
, each with only one male specimen).
MIZA 105783 (MAGS 1302), 3 ♂♂,
3 ♀♀
,
types
of
Mariguitaia divergentis
González-Sponga, 2004
from
Bolívar
, Los Pijiguaos [
6.570° N
,
66.810° W
].
MIZA 105784 (MAGS 1320), ♂
holotype
,
7 ♀♀
paratypes
of
Mariguitaia museorum
González-Sponga, 2004
from
Bolívar
, Museo Etnológico de Ciudad
Bolívar
[approximately
8.143° N
,
63.551° W
].
MIZA 105588 (MAGS 1156), 3 ♂♂,
4 ♀♀
, 4 juvs
types
of
Mariguitaia neoespartana
González-Sponga, 2004
from
Nueva Esparta
, La
Asunción
(
11.034° N
,
63.863° W
).
MIZA 105772 (MAGS 1003), ♂
holotype
of
Mariguitaia sucrensis
González-Sponga, 2004
from
Sucre
, Marig̹itar [approximately
10.445° N
,
66.902° W
].
New records
VENEZUELA
–
Bolívar
•
1 ♀
in pure ethanol,
ZFMK
(Ven18-169),
Ciudad Guayana
, in building
(
8.3859° N
,
62.6217° W
),
50 m
a.s.l.,
12 Nov. 2018
(
B.A. Huber
,
O. Villarreal M.
). –
Mérida
•
2 ♂♂
,
1 ♀
,
1 juv.
,
ZFMK
(Ar 22052),
Santa Elena de Arenales
(
8.8232° N
,
71.4631° W
),
70 m
a.s.l.
, in building,
12 Feb. 2020
(
B.A. Huber
,
O. Villarreal
M., Q.
Arias
C.). –
Sucre
•
1 ♀
,
MIZA 105791
(separated from MAGS 1173),
Carúpano
,
Guayacan de las Flores
[
10.632° N
,
63.264° W
],
Jan. 1990
(
X. Moya
). –
Táchira
•
1 ♀
,
ZFMK
(Ar 22053),
Pregonero
(
8.0179° N
,
71.7651° W
),
1250 m
a.s.l.
, in building,
10 Feb. 2020
(
B.A. Huber
,
O. Villarreal
M., Q.
Arias
C.)
.