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Animalia

  • 1. Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa
  • 2. Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa & ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, P / Bag X 134, Queenswood, 0121 South Africa

Description

Key to genera of the Mystarini -Apyretini -Tagulini tribes of the Afrotropical crab spiders

1. Median eyes unequal in size, PME very small............................................................... 2

- MOQ eyes fairly equal in size............................................................................4

2. Carapace wide with long erectile setae situated on small tubercles on posterior-thoracic edge; PME situated nearer to PLE than to each other............................................................... Apyretina Strand, 1929 (Apyretini)

- Carapace convex to square or dorsally planar; long setae absent; posterior eyes almost equidistant from each other........ 3

3. MOQ area much wider than long, wider anteriorly than posteriorly................. Zametopias Thorell 1892 (Apyretini)

- MOQ area slightly wider than long, anteriorly slightly narrower than posteriorly (Figs 139, 140)............ Leroya gen. n.

4. Carapace with leaf-shaped setae next to lateral eyes................................... Tagulis Simon, 1895 (Tagulini)

- Carapace without leaf-shaped setae next to lateral eye area.................................................... 5

5. Carapace with numerous long erectile setae on posterior-thoracic edge, fovea and laterad to eye region, ant-like, chelicerae without cheliceral teeth, body and legs usually uniform brown........................ Sylligma Simon, 1895 (Mystarini)

- Carapace only sometimes with a few long setae, not ant-like, but with large abdomens compared to carapace, chelicerae with three cheliceral teeth, body and legs usually with markings........................... Mystaria Simon, 1895 (Mystarini)

Notes

Published as part of Honiball Lewis, Allet S. & Dippenaar-Schoeman, Ansie S., 2014, Revision of the spider genus Mystaria Simon, 1895 (Araneae: Thomisidae) and the description of a new genus from the Afrotropical region, pp. 101-144 in Zootaxa 3873 (2) on pages 142-143, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3873.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4948115

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Biodiversity

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Animalia
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References

  • Simon, E. (1895) Histoire naturelle des Araignees. Vol. 1. Roret, Paris, 1084 pp. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 51973