The spider genus Medionops Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit (Araneae: Caponiidae) in Colombia, with the description of four new species Author Martínez, Leonel C3E9FDB9-4381-4ED3-AB0C-6C7F739CCCED Grupo de Investigación Biodiversidad del Caribe Colombiano, Semillero de Investigación Sistemática de Artrópodos Neotropicales, Departamento de Biología, Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Colombia. leonelmarbio@gmail.com Author Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander D312037D-5F2B-4F86-A822-F0BAD1BEF20A Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Coordenação de Zoologia, Laboratório de Aracnologia, Av. Perimetral, 1901, Terra Firme, CEP 66077 - 830, Belém, Pará, Brazil. alex.sanchezruiz@hotmail.com Author Bonaldo, Alexandre B. 118CFCBA-BD7E-4F15-8412-4979159298BA 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 text European Journal of Taxonomy 2021 2021-09-29 773 61 79 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.773.1511 journal article 4090 10.5852/ejt.2021.773.1511 38bb3ec2-51c6-4ffe-bf28-6f28266c2eaa 2118-9773 5536387 FD4A74C5-9746-4DB0-A252-82711FEB13E4 Medionops santarosa sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 41140901-0BFC-4DE2-B12F-9BABADD708A5 Figs 5– 6 , 7E Diagnosis Males resemble those of M. luiscarlosi sp. nov. in having a similar copulatory bulb shape but can be distinguished by the embolus length less than 3 × the maximum width of the tegulum, with truncated tip ( Figs 5C–D , 7E ) (larger, with pointed tip in M. luiscarlosi , Figs 4E–F , 7D ). Females unknown. Etymology The specific epithet refers to the type locality ‘Santa Rosa de Cabal’; noun in apposition. Type material Holotype COLOMBIA • ♂ ; Risaralda department , Parque Municipal Natural Campo Alegre , Santa Rosa de Cabal , Vereda La Linda , Finca La Granja ; 4°52′26″ N , 75°31′21″ W ; alt. 2490–2659 m ; 26–28 Fev. 2004 ; A. Pulido and Y. Martínez leg.; IAvH-I 3362 . Paratypes COLOMBIA • 1 ♂ ; same collection data as for holotype; IAvH-I 3371 • 1 ♂ ; same collection data as for holotype; IAvH-I 3372 . Description Male ( holotype , Figs 5A–D , 7E ) MEASUREMENTS. Total length 4.31. Carapace 1.83 long, 1.38 wide. Sternum 1.10 long, 0.85 wide. Legs: I: 4.09; II: 3.75; III: 3.31; IV: 4.81. COLORATION. Carapace, chelicerae, sternum, labium and endites reddish ( Fig. 5A ). Palps and legs light orange ( Fig. 5B ). Abdomen dorsally dark gray, with dorsal pattern of five small, thin, whitish gray chevron stripes, not extending laterally ( Fig. 5A ); ventrally yellowish gray ( Fig. 5B ). LEGS AND PALPS. Crista unnoticeable; gladius with the common nopine shape. Palp with spherical tegulum; embolus length less than 3 × the maximum width of the tegulum, with truncated tip ( Figs 5C– D , 7E ) and rounded opening. Female Unknown. Variation Males (n = 3): total length: 3.74–4.31; carapace length: 1.73–1.83. Fig. 5. Medionops santarosa sp. nov. , holotype, ♂ (IAvH-I 3362). A . Habitus, dorsal view. B . Habitus, ventral view. C . Left palp, retrolateral view. D . Left palp, prolateral view. Scale bars: A–B = 1.5 mm; C–D = 0.5 mm. Distribution Known only from the type locality in Colombia ( Fig. 6 ).