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Issue: Vol. 5722 No. 3: 20 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5722.3.1
Page range: 301-325
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On the sympatric spiders from the Baja California Peninsula: Descriptions of the males of Syspira longipes Simon and S. tigrina Simon (Araneae: Miturgidae), with new synonyms

Colección de Aracnología (CARCIB); Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste CIBNOR; S.C.; Km 1 Carretera a San Juan de La Costa “El Comitán”; La Paz; Baja California Sur; C.P. 23205; Mexico.
Colección de Aracnología (CARCIB); Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste CIBNOR; S.C.; Km 1 Carretera a San Juan de La Costa “El Comitán”; La Paz; Baja California Sur; C.P. 23205; Mexico.
Colección de Aracnología (CARCIB); Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste CIBNOR; S.C.; Km 1 Carretera a San Juan de La Costa “El Comitán”; La Paz; Baja California Sur; C.P. 23205; Mexico.
Araneae Nearctic taxonomy arid regions North America

Abstract

The spider species Syspira longipes Simon, 1895 and Syspira tigrina Simon, 1895 (family Miturgidae) from the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico have their males described for the first time, and the females redescribed. The descriptions are based on morphological and ultra morphological data under Scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Additionally, Syspira analytica Chamberlin, 1924 and Syspira synthetica Chamberlin, 1924 are formally synonymized with S. tigrina. Syspira eclectica Chamberlin, 1924 is also synonymized with S. longipes.

 

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How to Cite

Valdez-Mondragón, A., Jiménez, M.L. & Palacios-Cardiel, C. (2025) On the sympatric spiders from the Baja California Peninsula: Descriptions of the males of Syspira longipes Simon and S. tigrina Simon (Araneae: Miturgidae), with new synonyms. Zootaxa, 5722 (3), 301–325. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5722.3.1