A taxonomic review of the mygalomorph spider genus Linothele Karsch, 1879 (Araneae, Dipluridae) Author Drolshagen, Bastian Kolberger Strasse 12 F, 76139 Karlsruhe (Germany) bdrolshagen @ gmail. com bdrolshagen@gmail.com Author Bäckstam, Christian M. Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Zoology, Box 50007, 104 05 Stockholm (Sweden) christian. backstam @ nrm. se backstam@nrm.se text Zoosystema 2021 2021-04-20 43 10 163 196 journal article 7176 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a10 120db7ca-e885-4d5e-bc3d-83af0671f8d1 1638-9387 4720674 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2763DA07-4D8F-4CA2-BB63-E5BC26470296 Linothele zaia Dupérré & Tapia, 2015 Linothele zaia Dupérré & Tapia, 2015: 358 , figs 34-36. TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype . Ecuador • ♀ ; Santo Domingo de Las Tsáchilas , Parroquia San José de Alluriquín , La Florida ; 0°15’9.144”S , 79°1’49.547”W ; 884 m a.s.l. ; 17.XII.2014 ; E. Tapia leg.; hand collected from web; QCAZ . FIG. 17. — Patterns on opisthosoma in Linothele Karsch, 1879 : A -E , L. curvitarsis Karsch, 1879 ; F -H , L. macrothelifera Strand, 1908 ; I , J , L. septentrionalis n. sp. ; K -M , L. spinosa n. sp. ; A , L. curvitarsis indet. holotype (ZMB Arach-458), dorsal view; B , C , L. curvitarsis male (NHRS-KASI 000000032); B , dorsal view; C , ventral view; D , Diplura soricina Simon, 1889 female (MNHN (339)), dorsal view; E , Diplura soricina male (MNHN (339)), dorsal view; F , L. macrothelifera imm. male (MCZ-76020), dorsal view; G , H , L. macrothelifera undet. (MCZ-76021); G , dorsal view; H , ventral view; I , J , L. septentrionalis n. sp. female holotype (MCZ- 76012); I , dorsal view; J , ventral view; K -M , L. spinosa n. sp. male holotype (NHRS-KASI 000000036); K , dorsal view; L , ventral view; M , L. spinosa n. sp. female paratype (NHRS-KASI 000000037), dorsal view. Not to scale. TYPE LOCALITY. — La Florida, Ecuador . DISTRIBUTION. — Only known from the type locality. DIAGNOSIS. — “Females are diagnosed by their brown abdomen with black median band […] and their widely separated spermathecae […]. From L. gaujoni by their red-brown abdomen with black pattern […], black with dark yellow-red pubescence with dark striae in the latter.” see Dupérré & Tapia (2015: 358) . DESCRIPTION (FOLLOWING Dupérré & Tapia 2015 ) Male Unknown. Female CL = 12.0. CT = 10. MC = 30-35. Colouration: overall dark brown to black; opisthosoma “dorsally red-brown with black median band”, “ventrally uniformly dark red-brown”, see Dupérré & Tapia (2015 : fig. 34); maculae absent. Sternum, labium and maxillae: see Dupérré & Tapia (2015 : fig. 35). Leg formula: 4123. Scopula divided. Leg tarsi pseudo-segmented.Spermatheca: “joined at base, widely separated, short and wide with few vesicles on short stalk medially”, see Dupérré & Tapia (2015 : fig. 36). NATURAL HISTORY According to Dupérré & Tapia (2015) the “[…] holotype female was collected in a foothill forest at 884m elevation. The web of approximately 60 × 40 cm was along a vertical dirt talus or landslide 6m from the ground, and the retreat was concealed in a soil crevice. The only specimen collected lives in sympatry with L. zaia and L. quori , but was found in a somewhat distinct microhabitat.”