Nopsma Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020

Genus Nopsma Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020 View in CoL

Nopsma Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020: 474 View in CoL View Cited Treatment .

Type species

Nyetnops juchuy Dupérré, 2014 View in CoL (by original designation).

Diagnosis

See Sánchez-Ruiz et al. (2020)

Key for males of Nopsma Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020 updated from Sánchez-Ruiz et al. (2021)

1. Dorsal carapace pattern formed by large spots ( Fig. 7A–D View Fig ) .................................... N. rioja sp. nov.

– Dorsal carapace pattern formed by small black dots ( Figs 1A View Fig , 4A View Fig , 5A View Fig ) .......................................... 2

2. Large tegulum, reaching or exceeding the palpal tibia length ( Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2020: figs 11b, 17b) ................................................................................................................................................... 3

– Small tegulum, not reaching the palpal tibia length ( Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2020: figs 15b, 18b; Figs 2A View Fig , 4E View Fig , 5E View Fig ) .............................................................................................................................................. 4

3. Elongated palpal tibia, two times the patella length ( Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2020: fig. 11b), embolus projecting from the prolateral distal surface of the tegulum with a keel bordering the tip ( Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2020: figs 11b–c,14a, d–f) ......... N. enriquei Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020

– Short palpal tibia, just a little longer than patella length ( Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2020: fig. 17b), embolus projecting from the prolateral median surface of the tegulum with three very thin, long projections on the tip ( Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2020: fig. 17b–c, f) ............................................................................ ................................................................... N. armandoi Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020

4. Embolus protruding anteriorly ( Figs 5E–G View Fig , 6C–D View Fig , 9E–G View Fig ) ................................. N. putuime sp. nov.

– Embolus protruding distally or posteriorly ( Figs 6A–C View Fig , 4E–G View Fig , 7E–G View Fig ) ........................................... 5

5. Embolus anteriorly directed ( Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2021: 386, figs 3c-d, 5c–d) .................................. .................................................................... N. macagual Sánchez-Ruiz, Martínez & Bonaldo, 2021

– Embolus posteriorly directed ( Figs 2A–C View Fig , 4E–G View Fig , 5E–G View Fig ) ................................................................ 6

6. Embolus with membranous keel restricted to the opening of embolus tip ( Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2021: fig. 6g –h) ........................................................................................................................................... 7

– Embolus with a membranous keel at the opening, extended proximally towards the embolus shaft ( Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2021: figs. 6e–f, 4e–g) ..................................................................................... 8

7. Embolus curved, cymbium elongated, more than 4 × as long as wide ( Figs 2A–C View Fig , 3A–B View Fig ) .............. .......................................................................................................................... N. miraflores sp. nov.

– Embolus straight, cymbium less than 3.5 × as long as wide ( Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2021: fig. 4e, g) .. ............................................................................ N. paya Sánchez-Ruiz, Martínez & Bonaldo, 2021

8. Tegulum one-third of the cymbium length ( Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2020: fig. 15b–d; Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2021: fig. 2c–d) ........................................................................................................................ 9

– Tegulum conspicuously small, only one-fifth the cymbium length ( Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2020: fig. 18b–c) .................................................. N. florencia Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020

9. Embolus with a membranous keel at the opening long, reaching more than one-third of the embolus shaft ( Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2021: figs 2c–d, 5e–f) ............................................................................... .......................................................................... N. leticia Sánchez-Ruiz, Martínez & Bonaldo, 2021

– Embolus with a membranous keel at the opening short, reaching only one-fourth or less of the embolus shaft ( Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2020: fig. 15b–d) ............................. N. juchuy (Dupérré, 2014)