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A new species of Myrmecotypus Pickard-Cambridge spider (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae) from the Bolivian orocline, imitating one of the world’s most aggressive ants

A new species of ant-mimicking spider of the subfamily Castianeirinae, Myrmecotypus rubrofemoratus Perger and Rubio, new species (Araneae: Corinnidae), is described from the Pre-Andean area of the Bolivian orocline. Adults of M. rubrofemoratus new species resemble the carpenter ant Camponotus femora...

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Main Authors: Perger, Robert, Rubio, Gonzalo
Format: info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
Language:Inglés
Published: Center for Systematic Entomology 2024
Subjects:
Identificación
Araña
Hormiga
Mirmecología
Bolivia (Estado Plurinacional de)
Especies Nuevas
Identification
Spiders
Ants
Camponotus
Araneae
Myrmecology
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
New Species
Myrmecotypus rubrofemoratus
Camponotus femoratus
Bolivia
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/18603
https://journals.flvc.org/mundi/article/view/128839
Summary:A new species of ant-mimicking spider of the subfamily Castianeirinae, Myrmecotypus rubrofemoratus Perger and Rubio, new species (Araneae: Corinnidae), is described from the Pre-Andean area of the Bolivian orocline. Adults of M. rubrofemoratus new species resemble the carpenter ant Camponotus femoratus Forel, 1907, which is considered one of the most aggressive ants in the world.

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