Schmidt Stephanie M, Clouse Ronald M, Sharma Prashant P
Department of Integrative Biology, University of Madison-Wisconsin, 352 Birge Hall, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Zootaxa. 2020 May 20;4779(3):zootaxa.4779.3.6. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.3.6.
A new species of Cyphophthalmi belonging to the Southeast Asian genus Miopsalis Thorell, 1890 is described and illustrated using SEM and confocal microscopy. The species is known from two localities in the northern part of Mindanao and constitutes only the second described Cyphophthalmi species endemic to the Philippines. Sequence data obtained from this species show that it is phylogenetically distinct from two juvenile specimens previously collected from Bangaray Kimlawis (southern Mindanao) in 2009. The new Miopsalis is clearly distinguishable from other Miopsalis by characters pertaining to spermatopositor morphology.
本文描述并展示了一种属于东南亚类属米氏蛛属（Miopsalis Thorell，1890）的新幽灵蛛目物种，使用了扫描电子显微镜（SEM）和共聚焦显微镜。该物种发现于棉兰老岛北部的两个地点，是菲律宾已知的第二个特有幽灵蛛目物种。从该物种获得的序列数据表明，它在系统发育上与2009年从邦加赖金拉维斯（棉兰老岛南部）采集的两个幼年标本不同。新的米氏蛛属物种通过与精托形态相关的特征与其他米氏蛛属物种明显区分开来。
