An update of morphological and distributional data of the genus Patrera Simon (Araneae: Anyphaenidae: Anyphaeninae) with the description of twenty-five new species from Colombia Author Martínez, Leonel 0000-0002-4166-0561 leonelmarbio@gmail.com Author Brescovit, Antonio D. 0000-0002-1511-5324 antonio.brescovit@butantan.gov.br Author Villarreal, Eduardo 0000-0003-1303-2573 leonelmarbio@gmail.com Author Oliveira, Luiz Fernando M. 0000-0002-4054-4681 text Zootaxa 2021 2021-01-19 4914 1 1 64 journal article 8672 10.5281/zenodo.4468383 5c5c8aad-73f1-4a26-bdca-d1d02ba3fec1 4468383 Patrera armata ( Chickering, 1940 ) Figures 22 A–E; 33 Sillus armatus Chickering, 1940: 90 , figs 17–19 (Male holotype from Valle de Panama , Panama , deposited in MCZ, examined). Radulphius strandi Caporiacco, 1947 a: 26 (Female holotype from Guyana , deposited in the Museo Zoologico de “La Specola”, examined); Caporiacco 1948 a: 672, fig. 86. New synonymy. Aysha strandi : Caporiacco 1955: 391 . Patrera armata : Brescovit 1997: 33 . Synonymy. We associate males and females through material collected from Meta department , Colombia . Diagnosis. Males of Patrera armata can be distinguished from the remaining species by the males having a large dorsobasal bump on the palpal tibia ( Fig. 22C , arrow), bifid retrolateral tibial apophysis with dorsal branch thin and very wide ventral branch, and curved, slender embolus on an apical tegular furrow ( Fig. 22 B–E). Females can be reconigzed by the M-shaped lateral borders, large and oval seminal receptacles, and thin, strongly sclerotized hood ( Fig. 22 G–H). Material examined. COLOMBIA , Meta : Villavicencio ( 4°8′56.23″N ; 73°38′13.73″W ), ♁2, ♀ 1, (ICN-Ar- 5481) . Amazonas : Leticia , quebrada la Yahuarcaca Finca El Agape ( 4°12′5.65″S ; 69°56′8.68″W ), 100m , ♀ 1, III.2009 , I. Mojica leg. (ICN-Ar-5475) . Cauca : PNNT Isla Gorgona ( 2°58′6.72″N ; 78°11′4.9″W ), 5m , ♀ 1, VII. 2003 , A. Rico , J. Beltrán , A. Alvarez & H. Pulido leg. (ICN-Ar-2583) . Cundinamarca : Medina , via a Medina , Gazatarena ( 4°25′38″N ; 73°18′57.7″W ), 303m , ♁1, 24.X.2017 , B. Rodriguez & F. Vásquez leg. (ICN-Ar-10608) . Caquetá : Florencia , Centro de Investigaciones de la Universidad de la Amazonia Macagual ( 1°37′00″N ; 75°36′00″W ), 250m , ♁2, 2.VIII.2019 , L. Martínez leg. ( IBSP 258655 ) . Description . Male (ICN-Ar-10608). Carapace light brown with several stripes toward medial zone ( Fig. 22A ). Chelicerae brownish. Labium and endites light brown. Sternum yellowish. Legs yellow. Abdomen uniformly gray. Spinnerets pale yellow ( Fig. 24A ). Total length 8.23, carapace length 3.33, width 2.64, high 0.97. Clypeus height 0.16. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.13, ALE 0.23, PME 0.21, PLE 0.24; AME–AME 0.31, AME–ALE 0.39, PME–PME 0.57, PME–PLE 0.53, ALE–PLE 0.38. Chelicerae 2.01 long, four promarginal teeth, three retromarginal teeth; large cheliceral ventral projection ( Fig. 22 C–D). Leg measurements: leg I—femur 5.49/ patella 1.60/ tibia 6.74/ metatarsus 4.75/ tarsus 2.18/ total 20.76; II—5.07/ 1.38/ 5.78/ 4.63/ 1.73/ 18.59; III—3.40/ 1.16/ 3.04/ 3.48/ 1.02/ 12.1; IV—4.72/ 1.29/ 4.36/ 5.16/ 1.70/ 17.23. Leg spination: I—tibia v2-2-0, metatarsus v2-0-1; II—tibia v2-2-0; III—tibia d1-0-01, v2-2-0, metatarsus, p1-2-2, r1-1-2; IV—tibia d1-0-01, p0-1-1, metatarsus=III. Abdomen: length 4.89, epigastric furrow 1.27 from tracheal spiracle, spiracle 2.42 from base of spinnerets. Palp: retrolateral tibial apophysis bifid, large, with the ventral branch very wide and curved, dorsal branch thin and curved; cymbium shorter that tibia length; subtegulum longer than wide; tegulum longer than wide, with a small, apically situated ventral tegular process; median apophysis short, tubular, curved and apically situated; embolus short, apically filiform, with straight base and proximally inserted on the tegulum ( Fig. 22 F–G). Female (ICN-Ar-5481). Coloration as in the male ( Fig. 22B ). Total length 8.50, carapace length 3.36, width 2.67, high 0.86. Clypeus height 0.13. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.11, ALE 0.20, PME 0.19, PLE 0.20; AME–AME 0.28, AME–ALE 0.39, PME–PME 0.51, PME–PLE 0.47, ALE–PLE 0.36. Chelicerae 1.74 long, four promarginal teeth the second bigest, six retromarginal teeth. Leg measurements: leg I—femur 5.00/ patella 1.42/ tibia 5.69/ metatarsus 4.31/ tarsus 2.27/ total 18.69; II—4.72/ 1.32/ 5.29/ 4.27/ 2.04/ 17.64; III—3.39/ 1.08/ 3.06/ 3.37/ 1.22/ 12.12; IV—4.24/ 1.10/ 4.01/ 4.71/ 1.49/ 15.55. Leg spination: I—tibia v2-2-0, metatarsus v2-0- 0; II—tibia v2-2-0, metatarsus=I; III—tibia d1-0-01, v2-2-0, metatarsus p1-2-2, r1-1-2; IV—tibia p1-0-1, r2-0-1, metatarsus p1-3-2, r1-1-2. Abdomen: length 4.75, epigastric furrow 1.33 from tracheal spiracle, spiracle 2.02 from base of spinnerets. Epigynum: hood thin and long, strongly sclerotized; lateral borders wide, united at base; atrium narrow; internally with short, thin copulatory ducts; seminal receptacles large, medially positioned on copulatory ducts; spermathecae large, oval, posteriorly positioned; fertilization ducts shorter than spermathecae length ( Fig. 22 G–H). Natural History. The specimens were collected beating low shrubs, on foliage, in Amazonian wet forest, at a range of 5-303 meters height. Distribution . Known from state of Amazonas ( Brazil ), Valle de Panama ( Panama ; Chickering, 1940 ) and Amazonas, Cauca , Cundinamarca , and Meta ( Colombia ) ( Fig. 33 ).