On some minuscule spiders (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae, Symphytognathidae) from the Chocó region of Ecuador with the description of ten new species Author Dupérré, Nadine Author Tapia, Elicio text Zootaxa 2017 2017-11-01 4341 3 375 399 journal article 31671 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.3.3 ed67d904-ad8b-443a-aa03-82f2ad344855 1175-5326 1040059 778C7520-A669-41EA-AACF-5FBD33342646 Theridiosoma esmeraldas new species FIgS 18–21 , 44 Type Material. MAlE HOlOtypE frOM EcUADOr , COtOpAxI PrOvINcE , OTONGA BIOlOgIcAl RESErvE, RIO ESMErAlDAS (- 00.42180ºS - 79.01325ºW ) 1,717M, 24–30.v.2014 , SIftINg MOSSES, lOW EvErgrEEN MONtANE fOrESt, E. TApIA, C. TApIA, N. DUpérré ( QCAZ ). FIGURES 15–17. Theridiosoma ankas n. sp. 15. Male palp, prolateral view. 16. Male palp, ventral view. 17. Male palp, dorsal view. Etymology. THE SpEcIfIc NAME IS NOUN IN AppOSItION tAkEN frOM tHE typE lOcAlIty RIO ESMErAlDAS . Diagnosis. MAlES ArE DIStINgUISHED frOM All SpEcIES by tHE cOMbINAtION Of tHE fOllOWINg cHArActErS: yEllOWISH WItH grAy pAttErN AND tWO gUANINE SpOtS MEDIAlly ( FIgS 18 , 44 ); bIpArtItE MEDIAN ApOpHySIS ( FIg. 19 ), SIMplE IN All OtHEr SpEcIES. Description. Male ( holotype ) : TOtAl lENgtH: 2.1; cArApAcE lENgtH: 0.9; cArApAcE WIDtH: 0.8, AbDOMEN lENgtH: 1.2; AbDOMEN WIDtH: 1.0; AbDOMEN HEIgHt: 1.2. CEpHAlOtHOrAx: CArApAcE DArk brOWN WItH grAy MArkINg ON pArS tHOrAcIcA rEAcHINg PLE, MArgIN AND rADIAtINg lINES ( FIg. 44 ). PArS cEpHAlIcA ElEvAtED, pArS tHOrAcIcA SlOpINg grADUAlly. ClypEUS lOW ( 1x AME). CHElIcErAE OrANgE; prOMArgIN WItH 7 tEEtH, rEtrOMArgIN NOt ObSErvED. StErNUM, cONcAvE MEDIAlly, bAckgrOUND cOlOUr OrANgE StrONgly SUffUSED WItH DArk grEy, NOt trUNcAtED, StErNAl pIt lArgE SEpArAtED by 1.5x tHEIr DIAMEtEr. ENDItES AND lAbIUM OrANgE. EyES: EIgHt EyES, AbOUt EqUAl SIZE, SUrrOUNDED by blAck pIgMENtAtION; AME AND LE rOUNDED, PME SOMEWHAt trIANgUlAr; AME tOUcHINg, AME-ALE tOUcHINg, LE tOUcHINg, PLE-PME, SlIgHtly SEpArAtED, PME SEpArAtED ( FIg. 44 ). AbDOMEN: OvAl; DOrSAlly WItH yEllOWISH bAckgrOUND cOlOUr AND grEy pAttErN ( FIgS 18 , 44 ), tWO gUANINE SpOtS MEDIAlly; vENtrAlly bAckgrOUND cOlOUr yEllOWISH StrONgly SUffUSED WItH grEy. LEgS: FEMOrA AND pAtEllAE yEllOW, tIbIAE, MEtAtArSI AND tArSI OrANgE; tIbIA, MEtAtArSUS AND tArSUS IV WItH DUSky bAND ApIcAlly; lEgS tOtAl lENgtH 3.2/2.6/1.6/1.8; lEg fOrMUlA 1243. GENItAlIA: PAlpAl cyMbIUM ScOOp-SHApED ( FIg. 21 ); pArAcyMbIUM L-SHApED; cyMbIAl lAMEllAE NArrOW ( FIg. 20 ); tEgUlUM lArgE ( FIg. 21 ); cONDUctOr WIDE WItH WEll SclErOtIZED rOUNDED tIp ( FIg. 19 ); EMbOlIc ApOpHySES SHOrt AND cOMplExES; EMbOlUS SHOrt AND pOINtED ( FIg. 21 ); MEDIAN ApOpHySIS SHOrt AND bIpArtItE, ApIcAl pArt WItH SMAll WEll SclErOtIZED blUNt tIp ( FIg. 19 ). FIGURES 18–21. Theridiosoma esmeraldas n.sp. 18. Abdomen male, dorsal view. 19. Male palp, prolateral view. 20. Male palp, dorsal view. 21. Male palp, ventral view. Female: UNkNOWN. Distribution. EcUADOr : KNOWN ONly frOM tHE typE lOcAlIty. Natural History. THE typE SpEcIMEN AND ONly SpEcIMEN WAS cOllEctED IN lOW EvErgrEEN MONtANE fOrESt At 1,717M.