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 septentrionalis n. sp. ( Figs 13 ; 17I, J ) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 514DF6CE-3DC9-4416-B71B-1C60C698EBEB TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype . Bahamas • ♀ ; Nathan Banks leg.; MCZ 76012. ETYMOLOGY. — The specific epithet is a Latin adjective, meaning ‘northern’ and refers to the most northern locality in Linothele zoogeography; the gender is feminine. TYPE LOCALITY. — Bahamas . DISTRIBUTION. — Only known from the type locality. DIAGNOSIS. — The female of Linothele septentrionalis n. sp. differs from those of all other Linothele by the combined presence of maculae ( Fig. 13B ), presence of a pattern on the sternum and absence of maxillary cuspules ( Fig. 13A ). DESCRIPTION Male Unknown. Female ( holotype ) CL = 3.9. CT = 11. MC = 0. Colouration in alcohol: Prosoma, chelicerae, legs and pedipalps pale, yellow; sternum (length: 2.0) dark, with bright longitudinal pattern ( Fig. 13A ); opisthosoma with distinct mid-dorsal pattern, consisting of quadrate spots anteriorly, which become more rectangular posteriorly, or can be interconnected, forming longitudinal lines, laterally with several spots; ventrally with longitudinal lines and spots ( Fig. 17I, J ); maculae present, see Figure 13B . Clypeus: narrow. Sternum, labium and maxillae: see Figure 13A . Palp measurements: 7.6 (2.5,1.4,1.7,2.0). Leg measurements: I: 13.0 (3.3, 1.5, 3.0, 2.9, 2.3); II: 10.8 (2.9, 1.5, 2.0, 2.6, 1.8); III: 10.6 (2.8, 1.3, 2.1, 2.4, 2.0); IV: 14.9 (2.4, 3.8, 3.2, 1.5, 4.0). Leg formula: 4123. Scopula divided. Preening-combs absent. Leg tarsi integral. Spinnerets: PMS: 1.3, separated by less than length of segment (0.7); PLS: 5.9 (1.6, 1.9, 2.4), apical segments rigid. Spermatheca: consisting of two stalks with basal lobes, see Figure 13C. NATURAL HISTORY Unknown.