ZooKeys 16: 115-147, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.16.236
On the huntsman spider genera Sparianthina Banks, 1929 and Anaptomecus Simon, 1903 from South and Central America (Araneae, Sparassidae)
expand article infoPeter Jaeger‡, Cristina Anne Rheims§, Facundo Martín Labarque|
‡ Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt am Main, Germany§ Instituto Butantan, Sao Paulo, Brazil| Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires

Corresponding author: Peter Jaeger ( peter.jaeger@senckenberg.de )

© Peter Jaeger, Cristina Rheims, Facundo Labarque.
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Citation: Jaeger P, Rheims CA, Labarque FM (2009) On the huntsman spider genera Sparianthina Banks, 1929 and Anaptomecus Simon, 1903 from South and Central America (Araneae, Sparassidae). ZooKeys 16: 115-147. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.16.236
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Abstract
The huntsman spider genera Sparianthina Banks, 1929 and Anaptomecus Simon, 1903 are reviewed. The type species of Sparianthina, Sparianthina selenopoides Banks, 1929, is redescribed, illustrated, and recorded from Costa Rica for the first time; a lectotype and paralectotype are designated. Three species are transferred to the genus: Sparianthina pumilla (Keyserling, 1880) comb. n. from Heteropoda Latreille, 1804 (lectotype and paralectotype are designated), Sparianthina rufescens (Mello-Leitão, 1940) comb. n. from Anaptomecus and Sparianthina milleri (Caporiacco, 1955) comb. n. from Macrinus Simon, 1887. The ♂ of S. rufescens (Mello-Leitão, 1940) comb. n. and the ♀ of S. milleri comb. n. are described for the first time. Three new species are described: Sparianthina adisi sp. n., S. deltshevi sp. n., and S. saaristoi sp. n. The male and female of Anaptomecus longiventris Simon, 1903 are described for the first time and the species is recorded from Panama for the first time. Two new species are described: Anaptomecus temii sp. n. and A. levyi sp. n.
Keywords
taxonomy; re-description; transfer; review