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 femoratus Forel, 1907, which is considered one of the most aggressive ants in the world.
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| Author: | Robert Perger, Gonzalo D. Rubio |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-643487 |
| URL: | https://journals.flvc.org/mundi/article/view/128839 |
| ISSN: | 1942-1354 |
| ISSN: | 0749-6737 |
| Parent Title (English): | Insecta mundi |
| Series (Serial Number): | Insecta Mundi (860) |
| Publisher: | Flora & Fauna Publ. |
| Place of publication: | Gainesville, Fla. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2021/05/06 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2021/04/30 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2021/11/23 |
| Tag: | Arachnid; Bolivia; Camponotus femoratus; South America; myrmecomorph |
| Volume: | 2021 |
| Issue: | article 860 |
| Page Number: | 10 |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 8 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 489990401 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 3.0 |
