<documentid="13442DB69DDEFCF1E928E9C0F6068025"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="jonas"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="039F8D21056FFF8BF3F2F9ACFC6CF9DC"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 itatiaia Brescovit, Grismado, Almeida-Silva & Ramirez, 2025, sp. nov."docType="treatment"docVersion="5"lastPageNumber="377"masterDocId="FFA6F5590570FFABF365FFD9FFE1FFBF"masterDocTitle="On the Neotropical spider genus Ciniflella Mello-Leitão, 1921 (Araneae: Zoropsidae, Tengellinae)"masterLastPageNumber="381"masterPageNumber="345"pageNumber="376"updateTime="1737844552407"updateUser="jonas"zenodo-license-document="CLOSED">
<mods:affiliationid="33538A39E1F007E08A7A82D0C8EB140A">División Aracnología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘‘ Bernardino Rivadavia’’ - CONICET, Av. Ángel Gallardo 470, C 1405 DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="47B936A33E44B36E9A5909AB0C0DB22E">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="2CD475D778521927C4B8A9AFBAA51970">Ramirez, Martin J.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="453F633EB8CD73117914FE08543B8440">División Aracnología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘‘ Bernardino Rivadavia’’ - CONICET, Av. Ángel Gallardo 470, C 1405 DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina</mods:affiliation>
<taxonomicNameid="4C3647B4056FFFB4F3F2F9ACFE87F930"authorityName="Brescovit & Grismado & Almeida-Silva & Ramirez"authorityYear="2025"box="[151,358,1653,1680]"class="Arachnida"family="Zoropsidae"genus="Ciniflella"kingdom="Animalia"order="Araneae"pageId="31"pageNumber="376"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="itatiaia"status="sp. nov.">
<figureCitationid="130D20B2056FFFB4F3F2F940FEF6F90B"box="[151,279,1689,1716]"captionStart-0="FIGURE 23"captionStart-1="FIGURE 24"captionStartId-0="28.[151,250,1976,2000]"captionStartId-1="29.[151,250,1547,1571]"captionTargetBox-0="[152,1435,581,1927]"captionTargetBox-1="[151,1436,181,1524]"captionTargetId-0="figure-130@28.[152,1435,578,1955]"captionTargetId-1="figure-18@29.[151,1436,181,1524]"captionTargetPageId-0="28"captionTargetPageId-1="29"captionText-0="FIGURE 23A–C. Ciniflella itatiaia sp. nov. 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."captionText-1="FIGURE 24A–D. Ciniflella itatiaia 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."figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14596500"figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14596508"httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/14596500/files/figure.png"httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/14596508/files/figure.png"pageId="31"pageNumber="376">Figs 23–24</figureCitation>
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by having a moderately long embolus and a median apophysis with a small tooth on the concave mesal margin, but can be distinguished by lacking a retrobasal cymbial horn and the smaller RTA (
<figureCitationid="130D20B2056FFFB4F2EBF8F0FDF9F8FB"box="[398,536,1833,1860]"captionStart="FIGURE 23"captionStartId="28.[151,250,1976,2000]"captionTargetBox="[152,1435,581,1927]"captionTargetId="figure-130@28.[152,1435,578,1955]"captionTargetPageId="28"captionText="FIGURE 23A–C. Ciniflella itatiaia sp. nov. 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."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14596500"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14596500/files/figure.png"pageId="31"pageNumber="376">Figs 23C–E</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitationid="130D20B2056FFFB4F140F8F3FD99F8FB"box="[549,632,1834,1860]"captionStart="FIGURE 24"captionStartId="29.[151,250,1547,1571]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1524]"captionTargetId="figure-18@29.[151,1436,181,1524]"captionTargetPageId="29"captionText="FIGURE 24A–D. Ciniflella itatiaia 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."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14596508"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14596508/files/figure.png"pageId="31"pageNumber="376">24B–D</figureCitation>
) (with retrobasal horn and shorter median apophysis in
<taxonomicNameid="4C3647B4056FFFB4F797F8F3FA80F8FC"authorityName="Brescovit & Grismado & Almeida-Silva & Ramirez"authorityYear="2025"box="[1266,1377,1834,1860]"class="Arachnida"family="Zoropsidae"genus="Ciniflella"kingdom="Animalia"order="Araneae"pageId="31"pageNumber="376"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="armasi">
<figureCitationid="130D20B2056FFFB4F615F8F0FF0BF8D7"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="31"pageNumber="376">Fig. 20D–F</figureCitation>
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). Carapace orange to reddish brown. Eye margins black. Chelicera orange, with four retromarginal teeth. Labium, endites and sternum cream. Legs yellow. Opisthosoma gray. Total length 3.8. Carapace 1.8 long, 1.4 wide. Clypeus 0.06 high. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.08, ALE 0.12, PME 0.10, PLE 0.10, AME–AME 0.03, AME–ALE 0.05, PME–PME 0.03, PME–PLE 0.06, ALE–PLE 0.08, AME–PME 0;06. Leg measurements: I: femur 1.7/ patella 0.8/ tibia 1.6/ metatarsus 1.2/ tarsus 1.5/ total 6.8; II: 1.6/0.7/1.1/1.3/1.2/5.9; III: 1.3/0.6/0.8/1.2/0.6/4.5; IV: 1.9/0.6/1.6/2.0/1.0/7.1; Leg formula: 4123. Leg spination follows the genus pattern, except: tibia I–II v2-2-2-2, p1-1-0, r1-1-1; III v2-2-2-2; IV v2-2-2; metatarsus I–II p1-1-2, r0-01. Palp: RTA short, bifid; median apophysis slender, with a small tooth on the concave mesal margin (
<figureCitationid="130D20B20550FF8BF7EEFADCFB11FAA0"box="[1163,1264,1285,1311]"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="32"pageNumber="377">Fig. 20F</figureCitation>
); tegulum with membranous tegular process near the base of embolus (
<figureCitationid="130D20B20550FF8BF061FAF0FC6CFAFC"box="[772,909,1321,1347]"captionStart="FIGURE 23"captionStartId="28.[151,250,1976,2000]"captionTargetBox="[152,1435,581,1927]"captionTargetId="figure-130@28.[152,1435,578,1955]"captionTargetPageId="28"captionText="FIGURE 23A–C. Ciniflella itatiaia sp. nov. 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."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14596500"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14596500/files/figure.png"pageId="32"pageNumber="377">Figs 23C–E</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitationid="130D20B20550FF8BF0FDFAF0FC0FFAFC"box="[920,1006,1321,1347]"captionStart="FIGURE 24"captionStartId="29.[151,250,1547,1571]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1524]"captionTargetId="figure-18@29.[151,1436,181,1524]"captionTargetPageId="29"captionText="FIGURE 24A–D. Ciniflella itatiaia 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."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14596508"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14596508/files/figure.png"pageId="32"pageNumber="377">24B–D</figureCitation>
<emphasisid="B942E0250550FF8BF3A2FA4CFDE3FA10"bold="true"box="[199,514,1429,1455]"pageId="32"pageNumber="377">Other material examined</emphasis>
.
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; no abdomen)
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. None of the collected males are in good condition. All of them suffered from drying out and half of them lost their opisthosoma due to poor conservation after collection.
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