Description of two new spider genera of Trechaleidae (Araneae: Lycosoidea) from Northern Brazil Author Silva, Estevam Luís Cruz Da Author Lise, Arno Antonio text Zootaxa 2006 1275 61 68 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.173319 34d1bd96-0917-441f-a3c7-dc0aefe486bb 1175­5326 173319 Amapalea brasiliana sp. n. Figs 1–5 , 13–17 Types . ɗ holotype (MCTP 17193) from Macapá, Amapá, Brazil , 24.–28.I.2004 , R. A. Silva leg., 2 ɗ paratypes (MCTP 17033), also without abdomen, same location of the holotype . Etymology . The specific name is an adjective and refers to the country of origin. Diagnosis . This species can be distinguished from Trechalea and Paradossenus by the presence of a projection in the tegulum ( Figs 3 , 14 ) and a lateral protrusion of ventral division of median apophysis (LPV) ( Figs 3 , 14 ). Description . ɗ ( holotype ). Carapace, 1.36 long, 1.24 wide, grayish, with two yellowish lateral bands, with brownish border, dorsum with brown dark spots and with three white lines near the fovea ( Fig. 1 ). Chelicerae yellowish, faces brownish with vertical bands, almost glabrous medially with light setae on distal one­third of its length. Endites orange, 0.16 long, 0.09 wide; labium light brown, 0.18 long, 0.22 wide; sternum yellow, unmarked, 0.68 long, 0.65 wide. Legs yellowish, brownish dorsally. Abdomen missing. Clypeus 0.55 long, 0.03 high; dark at anterior margin. Anterior eye row moderately procurved, 0.40 wide; posterior recurved, 0.62 wide. Eye diameters, interdistances and ocular quadrangle: AME 0.09, ALE 0.06, PME 0.12, PLE 0.06; AME –AME 0.06, AME–ALE 0.03, PME–PME 0.09, PME–PLE 0.09, MOQ, 0.15 long, dorsal view, 0.19 frontal view, anterior width 0.09, posterior 0.23. Leg measurements: I femur 2.26/ patella­tibia 2.94/ metatarsus 2.23/ tarsus 1.11/ total 8.54; II 2.01/ 2.54/ 1.86/ 0.96/ 7.37; III 0.86/ 0.99/ 1.05/ 0.43/ 3.33; IV 1.02/ 1.05/ 1.11/ 0.40/ 3.58. Tarsal claws with elongated teeth ( Fig. 16 ). Bothrium of trichobothria with distinct hood ( Fig. 17 ). Palpus ( Figs 2–5 , 14 ) presenting a ventral protrusion pointing retrolaterally ( Fig. 3 ) and three large spines, two positioned laterally in dorsal view and one dorsal. The retrolateral tibial apophysis presents only one branch (ectal division) with the distal portion curved ( Figs 3–5 , 15 ). Ventrodistal protuberance of palpal tibia prominent, retrolaterally projected ( Fig. 3 ). Distribution . Brazil (Amapá) ( Fig. 13 ).