02152nas a2200133 4500008004100000245016500041210006900206300001200275490000600287520163600293100002101929700002101950856004701971 2016 eng d00aFirst description of the male Hoedillus sexpunctatus Simon, 1898; a redescription of the female, and transfer of Hoedillus to Zoropsidae Bertkau, 1882 (Araneae)0 aFirst description of the male Hoedillus sexpunctatus Simon 1898  a447-4500 v33 a

Hoedillus sexpunctatus Simon, 1898 was described from a single female specimen collected in Guatemala and is the type species of the monotypic genus Hoedillus Simon, 1898. This genus was originally placed in the family Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872, subfamily Heteropodinae Thorell, 1873. In a review of this subfamily, Jäger (2002) determined that Hoedillus was misplaced in Sparassidae due to the lack of metatarsal trilobate membranes. Hoedillus was transferred to the family Zoridae Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 by Jäger (2002), now a junior synonym of Miturgidae Simon, 1886 (Ramírez 2014). Ramírez (2014), suggested Hoedillus may be a member of the Xenoctenus group, but provisionally listed it as a Miturgidae, awaiting further investigation. In a field trip to Nicaragua in 2012 a male and a female specimens belonging to the genus Hoedillus were collected. The type specimen for H. sexpunctatus was unavailable for examination by the authors. However, based on descriptions and illustrations made by Jäger (2002), the female was identified as H. sexpunctatus. The male, collected at the same locality was determined to be conspecific based on similarities in morphology. This study provides the first examination of the male H. sexpunctatus, as well as a redescription of the female from specimens collected in Nicaragua. This study reveals Hoedillus to be misplaced in Miturgidae, and the genus is transferred to the Zoropsidae Bertkau, 1882.

1 aLeister, Matthew1 aMiller, Kelly, B uhttps://arachnids.myspecies.info/node/8436