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Issue: Vol. 5637 No. 2: 21 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5637.2.8
Page range: 351-362
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Further additions to the rare dark sac spider genus Messapus Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Corinnidae)

Department of Zoology and Entomology; University of the Free State; P.O. Box 339; Bloemfontein 9300; Republic of South Africa
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET); Av. Ángel Gallardo 470; C1405DJR; Buenos Aires; Argentina
Araneae afrotropical Corinninae dionycha identification key new species taxonomy

Abstract

In this paper, a new species of the spider genus Messapus Simon, 1897 is described, M. mygaloides sp. nov. (♀ ♂, Mozambique and Tanzania). We also provide the first description of the male of M. tigris Haddad & Mbo, 2015 based on a specimen collected from the type locality and record the species from Zimbabwe for the first time too. The type species, M. martini Simon, 1897, is recorded from Eswatini for the first time. An updated identification key to the genus is also presented.

 

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How to Cite

Haddad, C.R. & Grismado, C.J. (2025) Further additions to the rare dark sac spider genus Messapus Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Corinnidae). Zootaxa, 5637 (2), 351–362. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5637.2.8