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<mods:affiliationid="B1D1B855C55B840021C6B6B71BE5F21F">Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela. & Museu Nacional / UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.</mods:affiliation>
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<figureCitationid="137A2A3EFF2C7AFDFD4AFAD7F970FAC8"box="[705,811,1368,1394]"captionStart-0="Figs 898–899"captionStart-1="Figs 900–907"captionStart-2="Figs 908–911"captionStartId-0="254.[189,241,1963,1989]"captionStartId-1="255.[189,241,1856,1882]"captionStartId-2="256.[189,241,1892,1918]"captionTargetBox-0="[189,1398,935,1919]"captionTargetBox-1="[206,1369,265,1812]"captionTargetBox-2="[202,1361,743,1841]"captionTargetId-0="figure-227@254.[189,1398,935,1919]"captionTargetId-1="figure-77@255.[205,1382,265,1824]"captionTargetId-2="figure-144@256.[189,1398,728,1853]"captionTargetPageId-0="254"captionTargetPageId-1="255"captionTargetPageId-2="256"captionText-0="Figs 898–899. Priscula lagunosa González-Sponga, 1999; holotype from Trujillo, Laguna Negra (MIZA 105761; MAGS 1382), left male pedipalp, prolateral and retrolateral views. Scale line: 0.5 mm."captionText-1="Figs 900–907. Priscula lagunosa González-Sponga, 1999. 900–903. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views, male chelicerae, frontal view, and left genital bulb, ventral view, male from Trujillo, Laguna Negra (type locality; ZFMK Ar 22111). 904–907. Left procursus, retrolateral view, and left genital bulb, ventral, dorsal, and retrolateral views, male from Lara, Yacambú National Park (ZFMK Ar 22112) (arrow: sperm duct opening). Scale lines: 0.5 mm."captionText-2="Figs 908–911. Priscula Simon, 1893; epigynum, ventral and lateral views, and cleared female genitalia, dorsal views. 908–910. P. lagunosa González-Sponga, 1999; from Lara, Yacambú National Park (ZFMK, Ar 22113). 911. P. limonensis González-Sponga, 1999; from La Guaira, El Limón (type locality; ZFMK Ar 22114). Scale lines: 0.5 mm."figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069922"figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069924"figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069926"httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/4069922/files/figure.png"httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/4069924/files/figure.png"httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/4069926/files/figure.png"pageId="252"pageNumber="253">898–910</figureCitation>
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<figureCitationid="137A2A3EFF2C7AFDFCBCFAD7F9FBFAC8"box="[823,928,1368,1394]"captionStart="Figs 916–923"captionStartId="259.[189,241,1890,1916]"captionTargetBox="[189,1398,325,1842]"captionTargetId="figure-60@259.[189,1398,325,1842]"captionTargetPageId="259"captionText="Figs 916–923. Priscula Simon, 1893; epigyna, ventral and lateral views, and cleared female genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. 916–919. P. lagunosa González-Sponga, 1999; from Lara, Yacambú National Park (ZFMK, Ar 22113). 920–923. P. limonensis González-Sponga, 1999; from La Guaira, El Limón (type locality; ZFMK Ar 22114)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069932"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069932/files/figure.png"pageId="252"pageNumber="253">916–919</figureCitation>
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Easily distinguished from known congeners by shapes of procursus (
<figureCitationid="137A2A3EFF2C7AFDFC51F9DBFE24F9D4"box="[986,1151,1620,1646]"captionStart="Figs 900–907"captionStartId="255.[189,241,1856,1882]"captionTargetBox="[206,1369,265,1812]"captionTargetId="figure-77@255.[205,1382,265,1824]"captionTargetPageId="255"captionText="Figs 900–907. Priscula lagunosa González-Sponga, 1999. 900–903. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views, male chelicerae, frontal view, and left genital bulb, ventral view, male from Trujillo, Laguna Negra (type locality; ZFMK Ar 22111). 904–907. Left procursus, retrolateral view, and left genital bulb, ventral, dorsal, and retrolateral views, male from Lara, Yacambú National Park (ZFMK Ar 22112) (arrow: sperm duct opening). Scale lines: 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069924"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069924/files/figure.png"pageId="252"pageNumber="253">Figs 900–901</figureCitation>
; finger-shaped dorsal process, retrolateral ridge, and strong distal spine embedded in membrane), genital bulb (
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; distinctive shape of main apophysis, with large whitish area on retrolateral-ventral side), and by female external and internal genitalia (
<figureCitationid="137A2A3EFF2C7AFDFD0FF94BF972F964"box="[644,809,1732,1758]"captionStart="Figs 908–911"captionStartId="256.[189,241,1892,1918]"captionTargetBox="[202,1361,743,1841]"captionTargetId="figure-144@256.[189,1398,728,1853]"captionTargetPageId="256"captionText="Figs 908–911. Priscula Simon, 1893; epigynum, ventral and lateral views, and cleared female genitalia, dorsal views. 908–910. P. lagunosa González-Sponga, 1999; from Lara, Yacambú National Park (ZFMK, Ar 22113). 911. P. limonensis González-Sponga, 1999; from La Guaira, El Limón (type locality; ZFMK Ar 22114). Scale lines: 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069926"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069926/files/figure.png"pageId="252"pageNumber="253">Figs 908–910</figureCitation>
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<figureCitationid="137A2A3EFF2C7AFDFCBEF94BF9FBF964"box="[821,928,1732,1758]"captionStart="Figs 916–923"captionStartId="259.[189,241,1890,1916]"captionTargetBox="[189,1398,325,1842]"captionTargetId="figure-60@259.[189,1398,325,1842]"captionTargetPageId="259"captionText="Figs 916–923. Priscula Simon, 1893; epigyna, ventral and lateral views, and cleared female genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. 916–919. P. lagunosa González-Sponga, 1999; from Lara, Yacambú National Park (ZFMK, Ar 22113). 920–923. P. limonensis González-Sponga, 1999; from La Guaira, El Limón (type locality; ZFMK Ar 22114)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069932"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069932/files/figure.png"pageId="252"pageNumber="253">916–919</figureCitation>
; distinctive median process on epigynal plate; smaller than in
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). From most species also by male chelicerae strongly protruding laterally (
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description of the female and his figures 27–28 refer to juveniles. In the original description, the coordinates are wrong (~
too high. Contrary to the original description, the male chelicerae have a pair of (tiny) frontal apophyses (
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(12S, 16S, and 28S) are partly dubious. The voucher specimen used in that study was reexamined (
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is beyond doubt. Nevertheless, a confusion of sequences seems to have occurred. This was already noted by
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. The 12S tree in
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, Ven02/100-28), suggesting that at least the 16S sequence might indeed originate from
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(in ethanol). Carapace pale ochre with darker marginal lateral bands and wide median band including ocular area, clypeus also with wide dark band; sternum ochre-yellow with indistinct darker marks; legs ochre-yellow, with darker rings on femora subdistally and on tibiae proximally and subdistally, with light rings on both sides of subdistal rings and on distal side of proximal dark rings on tibiae; abdomen ochre-gray, dorsally and laterally densely covered with small black marks, with
<figureCitationid="137A2A3EFF2D7AFCFE3EF915F846F90E"box="[437,541,1690,1716]"captionStart="Figs 871–876"captionStartId="248.[189,241,1892,1918]"captionTargetBox="[189,1398,703,1845]"captionTargetId="figure-160@248.[189,1398,703,1845]"captionTargetPageId="248"captionText="Figs 871–876. Priscula Simon, 1893; live specimens. 871–873. P. acarite Huber sp. nov.; male from Falcón, Curimagua, and male and female from Lara, between Coro and Barquisimeto. 874. P. lagunosa González-Sponga, 1999; male from Trujillo, Laguna Negra. 875–876. P. limonensis González-Sponga, 1999; females from La Guaira, El Limón."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069914"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069914/files/figure.png"pageId="253"pageNumber="254">Fig. 874</figureCitation>
. Ocular area distinctly raised, with small hump on posterior side. Deep thoracic groove. Clypeus unmodified. Sternum wider than long (1.25/0.85), with shallow invagination on posterior side. Abdomen higher than long, dorso-posteriorly pointed.
<figureCitationid="137A2A3EFF2D7AFCFE2BF8ADF853F886"box="[416,520,1826,1852]"captionStart="Figs 900–907"captionStartId="255.[189,241,1856,1882]"captionTargetBox="[206,1369,265,1812]"captionTargetId="figure-77@255.[205,1382,265,1824]"captionTargetPageId="255"captionText="Figs 900–907. Priscula lagunosa González-Sponga, 1999. 900–903. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views, male chelicerae, frontal view, and left genital bulb, ventral view, male from Trujillo, Laguna Negra (type locality; ZFMK Ar 22111). 904–907. Left procursus, retrolateral view, and left genital bulb, ventral, dorsal, and retrolateral views, male from Lara, Yacambú National Park (ZFMK Ar 22112) (arrow: sperm duct opening). Scale lines: 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069924"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069924/files/figure.png"pageId="253"pageNumber="254">Fig. 902</figureCitation>
, with short entapophyses, strongly protruding laterally, with pair of tiny frontal apophyses, without stridulatory ridges.
<figureCitationid="137A2A3EFF2D7AFCFED9F808FBADF818"box="[338,502,1927,1954]"captionStart="Figs 898–899"captionStartId="254.[189,241,1963,1989]"captionTargetBox="[189,1398,935,1919]"captionTargetId="figure-227@254.[189,1398,935,1919]"captionTargetPageId="254"captionText="Figs 898–899. Priscula lagunosa González-Sponga, 1999; holotype from Trujillo, Laguna Negra (MIZA 105761; MAGS 1382), left male pedipalp, prolateral and retrolateral views. Scale line: 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069922"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069922/files/figure.png"pageId="253"pageNumber="254">Figs 898–899</figureCitation>
; coxa unmodified (very low retrolateral hump), trochanter with short ventral process, femur large, with unsclerotized retrolateral process proximally, ventral distal rim slightly projecting; patella ventrally reduced to strongly sclerotized narrow rim; tibia small relative to femur, with both trichobothria in relatively proximal position; procursus (
<figureCitationid="137A2A3EFF2E7AFFFC4CFE86FE30FE99"box="[967,1131,265,291]"captionStart="Figs 900–907"captionStartId="255.[189,241,1856,1882]"captionTargetBox="[206,1369,265,1812]"captionTargetId="figure-77@255.[205,1382,265,1824]"captionTargetPageId="255"captionText="Figs 900–907. Priscula lagunosa González-Sponga, 1999. 900–903. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views, male chelicerae, frontal view, and left genital bulb, ventral view, male from Trujillo, Laguna Negra (type locality; ZFMK Ar 22111). 904–907. Left procursus, retrolateral view, and left genital bulb, ventral, dorsal, and retrolateral views, male from Lara, Yacambú National Park (ZFMK Ar 22112) (arrow: sperm duct opening). Scale lines: 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069924"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069924/files/figure.png"pageId="254"pageNumber="255">Figs 900–901</figureCitation>
) with distinctive distal elements: finger-shaped dorsal process, sclerotized retrolateral ridge, and black ventral spine embedded in membranous transparent cuticle; genital bulb (
<figureCitationid="137A2A3EFF2E7AFFFC8CFEC0F936FED3"box="[775,877,335,361]"captionStart="Figs 900–907"captionStartId="255.[189,241,1856,1882]"captionTargetBox="[206,1369,265,1812]"captionTargetId="figure-77@255.[205,1382,265,1824]"captionTargetPageId="255"captionText="Figs 900–907. Priscula lagunosa González-Sponga, 1999. 900–903. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views, male chelicerae, frontal view, and left genital bulb, ventral view, male from Trujillo, Laguna Negra (type locality; ZFMK Ar 22111). 904–907. Left procursus, retrolateral view, and left genital bulb, ventral, dorsal, and retrolateral views, male from Lara, Yacambú National Park (ZFMK Ar 22112) (arrow: sperm duct opening). Scale lines: 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069924"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069924/files/figure.png"pageId="254"pageNumber="255">Fig. 903</figureCitation>
) with small proximal sclerite connecting to tarsus, strong main apophysis with bifid tip and sperm duct opening, transversal ventral sclerite ending on one side in small process, with large whitish area between transversal sclerite and main apophysis.
in high density); retrolateral trichobothrium of tibia 1 at 7%; prolateral trichobothrium present on all leg tibiae; tarsi without distinct pseudosegments but rather with many small platelets.
appear indistinguishable in all relevant aspects (preliminary molecular data show an unusually deep split; J.J. Astrin, B.A. Huber, unpubl. data). Large whitish area on genital bulb collapsed in some males (compare
<figureCitationid="137A2A3EFF2E7AFFFB0EFD46FF16FD59"box="[1157,1357,712,739]"captionStart="Figs 900–907"captionStartId="255.[189,241,1856,1882]"captionTargetBox="[206,1369,265,1812]"captionTargetId="figure-77@255.[205,1382,265,1824]"captionTargetPageId="255"captionText="Figs 900–907. Priscula lagunosa González-Sponga, 1999. 900–903. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views, male chelicerae, frontal view, and left genital bulb, ventral view, male from Trujillo, Laguna Negra (type locality; ZFMK Ar 22111). 904–907. Left procursus, retrolateral view, and left genital bulb, ventral, dorsal, and retrolateral views, male from Lara, Yacambú National Park (ZFMK Ar 22112) (arrow: sperm duct opening). Scale lines: 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069924"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069924/files/figure.png"pageId="254"pageNumber="255">Figs 903 and 905</figureCitation>
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; holotype from Trujillo, Laguna Negra (MIZA 105761; MAGS 1382), left male pedipalp, prolateral and retrolateral views. Scale line: 0.5 mm.
<bibRefCitationid="EFD04B4AFF2F7AFEFDF3F8CFF9FBF8E0"author="Gonzalez-Sponga M. A."box="[632,928,1856,1882]"pageId="255"pageNumber="256"pagination="123 - 168"refId="ref127169"refString="Gonzalez-Sponga M. A. 1999. Aracnidos de Venezuela. Ocho especies nuevas del genero Priscula y descripcion de Priscula venezuelana Simon, 1893 (Arachnida: Araneae: Pholcidae). Boletin de la Academia de Ciencias Fisicas, Matematicas y Naturales, Caracas 54: 123 - 168."type="journal article"year="1999">González-Sponga, 1999</bibRefCitation>
. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views, male chelicerae, frontal view, and left genital bulb, ventral view, male from Trujillo, Laguna Negra (type locality; ZFMK Ar 22111).
. Left procursus, retrolateral view, and left genital bulb, ventral, dorsal, and retrolateral views, male from Lara, Yacambú National Park (ZFMK Ar 22112) (arrow: sperm duct opening). Scale lines: 0.5 mm.
<figureCitationid="137A2A3EFED07B01FDB8FED5F883FECE"box="[563,728,346,372]"captionStart="Figs 908–911"captionStartId="256.[189,241,1892,1918]"captionTargetBox="[202,1361,743,1841]"captionTargetId="figure-144@256.[189,1398,728,1853]"captionTargetPageId="256"captionText="Figs 908–911. Priscula Simon, 1893; epigynum, ventral and lateral views, and cleared female genitalia, dorsal views. 908–910. P. lagunosa González-Sponga, 1999; from Lara, Yacambú National Park (ZFMK, Ar 22113). 911. P. limonensis González-Sponga, 1999; from La Guaira, El Limón (type locality; ZFMK Ar 22114). Scale lines: 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069926"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069926/files/figure.png"pageId="256"pageNumber="257">Figs 908–909</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitationid="137A2A3EFED07B01FD6FFED5F917FECF"box="[740,844,346,373]"captionStart="Figs 916–923"captionStartId="259.[189,241,1890,1916]"captionTargetBox="[189,1398,325,1842]"captionTargetId="figure-60@259.[189,1398,325,1842]"captionTargetPageId="259"captionText="Figs 916–923. Priscula Simon, 1893; epigyna, ventral and lateral views, and cleared female genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. 916–919. P. lagunosa González-Sponga, 1999; from Lara, Yacambú National Park (ZFMK, Ar 22113). 920–923. P. limonensis González-Sponga, 1999; from La Guaira, El Limón (type locality; ZFMK Ar 22114)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069932"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069932/files/figure.png"pageId="256"pageNumber="257">916–917</figureCitation>
) large transversal plate with distinctive median process, posterior plate very narrow, barely visible. Internal genitalia (
<figureCitationid="137A2A3EFED07B01FC70FEF2FE3CFE22"box="[1019,1127,381,408]"captionStart="Figs 908–911"captionStartId="256.[189,241,1892,1918]"captionTargetBox="[202,1361,743,1841]"captionTargetId="figure-144@256.[189,1398,728,1853]"captionTargetPageId="256"captionText="Figs 908–911. Priscula Simon, 1893; epigynum, ventral and lateral views, and cleared female genitalia, dorsal views. 908–910. P. lagunosa González-Sponga, 1999; from Lara, Yacambú National Park (ZFMK, Ar 22113). 911. P. limonensis González-Sponga, 1999; from La Guaira, El Limón (type locality; ZFMK Ar 22114). Scale lines: 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069926"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069926/files/figure.png"pageId="256"pageNumber="257">Figs 910</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitationid="137A2A3EFED07B01FBF8FEF1FE87FE22"box="[1139,1244,382,408]"captionStart="Figs 916–923"captionStartId="259.[189,241,1890,1916]"captionTargetBox="[189,1398,325,1842]"captionTargetId="figure-60@259.[189,1398,325,1842]"captionTargetPageId="259"captionText="Figs 916–923. Priscula Simon, 1893; epigyna, ventral and lateral views, and cleared female genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. 916–919. P. lagunosa González-Sponga, 1999; from Lara, Yacambú National Park (ZFMK, Ar 22113). 920–923. P. limonensis González-Sponga, 1999; from La Guaira, El Limón (type locality; ZFMK Ar 22114)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069932"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069932/files/figure.png"pageId="256"pageNumber="257">918–919</figureCitation>
) with pair of lateral sclerites connected to heavily sclerotized transversal structures visible in uncleared specimens; simple ‘valve’ and pair of oval pore plates.
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; from Lara, Yacambú National Park (ZFMK, Ar 22113).
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; from La Guaira, El Limón (type locality; ZFMK Ar 22114). Scale lines: 0.5 mm.
specimens were collected under decaying logs on the ground (
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locality was found in a sheet web that transformed into a funnel leading to the resting place among dense plant-parts and detritus on a live tree-trunk (exactly the same microhabitat as the larger
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at the same locality). In Yacambú, the spiders were found in crevices and under overhangs at a small waterfall.