Descriptions of four kleptoparasitic spiders of the genus Mysmenopsis (Araneae, Mysmenidae) and their potential host spider species in the genus Linothele (Araneae, Dipluridae) from Ecuador

NADINE DUPÉRRÉ; ELICIO TAPIA

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3972.3.3

Issue: Vol. 3972 No. 3: 12 Jun. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-06-12

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3972.3.3

Page range: 343–368

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**Descriptions of four kleptoparasitic spiders of the genus Mysmenopsis (Araneae, Mysmenidae) and their potential host spider species in the genus Linothele (Araneae, Dipluridae) from Ecuador**

NADINE DUPÉRRÉ⁺⁻
ELICIO TAPIA⁺⁻

Research Associate, Fundación OTONGA, Calle Rither y Bolivia, Quito, Ecuador. Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA.

Researcher, Centro Jambatu de Investigación y Conservación de Anfibios, Geovanny Farina 566, San Rafael, Ecuador.

Spider Symbionts Kleptoparasitism Natural History Araneae Ecuador

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Abstract

Four new species of the genus Mysmenopsis are described: M. onorei n. sp., M. otonga n. sp., M. fernandoi n. sp. and M. chiquita n. sp. All species were collected in diplurid webs and are therefore assumed to be kleptoparasitic. Five potential host species of the genus Linothele (Dipluridae) that were collected with the symbionts are also described: Linothele yanachanka n. sp., L. pukachumpi n. sp., L. zaia n. sp., L. tsachilas n. sp. and L. quori n. sp.