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<figureCitation id="B931AD9B7BAFB05972521AE6E0C3B8B4" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., holotype male, habitus." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860314" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Figs 11</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="4295D3FC73C54F4D187FF918687F4853" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., holotype male, habitus A dorsal view B ventral view C, D abdomen C dorsal view D ventral view E carapace." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860315" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">, 12</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="24D09008AD878C8002729C763824B83F" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., holotype male A sternum B labium and maxillae." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860316" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">, 13</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="2182D75039B24A8CE7A8D198544A8FB5" captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., holotype male A, B tibia I A prolateral view B ventral view C, D tarsus I C prolateral view D retrolateral view E tibial apophysis on leg I. PB = prolateral branch, RB = retrolateral branch." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860317" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">, 14</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="986F440BF15BD0D30177F165049E5D1D" captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., holotype male, tarsus I A lateral view B detail of pseudoscopula C detail of pseudoscopular setae." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860318" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">, 15</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="25248AD44E7267C4426E618E444D70C1" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., holotype male, tarsus II A lateral view B detail of pseudoscopula C detail of pseudoscopular setae." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860319" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">, 16</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="F661BC1A3328927623D77544A87FFE1A" captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., holotype male A-D copulatory bulb A ventral view B dorsal view C prolateral view D retrolateral view E, F palpal tibia and cymbium E retrolateral view F prolateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860320" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">, 17</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="6C0025124929A75D6F1FB48BB40E6919" captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., paratype female (ICN 12359), habitus A dorsal view B ventral view C, D abdomen C dorsal view D ventral view E carapace." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860321" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">, 18</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="AC42933300052B42913633CA91D4FA3C" captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., paratype female (ICN 12359) A sternum and coxae B labium and maxillae C spermathecae, ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860322" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">, 19</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="E7498E221666C046A41A1BCB12C2347C" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="BB992D71CB04AA1848EB1A2334B73A99" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Holotype</emphasis>
♂: Colombia,
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,
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Solano,
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del
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, 6.38, -77.40, 45 m a.s.l., 10-25 February 2022, M. Echeverri, S.
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Torres and C.
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leg. (ICN 12358).
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, same data as holotype except elevation, 99-145 m a.s.l.: ♀ (ICN 12359), ♂ (ICN 12360), ♂ (ICN 12361), ♀ (ICN 12362), ♂ (ICN 12363).
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<paragraph id="73DEEBFA681875896559C5FDA4F61892" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Etymology.</paragraph>
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The specific epithet
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is a noun in feminine refers to the Colombian Pacific region, where the species is distributed.
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<paragraph id="DB8698F15F42086B58391B81617FE913" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Male of
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<emphasis id="4587C5B0F4FAFC4FDFE5A334CAA4F9C9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Melloina pacifica</emphasis>
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sp. nov. can be distinguished from other
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<emphasis id="3AFB7584FCD1FF37F03146DD675A3478" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Melloina</emphasis>
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species by the relatively longer embolus (Fig.
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), ca. 2
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the tegulum length (&lt;2
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in
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<emphasis id="74B834DB70CF9CC847B210AC46D7AA0E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">M. gracilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Schenkel, 1953),&gt; 3
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in
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<emphasis id="D45FB90D97B94E64092B0502483497B1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">M. santuario</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Bertani, 2013), by the labium with numerous cuspules (112 vs. 60-80 in other known species), and by the tarsi II, III, IV ventrally cracked at midpoint (III and IV in
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<emphasis id="6286BF419DF47614259F86BBF2925FE7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">M. gracilis</emphasis>
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, only IV in
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<emphasis id="94A3407BB9C31AA1CF6581DC5B78AE56" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">M. santuario</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Additionally, differs from
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<emphasis id="740572A4988BB8AADE39333DE63D0078" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">M. santuario</emphasis>
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by the number of spines on tarsi I and II (two rows of 8-10 spines vs. 4 or 5 in
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<emphasis id="25BF16979511A8C5A44F0D2C5C611358" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">M. santuario</emphasis>
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, similar in
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<emphasis id="539E932536C19A91B4653921DEF5B64A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">M. gracilis</emphasis>
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9-12). Female can be distinguished from other
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<emphasis id="F61D5D2879EEA4D618D3366230FA82A9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Melloina</emphasis>
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species by the straight, long, and wide spermathecae, without glandular area in the basal third (Fig.
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), numerous maxillary cuspules (160 vs. 129/141 in
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<emphasis id="FF502C8561146A9F7BA115ACDAC6F88B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">M. gracilis</emphasis>
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, 82/90 in
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<emphasis id="66DC7E394F18D54EBF93D1E3A6648083" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">M. santuario</emphasis>
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, and 60 in
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<emphasis id="16EAE363AA8EE3BE8A4345B4F4F3D251" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">M. rickwesti</emphasis>
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Raven, 1999), and labium with 98 cuspules (77 in
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, ca. 90 in other species).
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<paragraph id="3A710B0B2EC47F71F98E63D9D5A4F252" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2C51D8A4656674B2E9D13703E2485D7C" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
Known only from the type locality (Figs
<figureCitation id="B7657463D9F6461468B5F1C34680EFC1" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Tropical rainforest of the Jardin Botanico del Pacifico, Colombian Choco Biogeographic Region A aerial view of the forest and the Pacific Ocean B overhead view of the forest." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860304" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">1</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="410348B1E6E7650AA467E99854FDCD91" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Type locality of Euthycaelus cunampia sp. nov, Melloina pacifica sp. nov., Neischnocolus mecana sp. nov., and Ummidia solana sp. nov. A Geographic location of the Jardin Botanico del Pacifico (JBP), Choco, Colombia B, C habitat." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860305" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">2</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="55B2561303F5E97B6EB1A5151B565A33" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" type="description">
<paragraph id="A0A119E0F54A89AD0A91F5282F7C4580" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="06D7C882699FB078B049AAD94DF089AE" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="C7C4DFF58D6C8CABD2C830F26CD5C7AF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Male</emphasis>
(holotype) (Figs
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-
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). Total length: 16.1. Chelicerae basal segment: length 2.1, width 1.4. Carapace: elongated, length 7.7, width 7.0; cephalic area slightly raised. Abdomen: ovoid, length 7.5, width 3.7. Spinnerets: PLS with three segments, total length 2.52 (basal 0.82, middle 0.75, apical digitiform 0.95); PMS with one segment, length 0.45. (Fig.
<figureCitation id="3F8B6D6FE9380403730B48250D562BF7" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., holotype male, habitus A dorsal view B ventral view C, D abdomen C dorsal view D ventral view E carapace." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860315" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">12</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="F6F25EFBA9CA9670524C2FE6E892A214" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860314" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" start="Figure 11" startId="F11">
<paragraph id="4A6F6AA7216BA2B5F4971696CA076FD1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="D029044B1941ACA7DC6A36CAEA3B2A6B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Figure 11.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="20D87C10C090D93BD9E48165AB910421" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Melloina pacifica</emphasis>
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sp. nov., holotype male, habitus.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="50C37AB3EC7AF815FFBCE1F390125534" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860315" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" start="Figure 12" startId="F12">
<paragraph id="EE22A1FA6B8A0A5281353BECA7D31717" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="A78662BE70649F1FAAAA08A9D2B05537" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Figure 12.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E08D9BBEC8195CA858215D5A632080CF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Melloina pacifica</emphasis>
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sp. nov., holotype male, habitus
<emphasis id="F4F536A5E3C61846350B6B9EDB473880" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">A</emphasis>
dorsal view
<emphasis id="13982D158758295C0FE0895F4CAB13D0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">B</emphasis>
ventral view
<emphasis id="E865EEDBEAB7F09872D18792BF5A780C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">C, D</emphasis>
abdomen
<emphasis id="B5838815F98229DACD60B7F70361F534" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">C</emphasis>
dorsal view
<emphasis id="ED6B210F40AA874D544AB8DCB265B7C4" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">D</emphasis>
ventral view
<emphasis id="22023BED965E61BB3E99497ABE7F7A98" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">E</emphasis>
carapace.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="ABD1DC6E47963DEDBCB5504BA344482E" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860316" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" start="Figure 13" startId="F13">
<paragraph id="FCBEFC811A2BBD7352BDE335DC1A79C4" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="FC88A4CE1BB20B75769B23F3AF1926DC" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Figure 13.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="6F47A5EC1C71FF85A528CB0E741CA22B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Melloina pacifica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., holotype male
<emphasis id="216F38DF70ECD110287B0773B15AA681" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">A</emphasis>
sternum
<emphasis id="A1E953C56D191F5FFD998372B32334E4" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">B</emphasis>
labium and maxillae.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="2AC1E65773ADA222E08369F2CB04BA67" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860317" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" start="Figure 14" startId="F14">
<paragraph id="C4562D4C26DF597C82EE43CFDDB9CB0A" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="95B728FF344C447C5ADBD7130C301ED0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Figure 14.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A4B41DB137CCE82CC05B0FE83E84FD36" authorityName="Echeverri &amp; Gómez Torres &amp; Pinel &amp; Perafán" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Theraphosidae" genus="Melloina" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melloina pacifica" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pacifica">
<emphasis id="746B3B8D8B2E31BBC30F4CAE09A58986" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Melloina pacifica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., holotype male
<emphasis id="F1EF2A51010BE99F98DA8E235DC7E326" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">A, B</emphasis>
tibia I
<emphasis id="BC8063122CB7BA6E8699F323016A15FA" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">A</emphasis>
prolateral view
<emphasis id="665E5595D6042BE620058CDE124E94C5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">B</emphasis>
ventral view
<emphasis id="96DBA167B2455476A8B65C56ECFBC245" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">C, D</emphasis>
tarsus I
<emphasis id="F39D73DCDB5563EF6F486F3558F60CA9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">C</emphasis>
prolateral view
<emphasis id="477BF270CEC203A142C7E4C6885BD14B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">D</emphasis>
retrolateral view
<emphasis id="66EC56FC4A93E20F2961BD23E2A90C2B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">E</emphasis>
tibial apophysis on leg I. PB = prolateral branch, RB = retrolateral branch.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="9C4158BE267EECA6A299B9B8D9D633C7" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860318" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" start="Figure 15" startId="F15">
<paragraph id="C385F747837E67D8AF027AC2D0B4D056" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="FC6D005B161104456121237784BD6E6A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Figure 15.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="4782E60BD9A1A53ADDC690DE9880694F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Melloina pacifica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., holotype male, tarsus I
<emphasis id="B2D548169A1EAF431E706693B61010B1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">A</emphasis>
lateral view
<emphasis id="12FD70EC6298EA1BDE11014BE6FF9557" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">B</emphasis>
detail of pseudoscopula
<emphasis id="F269EBC572BE9238E004CB7440962B2A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">C</emphasis>
detail of pseudoscopular setae.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="B5F405AC2A4D9AB90018E43D4DA4D453" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860319" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" start="Figure 16" startId="F16">
<paragraph id="A49AE88BD83554B825D3F7F99D917656" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="77A89F0F910480813F0739AAF4B06684" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Figure 16.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="882A082B570A705C56F8DB6FDC433784" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Melloina pacifica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., holotype male, tarsus II
<emphasis id="B641757ED824B0ACCFA5BCAF22FDEA17" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">A</emphasis>
lateral view
<emphasis id="E41B990C81043EFADC197F10E57E9B85" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">B</emphasis>
detail of pseudoscopula
<emphasis id="C75EBE1930EF4C5E2D3354AAEA897255" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">C</emphasis>
detail of pseudoscopular setae.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="A4CDECACFD5B3C11BC10711F193BE29D" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860320" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" start="Figure 17" startId="F17">
<paragraph id="389516B4AC43F0ECE8E932C0F4369CEA" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="33FC6282A21B86EC4E6D52D883BF35AE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Figure 17.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="84A4DC10EE5231A89AB5BE2B959CD756" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Melloina pacifica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., holotype male
<emphasis id="DD9015E5FBCD10C88D7844731CFD374E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">A-D</emphasis>
copulatory bulb
<emphasis id="A33EBAF9C311AB944249E1A0962423D8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">A</emphasis>
ventral view
<emphasis id="E535EE53755EB754EC1C26EFE7066307" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">B</emphasis>
dorsal view
<emphasis id="DE40FEB91FD5296BB91D153EDBF0F86F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">C</emphasis>
prolateral view
<emphasis id="65B97464D997FCE4F33C4E445870A738" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">D</emphasis>
retrolateral view
<emphasis id="F7F3E8C7BEAE9324EFC40FF2410EC8F5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">E, F</emphasis>
palpal tibia and cymbium
<emphasis id="559AF7C6DA9083E3CBE3C6DBDE953B2D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">E</emphasis>
retrolateral view
<emphasis id="F40862533A931C929D368643F5304B49" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">F</emphasis>
prolateral view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="04BEB1CF66CAF874CDAE1FCEF41205EC" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
Clypeus: absent. Ocular tubercle (Fig.
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): ovoid, raised, forwardly directed, length 1.04, width 1.78. Anterior eye row procurved, posterior eye row slightly recurved. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.39 (circular), ALE 0.46 (oval), PME 0.30 (oval), PLE 0.35 (oval), AME-AME 0.09, AME-ALE 0.19, PME-PME 0.72, PME-PLE 0.09, PLE-PLE 1.31, ALE-PLE 0.11, AME-PME 0.05. Thoracic fovea (Fig.
<figureCitation id="2E68641DC82A781E0CD8EF6079709C3F" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., holotype male, habitus A dorsal view B ventral view C, D abdomen C dorsal view D ventral view E carapace." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860315" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">12E</figureCitation>
): transverse, straight, deep, width 2.19; 4.41 from the anterior edge of carapace. Chelicerae basal segment: spiniform setae on three rows on dorsal area and some dispersed on lateral areas, with 15 left/ 14 right well-developed teeth on each furrow promargin, and a group of ca. 43 small teeth near last three basal promargin teeth. Intercheliceral tumescence absent. Fang long. Maxillae (Fig.
<figureCitation id="FD0289E06F9ED7FE8FC15DD4A2EED81B" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., holotype male A sternum B labium and maxillae." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860316" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">13</figureCitation>
): longer than wide, trapezoidal, with ca. 111 left / 108 right cuspules, spaced, largely spread but more dense over ventral inner heel; the distal prolateral lobe conical and the proximal posterior angle projected. Labium (Fig.
<figureCitation id="BCBC246CBA1C8BDAADF6A3E2D33A225D" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., holotype male A sternum B labium and maxillae." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860316" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">13</figureCitation>
): sub-rectangular, length 0.77, width 1.15, with ca. 112 cuspules on anterior edge, evenly distributed. Labio-sternal junction: narrow in the midline with two oval sigillae touching and extended to the edge. Sternum (Fig.
<figureCitation id="AF07830965E56C4DF5C6EF3DD5371260" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., holotype male A sternum B labium and maxillae." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860316" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">13A</figureCitation>
): rounded, anterior edge with a semicircular area slightly raised (joined to labio-sternal groove), length 3.25, width 3.08, with three pairs of inconspicuous sigillae sclerotized. Sigillae: proximal pairs subcircular, submarginal; distal pair oval, marginal.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A6B70AA187D0F168F889A61AEE6F1E21" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
Legs pattern: IV&gt;I&gt;II&gt;III. Lengths of legs and palpal segments on Table
<tableCitation id="F3EEFB524441D6EB47C53298290A15B1" captionStart="Table 3" captionStartId="T3" captionText="Table 3. Melloina pacifica sp. nov. Male holotype. Lengths of legs and palpal segments." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/56A08F95A6F76F98D7DAC4716CAB1B7D" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" tableUuid="56A08F95A6F76F98D7DAC4716CAB1B7D">3</tableCitation>
. Tarsal claws: STC long, with row of three or four small teeth, ITC absent on all legs. Claw tufts: weak, present in all tarsi (Figs
<figureCitation id="91BEB60883A8B101614912138C5C86D2" captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., holotype male A, B tibia I A prolateral view B ventral view C, D tarsus I C prolateral view D retrolateral view E tibial apophysis on leg I. PB = prolateral branch, RB = retrolateral branch." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860317" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">14C, D</figureCitation>
,
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,
<figureCitation id="1FA2DEC968C23C5805398B6276D89F88" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., holotype male, tarsus II A lateral view B detail of pseudoscopula C detail of pseudoscopular setae." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860319" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">16</figureCitation>
). Tarsal scopulae: pseudoscopula present, tarsi I and II distally with weak pseudoscopulae (Figs
<figureCitation id="95B5EB54175E07964EED56A818D523E0" captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., holotype male A, B tibia I A prolateral view B ventral view C, D tarsus I C prolateral view D retrolateral view E tibial apophysis on leg I. PB = prolateral branch, RB = retrolateral branch." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860317" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">14C, D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="122F688977AA93F34E7EF1E67DE8691D" captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., holotype male, tarsus I A lateral view B detail of pseudoscopula C detail of pseudoscopular setae." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860318" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">15</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="E40EBCBBE22632E49962B490195114DF" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., holotype male, tarsus II A lateral view B detail of pseudoscopula C detail of pseudoscopular setae." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860319" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">16</figureCitation>
), III with a few distal sparse setae, IV without scopulae. Metatarsal scopulae: absent in all metatarsi. Trichobothria: filiform of different sizes and clavate in all tarsi, I and II with ca. 22 filiform and ca. 12 clavate, III and IV with ca. 20 filiform and ca. eight clavate; filiform trichobothria also present in all metatarsi and tibia, including palpal tibia. Tarsi II, III, IV ventrally cracked at midpoint. Plumose setae on retrolateral face of femur IV: absent. Stridulatory bristles: absent. Body with strongly pilose setae. Book lung openings oval and sclerotized. Urticating setae: absent.
</paragraph>
<caption id="56A08F95A6F76F98D7DAC4716CAB1B7D" ID-Table-UUID="56A08F95A6F76F98D7DAC4716CAB1B7D" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/56A08F95A6F76F98D7DAC4716CAB1B7D" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" start="Table 3" startId="T3">
<paragraph id="AD3FAB485F2BAFD2BBF8FBF45FC1B8B4" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="004DE76F4247A87204A0FAFAFC313FD9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Table 3.</emphasis>
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sp. nov. Male holotype. Lengths of legs and palpal segments.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="73E0F93D070357BEFD95A91FB6334E0C" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<table id="3273896F5001D50BA532B4DE41BC266B" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
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<th id="4AD30536BA93817A6B728353CD14EAA9" colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">-</th>
<th id="EF962DF7028A81FD8C5B29A5B277D9B2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">I</th>
<th id="D6A08A122F24D161CEB288D1305725CF" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">II</th>
<th id="7EC32E48E47EDA72DBDB9AF4F64F362C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">III</th>
<th id="53E11125341787D7F2705F88F2E088FD" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">IV</th>
<th id="856901AA78431711EA1010E484C58AAC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">Palp</th>
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<tr id="B01444ADC3D2322D916EC8AC506A36BA" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<td id="28FD902E6C616166A5F33510E6200F37" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">Femur</td>
<td id="8C91FB32C40FF7727C89941597FEDD26" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">8.07</td>
<td id="500DFFF12DA99432135EE54A1886F933" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">6.96</td>
<td id="7869DD5A54853AF7ACB6258CBD709177" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">6.15</td>
<td id="45FD7C36778EC2B0431373D08C4D7E52" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">9.36</td>
<td id="983F7B80654117961F51311488C4BD84" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">3.99</td>
</tr>
<tr id="094A2EACFCAC5F33998588E416B29806" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<td id="453327F5C59890E095A85320A471CC65" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">Patella</td>
<td id="ED4B5FF078747E129D6CEAE33BF2D489" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">4.37</td>
<td id="6BC62AF91CC0971090C869C30B91832E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">3.59</td>
<td id="787FF43CBAEFF1ECC70FB1CB71C2C284" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">2.87</td>
<td id="B3C425667D123ADA2298D3D398EF32B5" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">3.53</td>
<td id="A85AB94F7FB93E3E0961AB373B39C43F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">2.42</td>
</tr>
<tr id="BA37B71482E8AE0C6D2AFAF8B7F62F71" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<td id="03943A88210A9D500DDCF3CD3F0C5769" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">Tibia</td>
<td id="E658BDE93028EE02E95ECDBB788E3C6B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">7.31</td>
<td id="2402103577F796715C190B24B93E1E73" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">5.44</td>
<td id="A28AC2A4F56734EFCDC00E8186D2D646" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">4.37</td>
<td id="A0EDDF107AC9E18BE63AE719E9273882" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">7.43</td>
<td id="0250685799BE8EFB2EAD9C7DC7B38B57" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">3.46</td>
</tr>
<tr id="82EF7CFD6A80950BB30DCB995CECB4F3" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<td id="1E50F39CF2393031B0B91B959B78CDD1" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">Metatarsus</td>
<td id="AA5AEFEFA075DB199EF5EBE43B4E2F6E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">6.39</td>
<td id="AF593E7499EB6847E65FA03B0727ED0C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">5.48</td>
<td id="D1143C074D21AB2A6C9E1A40ECE5E198" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">5.77</td>
<td id="B165ADE11BAC5136B1F1443B45CF22D5" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">9.81</td>
<td id="110B35E8B90E44E19E680B1AC5C0B750" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">-</td>
</tr>
<tr id="17A8FE353E7695A344CCC97C82B7E1DC" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<td id="181ACE3DD8E26946D1A4F0AB90603282" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">Tarsus</td>
<td id="DAA0FB0D6565EC2894CEAFB5BD74D230" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">6.80</td>
<td id="72818B7145958F50948D74011B242B91" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">3.63</td>
<td id="E926780A345F245F6119621818DB28D3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">3.35</td>
<td id="94D626A1E9C990C6F0045082290CBB50" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">4.26</td>
<td id="C5881F3AEA5DE2D31F0B61EB15DF475A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">1.37</td>
</tr>
<tr id="8E8180BBF5468C711E1616E866EADB95" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<td id="D7A4EA2D225B68B8688B931F7B51D0AE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">Total</td>
<td id="8DB964D7E79CFAA0263EDCA645F28B59" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">32.94</td>
<td id="BD065ACFEBE7047DC48C0FD1EB809FD6" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">25.1</td>
<td id="9E05CCBFC2E131085877DCCEDCAE8375" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">22.51</td>
<td id="200EC8E66C590832E2DA27C568C54DD9" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">34.39</td>
<td id="4A429CADB7A2D2EFE0014F5E2F58C8E9" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">11.24</td>
</tr>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DF14594A79AE62BFA42F70D549E633B4" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Spination (proximal to distal). Femora: palp d 5-8-11, p 0-0-3, v 0-2-0, r 0-2-2; I d 6-4-10, p 0-0-3, v 3-4-10 (8 ap), r 0-0-5; II d 5-5-7, p 0-0-1, v 0-0-6 (5 ap), r 1-1-1; III d 5-5-4, p 3-2-2, v 1-3-10 (8 ap), r 1-2-3; IV d 5-2-4, p 0-0-1 ap, v 0-2-10 (8 ap), r 0-1-1. Patellae: palp d 9-7-8, p 0-1-4 ap, v 1-1-4 ap, r 2-3-2; I d 1-1-3, p 1-1-2, v 0-0-2 ap, r 1-1-2 ap; II d 3-2-5, p 1-2-5 (4 ap), v: 0-1-3 ap, r: 1-1-2; III d: 5-4-5, p: 2-2-2, v: 0-2-2 ap, r: 1-1-3 ap; IV d: 3-1-2, p: 0-1-2 ap, v 0-2-3 (2 ap), r 0-0-1 ap. Tibiae: palp d 2-5-5, p 4-2-4 (2 ap), v 5-6-7 (3 ap), r 2-3-8 (2 ap); I d 1-1-3, p 1-1-2, v 0-0-2 ap, r 1-1-2 ap; II d 2-1-1, p 3-2-3 (2 ap), v 4-4-4 (2 ap), r 2-2-0; III d 3-2-3, p 3-2-3 (1 ap), v 2-2-2 ap, r 3-3-3 ap; IV d 7-5-7, p 5-4-4 (1 ap), v 3-2-3 (2 ap), r 2-2-2 (1 ap). Metatarsi: I d 0, p 2-2-1 ap, v 6-4-6 (2 ap), r 1-1-1; II d 2-2-2, p 4-4-4 (1 ap), v 4-5-6 (3 ap), r 3-2-2 (1 ap); III d 4-4-3, p 2-2-2, v 4-4-5 (2 ap), r 2-3-3 (1 ap); IV d: 3-1-4, p: 2-2-2, v: 3-3-4 (2 ap), r: 3-2-2 (1 ap). Tarsi: cymbium p lobe 4, r lobe 10 (8 ap); I d 0, p 3-1-4 (1 ap), v 0, r 3-3-4 (1 ap); II d 1-1-1, p 3-3-4 (1 ap), v 0, r: 3-3-4 (1 ap); III d 3-2-3, p 3-3-4 (1 ap), v 0, r 3-3-4 (1 ap); IV d 3-4-3, p 2-3-3 (1 ap), v 2-1-2, r 2-3-3 (1 ap).</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0B2D0B42DAE7EAAEE6FCFC0E8097A9BD" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
Palp (Fig.
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): palpal bulb pyriform, embolus long, thin, filiform at apex (Fig.
<figureCitation id="AB702AA6B768A98D03BB4D838BA1F177" captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., holotype male A-D copulatory bulb A ventral view B dorsal view C prolateral view D retrolateral view E, F palpal tibia and cymbium E retrolateral view F prolateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860320" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">17A-D</figureCitation>
); cymbium of two dissimilar lobes, distally spinose (Fig.
<figureCitation id="9170CD0642BD1B6455A18D484ADDE307" captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., holotype male A-D copulatory bulb A ventral view B dorsal view C prolateral view D retrolateral view E, F palpal tibia and cymbium E retrolateral view F prolateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860320" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">17E, F</figureCitation>
); tibia with shallow distoventral groove. Tibial apophysis (Fig.
<figureCitation id="0A3447E7CADE0AE7E8DDEA08C8BD6221" captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., holotype male A, B tibia I A prolateral view B ventral view C, D tarsus I C prolateral view D retrolateral view E tibial apophysis on leg I. PB = prolateral branch, RB = retrolateral branch." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860317" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">14E</figureCitation>
): composed of two unequal branches originating from common base; retrolateral branch longest, distally curved, with two large subapical spines, one internal and one external; prolateral branch straight, small, with a very large basal spine, longer than its length. Metatarsus I straight, when flexed it passes on the retrolateral side of the apophysis.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="79F95848CA44B62024120FF248B83D05" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="E5351585407FD7AF912E16A81D31BEE4" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="3752B8090F7A173C082E89C9EE91A85F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Coloration</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Living spider: carapace, palp, and legs reddish black; femora and tarsi red, distal femora, patellae, tibiae, and metatarsi black; abdomen dark (Fig.
<figureCitation id="935FD6337994C73E604A69CB9789F53B" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., holotype male, habitus." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860314" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">11</figureCitation>
). In alcohol: carapace reddish brown; palp and legs brown; distal femora, patellae, tibiae, and metatarsi dark brown; abdomen greyish brown.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5D95006FF5C0E92E138654CE9DDBA006" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="D8E7FCD33540BA7EF1019242194E31B1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Female</emphasis>
(paratype - ICN 12359) (Figs
<figureCitation id="A817E1CB64AD3DFC72906FAAACB3F046" captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., paratype female (ICN 12359), habitus A dorsal view B ventral view C, D abdomen C dorsal view D ventral view E carapace." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860321" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">18</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="3DF1F699685F4E618A8337C10F16ED41" captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., paratype female (ICN 12359) A sternum and coxae B labium and maxillae C spermathecae, ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860322" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">19</figureCitation>
). Total length: 18.1. Chelicerae basal segment: length 2.0, width 1.7. Carapace: elongated, length 8.2, width 7.2; cephalic area slightly raised. Abdomen: ovoid, length 9.1, width 5.8. Spinnerets: PLS with three segments, total length 2.73 (basal 0.91, middle 0.75, apical digitiform 1.07); PMS with one segment, length 0.69. (Fig.
<figureCitation id="4CB08FBA1261C845C69010C88585094B" captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., paratype female (ICN 12359), habitus A dorsal view B ventral view C, D abdomen C dorsal view D ventral view E carapace." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860321" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">18</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="E6FAFA02CF819F1413C872613E9735B5" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860321" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" start="Figure 18" startId="F18">
<paragraph id="90B2146F168F42B3755039D79802403B" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="7C1DC884BD5F7238A8E7D254BD9607C5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Figure 18.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="04A52C1A05D3E995DCF0FC7E6A79E244" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Melloina pacifica</emphasis>
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sp. nov., paratype female (ICN 12359), habitus
<emphasis id="F413D44CA5074BB34FC3052C8B33E6EB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">A</emphasis>
dorsal view
<emphasis id="0D20C9E5FCA298871D91554739777599" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">B</emphasis>
ventral view
<emphasis id="CC70C99AABAABCDC9BF07A4456F97B2B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">C, D</emphasis>
abdomen
<emphasis id="D16020AB27081763A9B3B00D8DE48899" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">C</emphasis>
dorsal view
<emphasis id="C512232456B752F22CD6BA9902875EBD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">D</emphasis>
ventral view
<emphasis id="D74D42F35DB0DBC7A830E7EC4714857A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">E</emphasis>
carapace.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="7D0AF8EF1A3C8D9863185E1455F0704C" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860322" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" start="Figure 19" startId="F19">
<paragraph id="57FD18B44B5134C61F8FFFB7D189FFAA" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="E8627FD51EE47BB962FAF9FFC9455AB4" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Figure 19.</emphasis>
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sp. nov., paratype female (ICN 12359)
<emphasis id="07E07D0369B1464AB8532B24969A2A1E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">A</emphasis>
sternum and coxae
<emphasis id="5F6CFC1FCCAFFF03E8F3729408B0CD45" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">B</emphasis>
labium and maxillae
<emphasis id="E650D74C98069B9648C6B7B036F35A0A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">C</emphasis>
spermathecae, ventral view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="14781A34393CBD1D3BA5BB5D56FAA941" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
Clypeus: absent. Ocular tubercle (Fig.
<figureCitation id="5ADC03BBA8A00EC069AF924565CD872E" captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., paratype female (ICN 12359), habitus A dorsal view B ventral view C, D abdomen C dorsal view D ventral view E carapace." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860321" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">18E</figureCitation>
): ovoid, raised, forwardly directed, length 1.24, width 2.04. Anterior eye row procurved, posterior eye row slightly recurved. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.32 (circular), ALE 0.48 (oval), PME 0.23 (circular), PLE 0.37 (oval), AME-AME 0.09, AME-ALE 0.14, PME-PME 0.8, PME-PLE 0.09, PLE-PLE 1.57, ALE-PLE 0.13, AME-PME 0.06. Thoracic fovea (Fig.
<figureCitation id="B42F4DE9E83DFAF9B01EC839B9CB3363" captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., paratype female (ICN 12359), habitus A dorsal view B ventral view C, D abdomen C dorsal view D ventral view E carapace." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860321" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">18E</figureCitation>
): transverse, straight, deep, width 2.51; 5.48 from the anterior edge of carapace. Chelicerae basal segment: spiniform setae on three rows on dorsal area and some dispersed on lateral areas, with 16 well-developed teeth on each furrow promargin, and group of ca. 43 small teeth near last three basal promargin teeth. Fang long. Maxillae (Fig.
<figureCitation id="D9A1194C67DEBD6196B03D28F1FC7128" captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., paratype female (ICN 12359) A sternum and coxae B labium and maxillae C spermathecae, ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860322" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">19B</figureCitation>
): longer than wide, with the anterior prolateral lobe conical with ca. 160 cuspules, spaced, largely spread but more dense over ventral inner heel; the distal prolateral lobe conical and the proximal posterior angle projected. Labium (Fig.
<figureCitation id="D2D2CCC7CB6C722B3DB8D346122D8105" captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., paratype female (ICN 12359) A sternum and coxae B labium and maxillae C spermathecae, ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860322" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">19B</figureCitation>
): sub-rectangular, length 1.02, width 1.73, with ca. 98 cuspules on anterior edge distributed with higher density towards the lateral sides. Labio-sternal junction: narrow in the midline with two oval sigillae touching and extended to the edge. Sternum (Fig.
<figureCitation id="C3FF922D37120DAE692F9157657AF987" captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Melloina pacifica sp. nov., paratype female (ICN 12359) A sternum and coxae B labium and maxillae C spermathecae, ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/860322" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">19A</figureCitation>
): rounded, anterior edge with a semicircular area slightly elevated (joined to labio-sternal groove), length 3.49, width 3.75, with three pairs of conspicuous sclerotized sigillae. Sigillae: proximal pair subcircular, submarginal; distal pairs oval, submarginal.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="51F7172572FC5785C5568F4193217A5D" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
Legs pattern: IV&gt;I&gt;II&gt;III. Lengths of legs and palpal segments on Table
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. Tarsal claws: STC long, with row of 2-4 small teeth, ITC absent on all legs. Claw tufts: weak, present in all tarsi. Tarsal scopulae: absent in all legs. Metatarsal scopulae: absent in all legs. Trichobothria: filiform of different sizes and clavate in all tarsi, I-IV with ca. 20 filiform, I-III with ca. ten clavate, IV with ca. seven clavate; filiform trichobothria also present in all metatarsi and tibia, including palpal tibia. Tarsus IV cracked at midpoint. Plumose setae on retrolateral face on femur IV: absent. Stridulatory bristles: absent. Body with strongly pilose setae. Book lung openings oval and sclerotized. Urticating setae: absent.
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sp. nov. Female paratype. Lengths of legs and palpal segments.
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<th id="A74EA24725700497A36C8B4B534A71E4" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">I</th>
<th id="6A57CA6B6B720F7E21E0A26BB8DC7DFE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">II</th>
<th id="F005A42B9B3B93783AB5A048F93A6091" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">III</th>
<th id="52BC669590C96CD27F641C328A4693A7" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">IV</th>
<th id="DE5535B599D8E391A9E38E851373C0DD" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">Palp</th>
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<td id="44E58549E0CA425F046E71F303984438" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">7.12</td>
<td id="7088C778E083EEF10BEA1BEBEC00B4D4" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">5.96</td>
<td id="EE5900195FCEC622EA30D9B2A5DEBCCB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">5.4</td>
<td id="A61A792CD20A063DCD871D2E525E090E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">8.01</td>
<td id="915CCBDF521D039D01A5C912F60AA590" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">4.32</td>
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<td id="002F16725B5DBF7713ABD5FC13159290" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">Patella</td>
<td id="AE9839F983C17CA33003E38B00B54BDC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">4.41</td>
<td id="69AD4169F30C24599A81F9E1BD24595E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">3.63</td>
<td id="86C49B0789B92184D73754D4F2007B33" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">2.82</td>
<td id="EDF4788E80C01895D8AE3741BBBA685C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">3.56</td>
<td id="28EE5E487800BC727B830F7C623CEE4A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">2.7</td>
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<td id="9BAFF3852901504A6D6AB5D027D11867" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">Tibia</td>
<td id="13CAB0C8788834E5A0506E3904299910" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">6.17</td>
<td id="9C9304F7D328F4B352C4C6D15CA3633E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">4.54</td>
<td id="FE85537EE87C8B5EDB096E65A9030B08" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">3.82</td>
<td id="DCEFFD52EC084C4C7AACD6BF5B02691F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">6.84</td>
<td id="6238D6FC5CB2E1960DCD9F7512843544" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">3.1</td>
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<td id="E0108B42D928FA28398A5B2A0398DEB5" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">4.96</td>
<td id="ABA2F60AF06B5F3B731D97858097CC7F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">4.15</td>
<td id="EDB1B0F8E948E5A09E67E62739697490" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">4.52</td>
<td id="4807A2F9D04DB5BE8FA9487D25EF719B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">7.75</td>
<td id="A13528DF789EA1D9B663CFC14814ADA1" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">-</td>
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<td id="583DE372B9A1F4D9F098BC460B308360" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">Tarsus</td>
<td id="5FBD684702D597E60B9879E673BFC7E4" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">2.88</td>
<td id="1E4B1AB57014F112ABB5254B8F0F5B7B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">2.74</td>
<td id="99E5C59A8EA69D34DD291A78FFA1DF27" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">2.79</td>
<td id="2CA3933172A34E5262CE8FD897E6058F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">3.29</td>
<td id="6204AA0908A08ABE303AB89E3A316444" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">3.12</td>
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<td id="73ABB03A0A5907AABA086AA8B3102E85" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">25.54</td>
<td id="D90BE8055100087DBFC31DBAA4A19061" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">21.02</td>
<td id="F71DA6F914BA3A98F15BB72A384376BE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">19.35</td>
<td id="B4A2B886A1F54EEA25711D0EE749B18C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">29.45</td>
<td id="6847092F0C5C01F9228F00BB25C2E396" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rowspan="1">13.24</td>
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<paragraph id="2DBE66DA76C20DD075106BED0FE9E034" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Spination (proximal to distal). Femora: palp d 2-2-4, p 0-0-1, v 12-9-8, r 0; I d 3-2-3, p 0, v 3-3-5, r 0; II d 1-0-1, p 0, v 4-3-3, r 0; III d 1-2-1, p 1-1-1, v 1-2-3, r 0; IV d 1-1-1, p 0, v 1-2-6, r 0. Patellae: palp d 3-2-3, p 1-1-3 ap, v 0-0-3 ap, r 0-1-2; I d 0, p 0-1-1, v 0-2-2 ap, r 1-1-0; II d 0, p 0, v 0-2-2 ap, r 0; III d 0-1-0, p 0-1-1, v 0-1-2, r 0; IV d 0, p 0, v 0-2-3 (2 ap), r 0. Tibiae: palp d 5-5-3, p 0-1-2, v 6-5-3 ap, r 2-2-2; I d 4-6-4, p 2-1-2, v 3-4-2 ap, r 1-1-1; II d 2-1-1, p 1-1-2, v 4-5-4 (2 ap), r 1-1-1; III d 4-5-5, p 2-2-2, v 3-4-4 (3 ap), r 0-1-1; IV d 2-2-2, p 3-2-1 ap, v 4-5-5 (1 ap), r 1-1-2 (1 ap). Metatarsi: I d 0, p 1-1-0, v 5-5-6 (2 ap), r 0; II d 0, p 1-1-3, v 5-3-5 (2 ap), r 1-2-2 (1 ap); III d 2-3-4, p 2-2-2 (1 ap), v 4-3-3 (1 ap), r 2-2-2; IV d 4-4-4, p 2-2-1, v 4-3-4 ap, r 2-2-2. Tarsi: palp d 0, p 3-3-3, v 1-3-0, r 2-3-2; I d 0, p 3-3-4, v 0-0-2 ap, r 2-3-2; II d 0, p 3-3-3 (1 ap), v 0, r 3-3-3; III d 0, p 3-3-3, v 0, r 3-4-3; IV d 0, p 3-3-4 (1 ap), v 0-3-0, r 4-3-4 (1 ap).</paragraph>
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Spermatheca (Fig.
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): two seminal receptacles digitiform, straight, long, and wide, without glandular area in the basal third.
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<emphasis id="9AB80D00596926F8F3BC733635CAB6C3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="C620A66D2CE81B055C4FAA371B3F0191" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Coloration</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
In alcohol: as described in the male.
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<paragraph id="D9E8C216F480334F5D2D0171B1AE22DE" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="80308CDAFF7211DC29349185B147AFDF" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
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sp. nov. is the first species of the genus described for Colombia, although it is known that
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is distributed in different ecosystems, including cave environments (
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). Males were captured actively walking at night and females were captured in shallow burrows, especially muddy ground. This record expands the geographical distribution of the genus, recorded previously only for Venezuela and Panama (WSC 2023). We confirmed the presence of pseudoscopulae in the anterior tarsi of males, as reported by
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. In the present work,
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sp. nov. is included within
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according to phylogenetic analysis of
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is a distinctive taxon since it is the only one with the exclusive combination of claw tufts and tarsal pseudoscopulae (only in males). Additionally, its taxonomic position is currently being widely debated (
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