Spinepeira schlingeri Levi, 1995

Díaz-Guevara, David R. & Dupérré, Nadine, 2025, A web of canopy discoveries part I (Araneae: Araneidae). New astonishing species of orb-weaving spiders from Ecuador and the first country record of Pozonia Schenkel, 1953, Zootaxa 5660 (4), pp. 587-595 : 588

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5660.4.9
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16603679
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scientific name	Spinepeira schlingeri Levi, 1995
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Spinepeira schlingeri Levi, 1995 View in CoL

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Type material. ♀ holotype from PERU, Monzon Valley, Tingo Mana, Depto. Huanuco, Peru, 18 Dec. 1954, E. I. Schlinger, E. S. Ross ( CAS). Examined by photos .

Diagnosis. Females Spinepeira schlingeri are differentiated from Spinepeira erwini sp. nov. by the combination of the following characteristics: abdomen with anterior median tubercle and posterior median tubercles short; a pair of dorsal projections with truncated ending ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 ); ventral abdominal black mark broken, longer than wide ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ) and scape with convergent sides ( Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 ) whereas abdomen with anterior median tubercle exceeding the length of the cephalothorax, wider and more prominent posterior median tubercles, a pair of dorsal projections with a pointed ending ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 ), ventral abdominal black mark entire, wider than long ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ) and scape with parallel side in the latter ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 ).