The genus Syspira Simon, 1895 (Araneae: Miturgidae) from Hispaniola, with the description of four new species
Author
Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Coordenação de Zoologia, Laboratório de Aracnologia. Av. Perimetral, 1901, Terra Firme, CEP 66077 - 830, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Author
Santos, Gabriel De Los
División de Zoología, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural “ Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano ”, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. g. delossantos @ mnhn. gov. do; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1839 - 1893
Author
Brescovit, Antonio D.
Instituto Butantan, Laboratório de Coleçƚes Zoológicas, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, Butantã, São Paulo 05503 - 900, SP, Brazil. antonio. brescovit @ butantan. gov. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1511 - 5324
Author
Bonaldo, Alexandre B.
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Coordenação de Zoologia, Laboratório de Aracnologia. Av. Perimetral, 1901, Terra Firme, CEP 66077 - 830, Belém, Pará, Brazil. & bonaldo @ museu-goeldi. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8216 - 5110
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Zootaxa
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Syspira monticola
(
Bryant, 1948
)
combinatio nova
Figures 8
,
9
Teminius monticolus
Bryant, 1948: 411
, fig. 94 (female
holotype
from
Loma Rucilla
,
Armando Bermúdez National Park
,
Santiago Province
, ~
1500–2450 m
,
June
, 1938,
P. Darlington
, deposited in MCZ, examined).
Teminius monticola
:
Roewer, 1955: 407
.
Diagnosis
. Females of
S. monticola
comb. n.
resembles those of
S. medialuna
by having an atrial hood not projected (
Figs 5D
,
8D
), but are readily recognized by having lower posterior plates and higher atrium (
Fig. 8D
).
Description
. Male unknown. Female described by
Bryant (1948)
.
Remarks
. Collection efforts at the
type
and nearby localities, looking for new specimens, were unsuccessful. Vegetation in the
type
locality comprises a mixture of broadleaf and pine forest.
Distribution
. Know only from the
type
locality (
Fig. 9
).