A new species and two new records of the ground spider genus Apopyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from Paraguay Author Piñanez Espejo, Yolanda M. G. Author Kochalka, John A. Author Garcete Barrett, Bolívar R. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-09-05 4664 4 594 600 journal article 25606 10.11646/zootaxa.4664.4.12 a63fbcd8-64c4-4c81-9ea0-c0e45577c7ad 1175-5326 3386883 CC94C413-B90F-4D6D-BE5B-2FDF1816388D Apopyllus silvestrii ( Simon, 1905 ) ( Figs 3 , 6a ) Material examined. PARAGUAY : Itapúa : Alto Verá : Kanguery , 26°30’43.5”S 55°47’34.0”W , 1 ♂ , 12–16.I.2017 , Y. Piñanez coll. (IBNP-Invert.-JAK-CR 2945) . Additional material examined. ARGENTINA :El Bolson : Rio Negro , 1♂ , 1♀ , 20–27.V.1962 , A. Kovács coll.( AMNH ) ; BOLIVIA : San Antonio de Parapeti : Rio Parapeti , 1♂ , 1–5.IX.1964 , B. Malkin coll. ( AMNH ) ; Songo- tal , 3800m , 1♀ , 30. II.1953 , Forster & Schindler coll. ( AMNH ) ; PERU : San Mateo , 3000m , 1♀ , 7.I.1939 , W. Weyrauch coll. ( AMNH ) ; Punol : ( Lago Titicaca ), 3900m , 1♀ , XI.1947 , W. Weyrauch coll. ( AMNH ) . Distribution. This species is known from southern South America, with the northernmost record from southeastern Peru . FIGURE 3. Apopyllus silvestrii ( Simon, 1905 ) , male (IBNP-Invert.-JAK-CR 2945). a Habitus dorsal view. b ventral view. c male left palp in dorsal view. d male left palp in retrolateral view. e male left palp in ventral view. f male retrolateral tibial apophysis in retro- basal view. Abbreviations: e: embolus, rta: retrolateral tibial apophysis, ma: median apophysis mte: membranous tegular extensión, s: scutum Remarks. This species is diagnosed by the general shape of the RTA ( Fig. 3c, f ). The specimen was captured in the same collecting conditions as A. Kanguery .