Three new species of Misionella from northern Brazil (Araneae, Haplogynae, Filistatidae)

By

Brescovit, Antonio D.
Magalhaes, Ivan L. F.
Cizauskas, Igor

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

589

Pages

71-96

Subjects

Caatinga , Caves , endemics , Prithinae , Spiders , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.589.7951

 

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Misionella are described from Brazil: M. carajas sp. n. and M. aikewara sp. n. from caves in the states of Pará and Tocantins and M. pallida sp. n. from natural and synanthropic dry areas in the states of Piauí, Maranhão, Rio Grande do Norte and Bahia. These species seem to belong to a distinct group within the genus; the males have an elongate palpal tibia and bulb, a pair of characteristic and hirsute macrosetae in the second metatarsus and the females have internal genitalia with only one pair of spermathecae, with relatively short ducts, lacking the auxiliary receptacles. Their phylogenetic placement and geographic distribution are briefly discussed.