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,
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, 1042
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, figs 1aj (♂
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Huber
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2014a: 417
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The
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of this species seem to originate from the same locality as those of the very similar
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. We do
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have precise coordinates of this locality, but we assume that the actual collecting spots of the
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of both nominal species are within ~
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from the coordinates given for
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the
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specimens below; the coordinates given in the original description are certainly wrong (~
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N).
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The newly collected material listed below is from very close to the
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locality, presumably less than
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SW, at almost the same altitude. Nevertheless, there seem to be small morphological differences between these new specimens and the
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of both
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and
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as well as between the two described species. The two described species are known from very small samples (2 ♂♂ and 1 ♂,
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able to directly compare the specimens under the microscope. As a result, we consider the available data insufficient to decide on the species status of the two described species and the newly collected specimens. We chose a conservative approach in leaving both described species as valid and tentatively assign the newly collected specimens to
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. Future collecting should cover several forest patches in the area and combine morphological and molecular data to reevaluate this unsolved complex.
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF847A55FF36FD63FB6DFCBC" bold="true" box="[189,310,748,774]" pageId="84" pageNumber="85">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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Distinguished from very similar
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF847A55FDB1FC94F8EAFC8E" box="[570,689,794,820]" italics="true" pageId="84" pageNumber="85">M. azulita</emphasis>
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by male chelicerae (indistinct humps below main apophyses rather than small but distinct apophyses; median distal area without distinct sclerotized plates), by genital bulb distal dorsal part straight (curved toward dorsal in
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), and by larger procursus (distal part beyond ventral knee longer); female of
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF847A55FD14FC0AF94DFC24" box="[671,790,900,926]" italics="true" pageId="84" pageNumber="85">M. azulita</emphasis>
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unknown.
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF847A55FF36F824FB38F87F" bold="true" box="[189,355,1963,1989]" pageId="84" pageNumber="85">Figs 266267.</emphasis>
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; holotype from Mérida, La Carbonera (MIZA 105601; MAGS 1064); left male pedipalp, prolateral and retrolateral views. Scale line: 0.5 mm.
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material
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF857A54FF36FE30F8E6FE63" bold="true" box="[189,701,447,473]" pageId="85" pageNumber="86">New record/material assigned tentatively</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF857A54FF36FDFAF82EFD35" bold="true" box="[189,629,629,655]" pageId="85" pageNumber="86">Notes on newly collected specimens</emphasis>
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As indicated above, the newly collected specimens do neither fit perfectly
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nor
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF857A54FB72FD2AFF34FD04" box="[1273,1391,676,702]" italics="true" pageId="85" pageNumber="86">M. azulita</emphasis>
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. Complicating the situation further, they also resemble
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF857A54FCBFFD47F9C0FD5B" box="[820,923,711,737]" italics="true" pageId="85" pageNumber="86">M. tabay</emphasis>
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in certain aspects. In particular, the male chelicerae seem indistinguishable from those of
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF857A54FC89FD64F936FCBE" box="[770,877,746,772]" italics="true" pageId="85" pageNumber="86">M. tabay</emphasis>
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(cf.
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: fig. 1040). The procursus also resembles
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF857A54FEF8FC81FB86FC9D" box="[371,477,781,807]" italics="true" pageId="85" pageNumber="86">M. tabay</emphasis>
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(cf.
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) but there is only a single dorsal process proximally at the transition between tarsus and procursus. The genital bulb lacks the curved dorsal sclerite of
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and it lacks the distinctive prolateral sclerite of
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF857A54FD60FCDAF908FCD4" box="[747,851,852,878]" italics="true" pageId="85" pageNumber="86">M. tabay</emphasis>
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. The epigynum appears identical to that of the
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of
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF857A54FEC3FCF7FBACFC2B" box="[328,503,887,913]" italics="true" pageId="85" pageNumber="86">M. cordiformis</emphasis>
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(compare
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and
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), i.e., it is
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triangular like that of
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF857A54FB69FCF7FF11FC2B" box="[1250,1354,887,913]" italics="true" pageId="85" pageNumber="86">M. tabay</emphasis>
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but rather evenly curved posteriorly; the internal female genitalia resemble those of
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF867A57FBECFA82FE94FA9D" box="[1127,1231,1293,1319]" italics="true" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">M. tabay</emphasis>
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but the lateral sclerites are
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strongly bent at their lateral extremes (compare
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). Tibia
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five males: 4.65.1 (mean 4.8); in three females: 3.1, 3.3, 3.5.
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF857A54FF36F807FB3FF818" bold="true" box="[189,356,1928,1954]" pageId="85" pageNumber="86">Figs 268270.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF857A54FEE1F807F8C3F818" box="[362,664,1928,1954]" italics="true" pageId="85" pageNumber="86">Mecolaesthus cordiformis</emphasis>
(
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)
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; holotype and paratype from Mérida, La Carbonera (MIZA 105601; MAGS 1064).
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF857A54FD69F824F955F87F" bold="true" box="[738,782,1963,1989]" pageId="85" pageNumber="86">268</emphasis>
. Male ocular area, clypeus, and chelicerae, oblique frontal view.
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF857A54FED3F841FBE4F852" bold="true" box="[344,447,1998,2024]" pageId="85" pageNumber="86">269270</emphasis>
. Epigynum, ventral and lateral views. Scale lines: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF867A57FF36FBBCFB3DFBF7" bold="true" box="[189,358,1075,1101]" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Figs 271276.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF867A57FEE5FBBCF854FBF7" box="[366,527,1075,1101]" italics="true" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Mecolaesthus</emphasis>
Simon, 1893
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; epigyna, ventral views and cleared female genitalia, ventral and dorsal views.
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF867A57FE10FBD9F859FBCA" bold="true" box="[411,514,1110,1136]" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">271273</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF867A57FD9FFBD8F8DBFBCB" box="[532,640,1111,1137]" italics="true" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">M. tabay</emphasis>
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; from Mérida, El Valle (ZFMK Ar 21888).
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF867A57FAB7FBD9FAB2FB2E" bold="true" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">274 276</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF867A57FF73FBF4FBFCFB2E" box="[248,423,1146,1172]" italics="true" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">M. cordiformis</emphasis>
(
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)
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; from Mérida, near La Carbonera (ZFMK Ar 21890).
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF867A57FF36FA1BFB0DFA14" bold="true" box="[189,342,1428,1454]" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Distribution</emphasis>
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Known from
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locality only, in
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,
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(Fig. 1042).
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF867A57FF36F98AFB25F9A4" bold="true" box="[189,382,1540,1567]" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Natural history</emphasis>
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According to
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the
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specimens were collected in rotten tree trunks. Most newly collected specimens were taken from the trunks of (alive) tree ferns.
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