On the putatively incorrect identification and “ redescription ” of Paratropis elicioi Dupérré 2015 (Paratropididae, Araneae) with the description of two new sympatric species from Ecuador Author Dupérré, Nadine 0000-0003-2195-878X Zoological Museum, Center of Natural History, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany. nadine.duperre@uni-hamburg.de Author Tapia, Elicio 0000-0001-9005-5328 Fundación OTONGA, Calle Rither y Bolivia Quito, Ecuador. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9005 - 5328 text Zootaxa 2020 2020-11-03 4869 3 326 346 journal article 8866 10.11646/zootaxa.4869.3.2 2a05c6d9-5e8a-4ce7-97ad-05fe1bb9d338 1175-5326 4443710 19171E09-0628-40B0-812E-81FE64C45729 Paratropis otonga sp. n. Figs 11 , 13–26 Type material. ECUADOR : Cotopaxi Province , Otonga Biological Reserve : Holotype , ♀ : limite Sambo y Reserva ( -00.41395 -78.99085 ) 1728m , 17 June 2015 , bajo troncos en suelo, E. Tapia , N. Dupérré ( QCAZ ) . Paratypes : 1♀ , 1 juv. , same data as holotype . Other material examined . ECUADOR : Pichincha Province : Mindo , 26/12/2918 , 6♀ , M. Lopez ( QCAZ ) . Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality, Otonga Biological Reserve. Diagnosis. Adult females of P. otonga sp. n. are distinguished from all species as follows: from P. elicioi , metatarsi with 5 ( Figs 21–24 ) up to 7 trichobothria as opposed to two trichobothria in P. elicioi ( Dupérré 2015a : figs 6, 7) and spermathecae with longitudinal fold ( Fig. 11 ) absent in the latter ( Fig. 10 ); from P. pristirana sp. n. by the absence of multi-layered thin seta ( Figs 13 , 14 ); present in the latter ( Fig. 28 ); and by the spermathecae being acuminate, shorter (3x longer than wide) with tightly arranged vesicles ( Fig. 11 ), not acuminate, longer (4x longer than wide) vesicles not so tightly arranged in the latter species ( Fig. 12 ) and from P. florezi by the female spermathecae with a genital fold ( Fig. 11 ), absent in the latter species (see Perafán et al ., 2019 , fig. 3D). Description. Female ( holotype ) . Total length: 19.62; carapace length: 9.25; carapace width: 9.09; abdomen length: 10.37. Carapace (live color): Dark brown, covered with soil and sand along midline and radiating lines; with short setae along midline and radiating lines ( Fig. 13 ). Chelicerae: Dark brown, slightly encrusted with sand and soil; promargin 14 teeth, retromargin 13 teeth; fang furrow narrow without denticles ( Fig. 15 ). Sternum : light yellow, with six oval sigilla; wider than long, flat ( Fig. 15 ). Labium dark orange basally, light orange apically, without soil, trapezoidal with ~86 cuspules ( Fig. 15 ); maxillae orange, without soil, with conical projection anteriorly and ~103 cuspules ( Fig. 15 ). Eyes : Eight on tubercle; AME rounded, separated by diameter; LE rounded, touching, ALE–PLE equal; PME oval smallest, separated by four times their diameter; anterior almost straight, and posterior eye rows recurved ( Fig. 14 ). Abdomen: Oval, heavily encrusted with soil and sand ( Fig. 13 ); dorsally with numerous, none conspicuous tubercles each bearing a seta, ventrally covered with soil and sand below epigastric groove; book lung apertures without soil and sand, oval, well sclerotized. Spinnerets : PLS yellow orange, not encrusted with soil and sand; basal and medial segment squared, apical segment cylindrical; respectively 0.92/0.96/1.65; PMS small, yellow orange, not encrusted with soil and sand ( Fig. 16 ). Legs: Dark brown slightly encrusted with soil and sand, with few enlarged setae; leg I femora slightly enlarged; leg formula 4123; leg I 23.21(7.14/3.54/6.01/4.00/2.43); II 18.84 (5.72/2.75/4.23/3.79/2.35); III 16.29 (4.96/1.86/3.28/3.89/2.3); IV 25.49 (7.04/2.76/6.42/6.11/3.16). Leg spination: palpal tarsi: 1 rlv 2 plv; leg I: metatarsi 17rlv 18 plv; tarsi 11rlv 11plv. Trichobothria: tibiae I–IV (9/11/11/10); metatarsi I–IV (7/6/6/7); tarsi (13/11/12/14); palpal tibia (9): palpal tarsus (8). Paired tarsal claws with one elongate tooth; ITC on leg I ( Fig. 26 ), absent on legs II–IV. Genitalia : Internal genitalia with elongated spermathecae (3x longer than wide) straight, with longitudinal fold, acuminate apically, with numerous tightly lobed vesicles ( Fig. 11 ). FIGURES 14–16. Paratropis otonga sp. n. (holotype). 14. Habitus (in ethanol), dorsal view. 15. Sternum and chelicerae, ventral view. 16. Abdomen, ventral view. Scale bars: 14: 5mm; 15, 16: 1mm. FIGURES 17–26 . Paratropis otonga sp. n. 17–20. Tibiae I-IV dorsal view. 21–24. Metatarsi and tarsi I-IV, dorsal view. 25. Palpal tibia and tarsus, dorsal view. 26. Tarsus I, lateral view (arrow points to spine). Scale bars: 0.5mm. Male. Unknown Trichobothrial pattern variation ( paratype ) (tibiae I–IV (8/8/8/8); metatarsi I–IV (5/5/5/5); tarsi (10/9/9/9) ( Figs 17-24 ); palpal tibia (7): palpal tarsus (8) ( Fig. 25 ). Natural History. Specimens were found under large tree trunks at the edge of the cloud forest, 1728m . Distribution. Ecuador : Cotopaxi and Pichincha provinces.