<documentid="644B5520DBEF78E07A9C3F838501D71E"ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.5563.1.21"ID-ISSN="1175-5326"ID-Zenodo-Dep="14596368"ID-ZooBank="89AD69A0-8618-4D63-B769-6DCD6A890854"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="felipe"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="jonas"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="jonas"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.tables_approvedBy="jonas"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="jonas"IM.treatmentCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatments_approvedBy="jonas"checkinTime="1735933342561"checkinUser="plazi"docAuthor="Brescovit, Antonio Domingos, Grismado, Cristian J., Almeida-Silva, Lina M. & Ramirez, Martin J."docDate="2025"docId="039F8D21056CFFB5F3F2FE98FC17FE74"docLanguage="en"docName="zootaxa.5563.1.21.pdf"docOrigin="Zootaxa 5563 (1)"docSource="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5563.1.21"docStyle="DocumentStyle:647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D.9:Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleId="647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D"docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleVersion="9"docTitle="Ciniflella marambaia Brescovit, Grismado, Almeida-Silva & Ramirez, 2025, sp. nov."docType="treatment"docVersion="4"lastPageNumber="375"masterDocId="FFA6F5590570FFABF365FFD9FFE1FFBF"masterDocTitle="On the Neotropical spider genus Ciniflella Mello-Leitão, 1921 (Araneae: Zoropsidae, Tengellinae)"masterLastPageNumber="381"masterPageNumber="345"pageNumber="373"updateTime="1737844132108"updateUser="jonas"zenodo-license-document="CLOSED">
<mods:affiliationid="BFF8E215E814AEAE2DF4681E3A625BD2">División Aracnología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘‘ Bernardino Rivadavia’’ - CONICET, Av. Ángel Gallardo 470, C 1405 DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="7B8E4FD87679946CD9FA8E05995994BC">Laboratório de Genômica Evolutiva, Departamento de Genética, Evolução, Microbiologia e Imunologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255 - Campinas-São Paulo, Brazil, 13083 - 862</mods:affiliation>
<mods:namePartid="EAA6B8C08AB396CFDC5327C7E7C19A8E">Ramirez, Martin J.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="7FC103779400C550A1F78B6AC037A5E4">División Aracnología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘‘ Bernardino Rivadavia’’ - CONICET, Av. Ángel Gallardo 470, C 1405 DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina</mods:affiliation>
<taxonomicNameid="4C3647B4056CFFB7F3F2FE98FE7DFEE3"authorityName="Brescovit & Grismado & Almeida-Silva & Ramirez"authorityYear="2025"box="[151,412,321,348]"class="Arachnida"family="Zoropsidae"genus="Ciniflella"kingdom="Animalia"order="Araneae"pageId="28"pageNumber="373"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="marambaia"status="sp. nov.">
<figureCitationid="130D20B2056CFFB7F3F2FEBFFEF6FE3F"box="[151,279,358,384]"captionStart-0="FIGURE 21"captionStart-1="FIGURE 22"captionStartId-0="26.[151,250,1911,1935]"captionStartId-1="27.[151,250,1423,1447]"captionTargetBox-0="[151,1436,273,1887]"captionTargetBox-1="[151,1436,181,1399]"captionTargetId-0="figure-41@26.[151,1436,273,1887]"captionTargetId-1="figure-18@27.[151,1436,181,1399]"captionTargetPageId-0="26"captionTargetPageId-1="27"captionText-0="FIGURE 21A–E. Ciniflella marambaia sp. nov. Male (IBSP 58358): A Habitus, dorsal view;.B Leg I, prolateral view; C Left palp, ventral view. D Same, retrolateral view. E Same, dorsal view."captionText-1="FIGURE 22A–D. Ciniflella marambaia sp. nov. Male (IBSP 58362; SEM):A Chelicerae, ventral view. B left palp, ventral view. C Same, detail, retrolateral view. D Same, retro-ventral view. Abbreviations: C conductor; E embolus; MA median apophysis; MTP membranous tegular process."figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14596488"figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14596494"httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/14596488/files/figure.png"httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/14596494/files/figure.png"pageId="28"pageNumber="373">Figs 21–22</figureCitation>
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by having a retrobasal cymbial horn, but can be distinguished by having a more elongate median apophysis, the slightly longer embolus, with sulcated embolus tip, and presence of the thick bent macroseta on the dorsum of the male palpal tibia (
<figureCitationid="130D20B2056CFFB7F003FE36FC0EFDB5"box="[870,1007,495,522]"captionStart="FIGURE 21"captionStartId="26.[151,250,1911,1935]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,273,1887]"captionTargetId="figure-41@26.[151,1436,273,1887]"captionTargetPageId="26"captionText="FIGURE 21A–E. Ciniflella marambaia sp. nov. Male (IBSP 58358): A Habitus, dorsal view;.B Leg I, prolateral view; C Left palp, ventral view. D Same, retrolateral view. E Same, dorsal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14596488"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14596488/files/figure.png"pageId="28"pageNumber="373">Figs 21C–E</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitationid="130D20B2056CFFB7F09FFE29FBADFDB5"box="[1018,1100,496,522]"captionStart="FIGURE 22"captionStartId="27.[151,250,1423,1447]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1399]"captionTargetId="figure-18@27.[151,1436,181,1399]"captionTargetPageId="27"captionText="FIGURE 22A–D. Ciniflella marambaia sp. nov. Male (IBSP 58362; SEM):A Chelicerae, ventral view. B left palp, ventral view. C Same, detail, retrolateral view. D Same, retro-ventral view. Abbreviations: C conductor; E embolus; MA median apophysis; MTP membranous tegular process."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14596494"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14596494/files/figure.png"pageId="28"pageNumber="373">22B–D</figureCitation>
) (shorter embolus and thicker median apophysis with mesal tooth in
<taxonomicNameid="4C3647B4056CFFB7F123FDCDFD54FD92"authorityName="Brescovit & Grismado & Almeida-Silva & Ramirez"authorityYear="2025"box="[582,693,532,558]"class="Arachnida"family="Zoropsidae"genus="Ciniflella"kingdom="Animalia"order="Araneae"pageId="28"pageNumber="373"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="armasi">
<figureCitationid="130D20B2056CFFB7F1A7FDCAFCC7FD91"box="[706,806,531,558]"captionStart="FIGURE 20"captionStartId="25.[151,250,1139,1163]"captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1116]"captionTargetId="figure-18@25.[151,1435,181,1116]"captionTargetPageId="25"captionText="FIGURE 20A–F. Ciniflella armasi sp. nov. Male (IBSP 276882): A Chelicerae, ventral view. B Same, left side, detail. C Male palp, retrolateral view. D Same, detail retro-ventral view. E Same, detail retrolateral view. F Same, ventral view, asterisk to mesal tooth on median apophysis. Abbreviations: C conductor; E embolus; MA median apophysis; MTP membranous tegular process."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14596484"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14596484/files/figure.png"pageId="28"pageNumber="373">Fig. 20F</figureCitation>
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Male (IBSP IBSP 258694): A Habitus, dorsal view. B Left leg I, prolateral view. C Left palp, ventral view. D Same, retrolateral view. E Same, dorsal view.
<taxonomicNameid="4C3647B4056DFFB6F238F9D5FDF1F99C"authorityName="Brescovit & Grismado & Almeida-Silva & Ramirez"authorityYear="2025"box="[349,528,1548,1572]"class="Arachnida"family="Zoropsidae"genus="Ciniflella"kingdom="Animalia"order="Araneae"pageId="29"pageNumber="374"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="itatiaia"status="sp. nov.">
Male SEM (IBSP 258688): A Chelicerae, posterior view. B left palp, ventral view, inset to tip of median apophysis showing the mesal tooth near tip (asterisk). C Same, retrolateral view. D Same, detail. Abbreviations: C conductor; E embolus; MA median apophysis; MTP membranous tegular process.
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). Carapace and legs yellowish orange. Chelicerae yellow, with four retromarginal teeth (
<figureCitationid="130D20B2056DFFB6F384F8ABFEAFF833"box="[225,334,1906,1932]"captionStart="FIGURE 22"captionStartId="27.[151,250,1423,1447]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1399]"captionTargetId="figure-18@27.[151,1436,181,1399]"captionTargetPageId="27"captionText="FIGURE 22A–D. Ciniflella marambaia sp. nov. Male (IBSP 58362; SEM):A Chelicerae, ventral view. B left palp, ventral view. C Same, detail, retrolateral view. D Same, retro-ventral view. Abbreviations: C conductor; E embolus; MA median apophysis; MTP membranous tegular process."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14596494"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14596494/files/figure.png"pageId="29"pageNumber="374">Fig. 22A</figureCitation>
). Labium, endites and sternum cream. Opisthosoma grayish cream. Total length 5.3. Carapace 2.6 long, 2.0 wide. Clypeus 0.06 high. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.04, ALE 0.08, PME 0.08, PLE 0.08, AME–AME 0.02, AME–ALE 0.02, PME–PME 0.04, PME–PLE 0.04, ALE–PLE 0.02, AME–PME 0.04. Leg measurements: I: femur 2.3/ patella 1.1/ tibia 2.1/ metatarsus 1.8/ tarsus 1.1/ total 8.4; II: 2.0/0.9/1.8/1.6/0.9/7.2; III: 1.8/0.7/1.3/2.0/1.0/6.8; IV: 2.5/1.0/2.2/2.9/1.0/9.6. Leg formula: 4123. Leg spination follows the genus pattern, except: tibia I–II v2-2-2-2; III v2-2-2; IV v2-2-2, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Palp: RTA relatively simple, projecting forwards (
<figureCitationid="130D20B2056EFFB5F3FAFF04FEF0FF48"box="[159,273,221,247]"captionStart="FIGURE 21"captionStartId="26.[151,250,1911,1935]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,273,1887]"captionTargetId="figure-41@26.[151,1436,273,1887]"captionTargetPageId="26"captionText="FIGURE 21A–E. Ciniflella marambaia sp. nov. Male (IBSP 58358): A Habitus, dorsal view;.B Leg I, prolateral view; C Left palp, ventral view. D Same, retrolateral view. E Same, dorsal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14596488"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14596488/files/figure.png"pageId="30"pageNumber="375">Figs 21D</figureCitation>
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); cymbium with retrobasal rounded horn, and inconspicuous dorso-basal projection; median apophysis slender; tegulum with membranous tegular process near the base of embolus (
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<figureCitationid="130D20B2056EFFB5F66EFED9FA81FEA5"box="[1291,1376,256,282]"captionStart="FIGURE 22"captionStartId="27.[151,250,1423,1447]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1399]"captionTargetId="figure-18@27.[151,1436,181,1399]"captionTargetPageId="27"captionText="FIGURE 22A–D. Ciniflella marambaia sp. nov. Male (IBSP 58362; SEM):A Chelicerae, ventral view. B left palp, ventral view. C Same, detail, retrolateral view. D Same, retro-ventral view. Abbreviations: C conductor; E embolus; MA median apophysis; MTP membranous tegular process."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14596494"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14596494/files/figure.png"pageId="30"pageNumber="375">22B–D</figureCitation>
<emphasisid="B942E025056EFFB5F3A2FEB3FE15FE3B"bold="true"box="[199,500,362,388]"pageId="30"pageNumber="375">Other material examined</emphasis>
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