Lewis Allet S Honiball, Dippenaar-Schoeman Ansie S
Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa; Email:
Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, P/Bag X134, Queenswood, 0121 South Africa; Email: unknown.
Zootaxa. 2014 Oct 15;3873(2):101-44. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3873.2.1.
The spider genera Mystaria Simon, 1895 and Paramystaria Lessert, 1919 are revised (Mystarini: Thomisidae). About 400 individuals were studied. The approach followed was classical taxonomy using illustrated sexual dimorphic copulatory characters and described morphological characters, photographed or measured. Paramystaria is considered a junior synonym of Mystaria, based on similarity to the type M. rufolimbata Simon, 1895 but with the exclusion of M. unicolor Simon, 1895, a species last studied in 1895. Mystaria unicolor is re-described and placed in a new genus, Leroya gen. n., together with L. silva sp. n. (♂♀, DRC) which is recognised as the type species. Mystaria now contains 13 well-defined species, four of which are in new generic combinations. Four males are described for the first time, and eight new species. Re-described species include M. flavoguttata Lawrence, 1952, M. lata Lawrence, 1927, M. rufolimbata and M. variabilis Lessert, 1919. Subspecies elevated to species level include M. occidentalis Millot, 1942 and new species descriptions include M. budongo sp. n. (♂, Rwanda, DRC, Uganda), M. irmatrix sp. n. (♀♂, Mozambique, South Africa) M. lindaicapensis sp. n. (♀♂, South Africa), M. mnyama sp. n. (♀♂, South Africa), M. oreadae sp. n. (♀, Rwanda, DRC), M. savannensis sp. n. (♀♂, Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe), M. soleil sp. n. (♀♂, Uganda, Kenya) and M. stakesbyi sp. n. (♀♂, Ghana, DRC, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda). The insufficiently known taxa Paramystaria decorata Lessert, 1919 and P. variabilis delesserti Caporiacco, 1949 are also transferred to Mystaria. Keys are provided to species and related tribal genera, with geographic distributions of species recorded. Revisions of more genera are needed, in particular of those genera related to Mystarini, before phylogenetic relationships can be considered.
对蜘蛛属Mystaria Simon（1895年）和Paramystaria Lessert（1919年）进行了修订（Mystarini：蟹蛛科）。研究了约400个个体。采用的方法是经典分类学，利用有插图的两性异形交配特征以及所描述的形态特征，并进行拍照或测量。基于与模式种M. rufolimbata Simon（1895年）的相似性，但排除1895年最后一次研究的物种M. unicolor Simon（1895年），Paramystaria被视为Mystaria的次异名。重新描述了Mystaria unicolor，并将其与L. silva sp. n.（♂♀，刚果民主共和国）一起置于一个新属Leroya gen. n.中，L. silva sp. n.被认可为模式种。Mystaria现在包含13个定义明确的物种，其中4个是新的属级组合。首次描述了4只雄性个体和8个新物种。重新描述的物种包括M. flavoguttata Lawrence（1952年）、M. lata Lawrence（1927年）、M. rufolimbata和M. variabilis Lessert（1919年）。提升为物种级别的亚种包括M. occidentalis Millot（1942年），新物种描述包括M. budongo sp. n.（♂，卢旺达、刚果民主共和国、乌干达）、M. irmatrix sp. n.（♀♂，莫桑比克、南非）、M. lindaicapensis sp. n.（♀♂，南非）、M. mnyama sp. n.（♀♂，南非）、M. oreadae sp. n.（♀，卢旺达、刚果民主共和国）、M. savannensis sp. n.（♀♂，博茨瓦纳、南非、赞比亚、津巴布韦）、M. soleil sp. n.（♀♂，乌干达、肯尼亚）和M. stakesbyi sp. n.（♀♂，加纳、刚果民主共和国、肯尼亚、卢旺达、坦桑尼亚、乌干达）。鲜为人知的分类单元Paramystaria decorata Lessert（1919年）和P. variabilis delesserti Caporiacco（1949年）也被转移到Mystaria属。提供了物种及相关族属的检索表，并记录了物种的地理分布。在考虑系统发育关系之前，还需要对更多属进行修订，特别是与Mystarini相关的那些属。
