A taxonomic review of the mygalomorph spider genus Linothele Karsch, 1879 (Araneae, Dipluridae) Author Drolshagen, Bastian Kolberger Strasse 12 F, 76139 Karlsruhe (Germany) bdrolshagen @ gmail. com bdrolshagen@gmail.com Author Bäckstam, Christian M. Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Zoology, Box 50007, 104 05 Stockholm (Sweden) christian. backstam @ nrm. se backstam@nrm.se text Zoosystema 2021 2021-04-20 43 10 163 196 journal article 7176 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a10 120db7ca-e885-4d5e-bc3d-83af0671f8d1 1638-9387 4720674 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2763DA07-4D8F-4CA2-BB63-E5BC26470296 Linothele pukachumpi Dupérré & Tapia, 2015 Linothele pukachumpi Dupérré & Tapia, 2015: 356 , figs 30-33. TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype . Ecuador • ♀ ; Cotopaxi Province , Otonga Biological Reserve ; 0°25’21.396”S , 79°30’38.519”W ; 2225 m a.s.l. ; 04-09.IX.2014 ; N. Dupérré , E. Tapia and C. Tapia leg.; QCAZ . Paratype . Ecuador • 1 ♀ ; same collecting data as for holotype; 26.V.2014 ; A. Tapia leg.; QCAZ . TYPE LOCALITY. — Otonga Biological Reserve, Ecuador . DISTRIBUTION. — Only known from the type locality. DIAGNOSIS. — “Females are diagnosed by their uniform red-brown colour […]. From L. longicauda , L. aequatorialis and L. cousini by the presence of yellowish setae on the carapace […]. Females can be further diagnosed by their elongated and apically tapering spermathecae, with a few elongated vesicles medially […].” see Dupérré & Tapia (2015: 356-357) . DESCRIPTION (FOLLOWING DUPÉRRÉ & TAPIA 2015 ) Male Unknown. Female CL = 11.0. CT = 10. MC = 25-30. Colouration: overall reddish brown, see Dupérré & Tapia (2015 : fig. 30); maculae absent. Sternum, labium and maxillae: see Dupérré & Tapia (2015 : fig. 31). Leg formula: 4123. Scopula divided. Leg tarsi pseudo-segmented. Spermathecae: “joined at base, elongated and tapering apically, with a few elongated vesicles medially, most on long stalk”, see Dupérré & Tapia (2015 : figs 32, 33). REMARKS Dupérré & Tapia (2015) diagnosed Linothele pukachumpi as follows: “From L. longicauda , L. aequatorialis and L. cousini by the presence of yellowish setae on the carapace […]. Females can be further diagnosed by their elongated and apically tapering spermathecae, with a few elongated vesicles medially […].” Yellowish/golden setae on carapace, dorsal trochanter, or coxae are known at least from living specimens of L. curvitarsis , L. gaujoni , L. sericata , and L. spinosa sp. n. Furthermore, yellowish/golden setae can be observed in all species, except for the male of L. yanachanka , in the original descriptions by Dupérré & Tapia 2015 . The golden shine visible in living specimens fades shortly after preparation in alcohol. The setae become dull and more greyish, likely due to shrinking of the cuticula; see Foelix et al. 2009 . While the yellowish setae are an easy way to distinguish alive specimens of L. longicauda and L. pukachumpi , further characteristics to distinguish between preserved specimens of these species might become necessary. NATURAL HISTORY According to Dupérré & Tapia (2015) , specimens “[…] of L. pukachumpi were collected in a primary cloud forest at 2225m , they build webs of 50 × 40 cm on dirt talus along trails, the retreat is located in soil crevices.”