Unraveling the mysteries of Goeldia Keyserling, 1891: revision, description of seven new species and first record from USA (Araneae: Titanoecidae) Author Almeida-Silva, Lina M. Laboratório de Genômica Evolutiva, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Genética, Evolução, Microbiologia e Imunologia, Cidade Universitária “ Zeferino Vaz ” Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255, 13083 - 970 - Campinas, SP, Brazil. Author Brescovit, Antonio D. Laboratório de Genômica Evolutiva, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Genética, Evolução, Microbiologia e Imunologia, Cidade Universitária “ Zeferino Vaz ” Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255, 13083 - 970 - Campinas, SP, Brazil. & Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas-LCZ, Instituto Butantan, Avenida Vital Brazil, 1500, 05503 - 900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil & Laboratório de Genômica Evolutiva, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Genética, Evolução, Microbiologia e Imunologia, Cidade Universitária “ Zeferino Vaz ” Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255, 13083 - 970 - Campinas, SP, Brazil. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-03-21 5428 2 151 193 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5428.2.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5428.2.1 1175-5326 10847364 E438D8DA-B142-4A0C-BA25-F6B6EC45C197 Goeldia guayaquilensis ( Schmidt, 1971 ) ( Figs 13 ; 25 ) Titanoeca guayaquilensis Schmidt, 1971: 418 , fig. 23 ( holotype male, collected in Germany but coming in a banana shipment from Ecuador ( 2°0’0”S 77°30’0”W ), deposited in FMS 25791/1, examined). Goeldia guayaquilensis : Dupérré 2023: 271 , figs. 100a–b, 101a–b; World Spider Catalog 2023 . Additional Material Examined . ECUADOR . Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas : near Santo Domingo de Los Colorados , Tinalandia ( 0°19’12”S 78°58’49”W ), 3♀ , 7.XII.1981 , E. Schlinger coll. ( CAS 9025939 ) . Pichincha : Guayllabamba ( 0°3’33”N 78°20’29”W ), 30 Km E of Quito , before the river of Guayllabamba , 12♀ , 24.VIII.1978 , A. Roig coll. ( MACN 16059 ) ; Valle Guayllabamba ( 0°3’32.59”S 78°20’29.21”W ), 10♀ , 7.V.1982 , A. Roig coll. ( MACN16054 ) . Tungurahua : Baños ( 1°23’47”S , 78°25’29”W ), 1♀ , 24.III.1984 , A.Roig coll.( MACN16062 ) ; Baños ( 1°23’47”S , 78°25’29”W ), 1♀ , IX.1978 , A. Roig coll. ( MACN 16039 ) . Morona-Santiago : Near Macas (2°19’75”S 78°08’2.88”W ), 24.III.2011 , A. Chagas et al. coll. ( MNRJ 6388 ) . Azuay : Gualaceo ( 2°54’0”S 78°47’0”W ), 2♀ , 1♂ , 1.IX.1978 , A. Roig coll. ( MACN 16123 ) . Loja : Vilcabamba ( 4°15’21”S 79°13’8”W ), 12 Km S Loja , 1♀ , 12.VII.1978 , A. Roig coll. ( MACN 16041 ) . PERU . Cuzco : Urubamba , Ollantaytambo ( 13°15’31”S 72°15’49”W ), 3♀ , 13.I.1983 , A. Roig coll. ( MACN 16124 ) . Lima : Cañete , Valle de Mala ( 12°39’27”S 76°37’45”W ), Santa Enriqueta , 1♀ , 19.IX.1997 , M. A. Benamu-Pinto coll. ( IBSP 14902 ) ; near Lima ( 12°2’6”S 77°1’7”W ), Lake Villa , 1♂ , X.1951 , V. Weyrauch coll. ( CAS 9025991 ) ; Barranca , 36.8 Km N Pativilca ( 10°41’4”S 77°46’43”W ), 1♀ , 1 imm. , 15.I.1953 , E. I. Schlinger & E. S. Ross coll. ( CAS 9025983 ) . Diagnosis . Males of G . guayaquilensis differ from others species by the reduced and narrow tegular process ( Fig. 13A–B ) and by the blunt and dorsally projected patellar apophysis ( Fig. 13B–D ) in the male palp. Female differs by the epigynum with posterior border straight ( Fig. 13E ), thin spermathecae when compared to the copulatory ducts ( Fig. 13F ), and vertical spermathecae short, with half of the height of the copulatory ducts ( Fig. 13F ). Description . Male ( Holotype , FMS 25791/1). Coloration: carapace, labium, endites and sternum yellowish brown; chelicerae reddish brown; legs I–III with femora brown; leg IV brown from femur to metatarsus; other leg segments yellowish brown. Total length: 3.38. Carapace: length 1.88, width 1.34, height 0.86. Opisthosoma: length 1.50, width 1.00. Clypeus: height 0.07. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.05; ALE 0.09; PME 0.07; PLE 0.07; AME–AME 0.08; AME–ALE 0.17; ALE–PLE 0.05; PLE–PME 0.15; PME–PME 0.12; PME–AME 0.09. Paturon: 0.98 long. Leg measurements: I: femur 1.75/ patella 0.55/ tibia 1.65/ metatarsus 1.48/ tarsus 0.8/ 6.23; II: 1.59/ 0.62/ 1.5/ 1.38/ 0.75/ 5.84; III: 1.5/ 0.5/ missing/ missing/ missing; IV: 1.8/ 0.58/ 1.74/ 1.23/ 0.65/ 6.0. Leg formula: 1423. Leg spination: Femur I p1ap; II p1ap; Tibia II v0-2-0 or v0-1r-2-1r, r0-1-0-1, p1sa or p2sa; IV v0- 0-2ap; Metatarsus I v2-1r- 1m ; II v2-1p-0 or v2-2- 1m , r0-0-1ap, p0-0-2; IV v2-2- 1m . Palp with patellar apophysis with same thickness along its entire length ( Fig. 13C ). Retrolateral side of the tibia strongly rounded and projected ( Fig. 13D ). Tegular process small, not reaching the edge of the tegulum ( Fig. 13B ). Female (CAS 9025939). Coloration: carapace brown with cephalic area slightly darker; chelicerae, endites, labium brown, slightly darker than carapace; femora brown and other leg segments yellowish brown. Opisthosoma grayish brown. Total length: 3.80. Carapace: length 1.52, width 1.09, height 0.5. Opisthosoma: length 2.23, width 1.44. Clypeus: height 0.14. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.06; ALE 0.08; PME 0.09; PLE 0.09; AME– AME 0.09; AME–ALE 0.06; PME–PME 0.08; PME–PLE 0.09; AME–PME 0.06; ALE–PLE 0.04. Paturon: 0.89 long. Leg measurements: I: femur 1.3/ patella 0.60/ tibia 1.13/ metatarsus 0.97/ tarsus 0.49/ total 4.49; II: 1.17/ 0.50/ 0.92/ 0.79/ 0.44/ 3.82; III: 1.06/ 0.46/ 0.69/ 0.74/ 0.35/ 3.3; IV: 1.35/ 0.48/ 1.1/ 0.86/ 0.44/ 4.23. Leg formula 1423. Leg spination: Femur I p1ap; Metatarsus I v1map, p1ap, r1ap; III v2ap, r1ap, p1ap; IV v1map, r1ap, p1ap. Metatarsus with more setae than other leg segments. Epigynum with posterior edge of the median field straight ( Fig. 13E ); copulatory ducts visible at the copulatory opening ( Fig. 13E ). Apex of the copulatory ducts dorsally projected, base enlarged ( Fig. 13F ). Horizontal and vertical spermathecae slim ( Fig. 13F ). Variation . Length ( 2♂ ): total 3.35–3.38; carapace 1.87–1.88; femur I 1.75–1.76; ( 10♀ ): total 3.9–5.6; carapace 1.55–2.48; femur I 1.03–1.45. Distribution. Peru and Ecuador ( Fig. 25 ).