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| Castianeira swiftay Pett. 2023 |
Castianeirinae (Araneae, Corinnidae) are often ant-like or ant-mimicking spiders, generally regarded as good Batesian or Müllerian mimics. Reiskind (1969) proposed the subfamily with his pioneering work on the fauna of North and Central America, describing 17 new species in the process. Eight genera of Castianeirinae are currently known from the New World (WSC 2023), with five endemic genera and three intercontinental. Between August and September 1983, John and Frances Murphy visited numerous localities in Costa Rica and Panama collecting spiders (Logunov, 2022), among their collections were numerous castianeirines. I examined this collection (housed at the Manchester Museum, UK: Dmitri Logunov) and identified several species as new records and a new species from Costa Rica.
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Araneae, Ant-mimicking spider, Castianeira swiftay, Central America, new species
Brogan L. Pett. 2023. Castianeira swiftay sp. nov., A New Species of Ant-mimicking Spider from Costa Rica, and further new records of castianeirines from Central America. Zootaxa. 5389(3); 396-400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5389.3.8
