Anapis castilla Platnick & Shadab
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Anapis castilla Platnick & Shadab
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Anapis castilla Platnick & Shadab 1978:22, fig. 20 (male holotype from Berlese sample of forest litter collected at the edge of the Amazon River at RamoÂn Castilla (5 km NW. of Leticia, Colombia), Loreto, Peru, 23 February 1972, S. & J. Peck, deposited in Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, not examined).
Material examined.- BRAZIL: Amazonas: 27 males, 31 females, Manaus, Rio Solimões, Canal Janauari (03° 20' S, 60° 17' W, " âgua mista"), 1988, J. Adis et al. (MCN 23687; IBSP 34436-34440; SMNK; INPA); 7 ♂, 2 ♀, with same locality data, 1 March 1988 (MCN 23686).
Diagnosis. ÐFemales of A. castilla are distinguished from other Anapis females by strong sclerotizations around the opening of the copulatory ducts (Figs. 5 - 6).
Description. - ÐMale: Described by Platnick & Shadab (1978). Body and palp are here presented in Figs. 1 - 3. Female: Carapace, sternum and abdominal scutum brownish orange. Legs orange. Tibia I with one very short distal prolateral cusp. Anterior portion of carapace not projecting, as in male (Fig 4). Anterior lateral eyes separated by about one third of their diameter. Scutum of abdomen smooth, covering the dorsum entirely, with very small and abundant lateral punctuations (Fig 4). Surface of ventral scutum covered with irregularly dispersed and very slightly sclerotized depressions. Measurements. Total length 1.27. Carapace 0.62 long, 0.50 wide, 0.40 high. Abdomen 1.18 long, 1.04 wide. Legs: I, femur 0.48, patella 0.20, tibia 0.30, metatarsus 0.14, tarsus 0.38, total 1.50; II, 0.42, 0.18, 0.28, 0.12, 0.34, 1.34; III, 0.30, 0.14, 0.22, 0.12, 0.30, 1.08; IV, 0.40, 0.14, 0.28, 0.14, 0.32, 1.28. Epigynal plate with very dark portions surrounding the genital openings and sinuous posterior margin. Spermathecae small, ducts "S" shaped. (Figs. 5 - 6).
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFE5FFEEF665FFCCFFD05D09FF83215A (URL)
- Is source of
- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/A47F3B641FC4A07D4A2FC101AACB4FD2 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/114923994 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- FMNH , IBSP , INPA , MCN , SMNK
- Event date
- 1972-02-23 , 1988-03-01
- Family
- Anapidae
- Genus
- Anapis
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- IBSP 34436 - 34440 , MCN 23686 , MCN 23687
- Order
- Araneae
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Platnick & Shadab
- Species
- castilla
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- Other material , holotype
- Verbatim event date
- 1972-02-23 , 1988-03-01