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Tmesiphantes mutquina

Argentina
IUCN Status

Etymology : place or thing to smell in Quichua language and refers to the locality of Mutquín

1242

Male Activity

Three new species of the monotypic genus Melloleitaoina Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960 are described from northern Argentina: M. mutquina sp. n., M. uru sp. n. and M. yupanqui sp. n. The female specimen originally described as M. crassifemur is not conspecific with the male holotype and thus is removed from this species and described as M. uru sp. n.; M. crassifemur is redescribed. All species are diagnosed, illustrated and a key to species is provided.
ZooKeys 404: 117–129

Habitat and Type Locality