Taxonomic revision of the soldier spider genus Falconina Brignoli, 1985 (Araneae: Corinnidae: Corinninae) Author García, Fabián 0000-0001-9665-2318 Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Coordenação de Zoologia, Laboratório de Aracnologia, Av. Perimetral 1901, CEP: 66077 - 830, Belém, Pará, Brazil & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Evolução-Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia-Universidade Federal do Pará / Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi & fdracochela @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9665 - 2318 fdracochela@gmail.com Author Bonaldo, Alexandre B. 0000-0002-8216-5110 Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Coordenação de Zoologia, Laboratório de Aracnologia, Av. Perimetral 1901, CEP: 66077 - 830, Belém, Pará, Brazil & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Evolução-Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia-Universidade Federal do Pará / Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi & bonaldo @ museu-goeldi. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8216 - 5110 bonaldo@museu-goeldi.br text Zootaxa 2023 2023-09-08 5343 3 201 242 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5343.3.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5343.3.1 1175-5326 8334263 A4E4E99C-0364-4759-81A2-6D570F899F5C Falconina iza sp. nov. Figs 17A–B , 18A–B , 24 Type material. Holotype ♁: BRAZIL : Rio Grande do Sul : Santa Maria , Barragem Saturnino de Brito [ S29.52418° , W53.80271° ], A.A. Lise leg., 14.VII.1982 ( MCN 10584 ). Etymology. The name is a patronym in honor of Izaura da Conceiç„o Magalh„es Muniz Maschiro (nicknamed “Iza”), assistant of the MPEG Arachnology Collection. Diagnosis. Males of Falconina iza sp. nov. are similar to those of F. catirina sp. nov. by the well-developed RTA median lobe and by the small, triangular dorsal lobe. They differ by the shorter sub-squared median lobe, with truncated apices ( Figs 17B , 18B ), and by the large, prolaterally inserted lamelliform embolus, with a wide-spanned embolar process ( Figs 17A , 18A ). FIGURE 17. Falconina spp. : A, B Falconina iza sp. nov. , male holotype (MCN 10.582): A palp, ventral view; B palp, retrolateral view. C, D Falconina catirina sp. nov. , male holotype (MPEG 37219): C palp, ventral view; D palp, retrolateral view. Abbreviations AS, apical spur; C, conductor; CRP, cymbial retrolateral basal process; E, embolus; EP, embolar process; dVL, dorsal lobe of the ventral lobe of the retrolateral tibial apophysis; DL, dorsal lobe of the retrolateral tibial apophysis; ML, median lobe of the retrolateral tibial apophysis; TP, tegular process; VL, ventral lobe of the retrolateral tibial apophysis. Scale bar 1 mm. FIGURE 18. Falconina spp. :A, B Falconina iza sp. nov. , male holotype (MCN 10.582):A palp, ventral view; B palp, retrolateral view. C, D Falconina catirina sp. nov. , male holotype (MPEG 37219): A palp, ventral view; B palp, retrolateral view. Scale bar 1 mm. FIGURE 19. Falconina crassipalpis ( Chickering, 1937 ) , male holotype and female paratype (MCZ ♁ 20925; ♀ 28235) A male palp, prolateroventral view; B male palp, retrolateral view; C female epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations AS, apical spur; C, conductor; CRP, cymbial retrolateral basal process; E, embolus; EP, embolar process; DL, dorsal lobe of the retrolateral tibial apophysis; dVL, dorsal lobe of the ventral lobe of the retrolateral tibial apophysis; MnEP, median notch of the posterior margin of epigynal plate; ML, median lobe of the retrolateral tibial apophysis; PVP, posterior vulvar plate; TP, tegular process; VL, ventral lobe of the retrolateral tibial apophysis. Scale bar A–C 0.5 mm. Photos by Laura Leibensperger. Description. Male (MCN 10584). Carapace dark brown, with darker cephalic region. Chelicerae, labium, and endites reddish-brown. Sternum dark orange. Legs dark orange with femora dark brown. Abdomen dark gray, scutum yellow, longer than wide. Total length: 6.075. Carapace 2.941 long, 2.325 wide. Clypeus height 0.233. Eye diameters: AME 0.174, ALE 0.105, PME 0.114, PLE 0.100. Interocular distances: AME-AME 0.046, AME-ALE 0.040, PME-PME 0.122, PME-PLE 0.111, ALE-PLE 0.031, PME-AME 0.046. Chelicerae with three promarginal teeth, the second two times longer, and five retromarginal teeth, the most proximal to fang three times smaller than others. Sternum 1.440 long, 1.399 wide. Leg measurements: I—2.393, 0.491, 2.088, 1.721, 1.285, 8.978; II—Missing; III—1.675, 0.660, 1.635, 1.720, 1.350, 7.040; IV—1.907, 0.498, 2.113, 2.096, 1.514, 8.128. Abdomen 3.089 long, 2.084 wide. Leg spination: I—femur d 1-0-1; p 0-0-1; r 0-0-0; v 0-0-0; tibia d 0-0-0; p 0-0-0; r 0-0-0; v 1-2-2-2-2-2; metatarsus d 0-0-0; p 0-0-0; r 0-0-0; v 2-0-2; II—femur d 1-1-0; p 0-0-0; r 0-0-2; v 0-0-0; tibia d 0-0-0; p 0-0-0; r 0-0-0; v 2-2-2; metatarsus d 0-0-0; p 0-0-0; r 0-0-0; v 2-0-2; III—femur d 1-2-2; p 0-0-0; r 0-1-1; v 0-0-2; tibia d 2-2-0; p 1-0-1; r 1-1; v 2-2-2; metatarsus d 2-2-2; p 1-1-0; r 1-1-1; v 2-2-2; IV—femur d 1-2-2; p 0-0-0; r 0-0- 0; v 0-0-2; tibia 2-2-0; p 1-0-1; r 1-1; v 2-2-2; metatarsus d 2-2-2; p 1-1-0; p 1-1-1; v 2-0-2. Male palp. Tibia almost half of cymbium length. Three lobes. Ventral lobe with well-developed dorsal process (dVL), a long and thin apical spur, longer than both median and dorsal lobes. Median lobe well-developed, sub-squared. Dorsal lobe smaller than median lobe ( Figs 17B , 18B ). Cymbium with slim retrolateral basal process. Basal prolateral process present, small. Spermophore with three ventral folds. Tegular process small, inserted retrolaterally. Embolus large, prolaterally inserted, with enlarged and truncated apices. Embolar process well-developed, lamelliform, not exceeding length of embolus or conductor ( Figs 17A , 18A ). Female . Unknown. Distribution. Only known from the type locality ( Fig. 24 ).