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Issue: Vol. 4969 No. 1: 10 May 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-05-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4969.1.2
Page range: 54–60
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 8

Myrmecotypus haddadi sp. nov.—a new species of ant resembling sac spider from the Bolivian orocline (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae)

Colección Boliviana de Fauna, La Paz, Bolivia.
National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Experimental Station of Agriculture (EEA-INTA), R 14, Km 1085, Cerro Azul, Misiones, Argentina.
Araneae Arachnid Bolivia mimicry myrmecomorph South America

Abstract

A new species of ant resembling sac spider of the subfamily Castianeirinae, Myrmecotypus haddadi sp. nov. is described from the Sub-Andean area at the Bolivian orocline. The species was collected from low herbaceous vegetation along the edges of the Chiquitano and Cerradao forest.

 

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