On Venezuelan pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae) Author Huber, Bernhard A. 33607F65-19BF-4DC9-94FD-4BB88CED455F Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany. b.huber@leibniz-zfmk.de Author Villarreal, Osvaldo 679C385E-B068-4351-9D2F-97753E534C26 Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela. & Museu Nacional / UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. osvaldovillarreal@gmail.com text European Journal of Taxonomy 2020 2020-10-01 718 1 317 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2020.718.1101 4069574 F9E9A91E-488C-4DB1-9361-E788E9AC5BC1 Canaima avila Huber sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: EF382001-C5C1-47E8-9679-E75E4C6F82A5 Figs 52–53 , 81–84 , 93–95 , 1034 Diagnosis Distinguished from known congeners by armature of male chelicerae ( Fig. 83 ; distinctive pair of distal processes and pair of low frontal humps), by shape of procursus ( Fig. 82 ; distinctive subdistal dorsal widening – arrow in Fig. 82 ), by strongly banded legs ( Figs 52–53 ; femora with 3–4 dark rings), and by external and internal female genitalia ( Figs 84 , 93 ): strong lateral sclerites, small median sclerite; pair of internal anterior pockets/folds; elongate transversal pore plates close together; note that female of C. merida Huber, 2000 is unknown. Etymology The species name refers to the type locality; noun in apposition. Type material VENEZUELA – Miranda • ♂ holotype , ZFMK (Ar 21832), El Ávila National Park , near La Julia, ‘site 2’ ( 10.5037° N , 66.8107° W ), 1060 m a.s.l. , dry forest, 22–23 Feb. 2020 ( B.A. Huber , O. Villarreal M. ) . Other material examined VENEZUELA – Miranda • 4 ♂♂ , 5 ♀♀ , ZFMK (Ar 21833), and 8 ♀♀ , 7 juvs in pure ethanol, ZFMK (Ven20-179), same collection data as for holotype . Description Male ( holotype ) MEASUREMENTS. Total body length 1.25, carapace width 0.60. Distance PME–PME 50 µm ; diameter PME 60 µm ; distance PME–ALE 30 µm ; AME absent. Leg 1: 10.9 (2.8 +0.2+2.8 +4.3+ 0.8), tibia 2: 1.6, tibia 3: 1.1, tibia 4: 1.3; tibia 1 L/d: 56. COLOR (in ethanol). Prosoma and legs pale ochre-yellow, carapace and clypeus medially darker, legs with indistinct dark rings on femora (three) and tibiae (two); abdomen pale gray, dorsally light brown with large dark marks. BODY. Habitus as in Fig. 52 . Ocular area moderately raised. Carapace with distinct thoracic groove. Clypeus unmodified but slightly more protruding than in female. Sternum wider than long (0.44/0.32), with pair of small but distinct anterior processes. Abdomen globular. CHELICERAE. As in Fig. 83 , with distinctive pair of distal processes overhanging fangs and pair of low, light frontal humps. PALPS. As in Figs 81–82 ; coxa with distinct retrolateral-ventral apophysis, trochanter barely modified, femur proximally with light retrolateral process, distally with small ventral process; procursus with distinctive subdistal dorsal widening (arrow in Fig. 82 ); genital bulb with complex distal process. LEGS. Without spines and curved hairs; with higher than usual density of vertical hairs on tibiae (apparently only dorsally); retrolateral trichobothrium of tibia 1 at 11%; prolateral trichobothrium absent on tibia 1; tarsus 1 with ~13 pseudosegments. Male (variation) Tibia 1 in five males (incl. holotype ): 2.7–2.9 (mean 2.8). Female Figs 81–84. Canaima avila Huber sp. nov. ; from Miranda, El Ávila National Park (type locality; ZFMK Ar 21833). 81–82 . Left male pedipalp, prolateral and retrolateral views (arrow: distinctive dorsal widening of procursus). 83 . Male chelicerae, frontal view. 84 . Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view (arrows: anterior pockets/folds). Scale lines: 0.2 mm. In general similar to male ( Fig. 53 ) but without humps on sternum, clypeus less protruding, few vertical hairs on leg tibiae, sternum anteriorly laterally light brown, rings on legs more distinct, femora with four rings. Tibia 1 in five females: 1.9–2.2 (mean 2.02). Epigynum ( Fig. 93 ) barely protruding, anterior plate with strong lateral sclerites, medially whitish with small light brown sclerite; large light brown posterior plate. Internal genitalia ( Figs 84 , 94–95 ) with elongate transversal pore plates close together and pair of unsclerotized internal anterior pockets/folds (arrows in Fig. 84 ); large median transparent receptacle. Distribution Known from type locality only, in Venezuela , Miranda (Fig. 1034). Natural history Most specimens were collected in masses of dead leaves and other debris suspended among lianas and other vegetation ~ 1–2 m above the ground.