Alpaida turrigera, (SCHENKEL, 1953), 2020

ALPAIDA TURRIGERA ( SCHENKEL, 1953) View in CoL COMB. NOV.

Wagneriana turrigera Schenkel, 1953: 24 View in CoL , figs 22a, b (female holotype from El Pozon, Falcon, Venezuela, [12°6′N, 59°69′W], elevation [20 m], deposited in NMB, examined through photographs of the habitus and genitalia); Levi 1991: 413, figs 200–204; World Spider Catalog, 2019.

Justification for the transfer: Wagneriana turrigera View in CoL was not included in our phylogenetic analysis, because we gained access to images of the holotype only after completion of the analytical stage. We attempted to collect specimens of A. turrigera View in CoL in Colombia without success. The type locality in Venezuela was not accessible .

The holotype of W. turrigera reveals that this specimen does not present any of the diagnostic characters of the genus Wagneriana , but instead it has a combination of characters typical of the genus Alpaida , such as the small scape, a yellow carapace with black rings around the eyes, and setae type III in the cephalic area. The placement of this species in Alpaida should be tested further with the scoring of morphological characters from the still unknown male palp.

Diagnosis: Alpaida turrigera resembles A. octolobata in the presence of abdominal tubercles disposed in three lateral pairs, one anteromedian and one posteromedian and the weakly sclerotized epigynum. It can be distinguished from the latter species by the greater size of the anteromedian tubercle and the shape of the median epigynal plate.

Description: Male: unknown.