Stethorrhagus limbatus Simon, 1896

Stethorrhagus limbatus Simon, 1896 View in CoL

Figs 9–11 View Fig View Fig View Fig , 49 View Fig

Stethorrhagus limbatus Simon, 1896: 421 View in CoL , ♂ ♀.

Stethorrhagus abrahami Mello-Leitão, 1948: 183 View in CoL , fig. 24, ♂ (synonymized with Stethorrhagus limbatus View in CoL by Bonaldo & Brescovit 1994: 39, figs 8a–b, 9a–e).

Diagnosis

Males of Stethorrhagus limbatus differ from those of all other species with deep sternal excavations by the VL entire and the dVL absent ( Fig. 10A–D View Fig ; Bonaldo & Brescovit 1994: fig. 9a–c) (VL bifid, composed of vVL and dVL in all other species – Figs 3E View Fig , 7E–F View Fig , 13A–B View Fig ); they are similar to those of S. penai by the SePP indistinguishable from the embolar base; absence of TP1 and presence of TP2 ( Bonaldo & Brescovit 1994: fig. 15a–b) but may be recognized by the absence of the dVL and by the median sector of the spermophore coiling on the prolatero-basal region of the tegulum ( Figs 10A–D View Fig ; Bonaldo & Brescovit 1994: figs 9b–c) (dVL present, median sector of the spermatophore coiling on the ventral region of tegulum in S. penai – Bonaldo & Brescovit 1994: fig. 15b). Females differ from those of other species with the CO disposed anteriorly in relation to the SI and without VEP ( S. nigrinus , S. hyula and S. roraimae ) by the CO composed of a large transversal excavation (nearly four times as wide as long) ( Fig. 11C–E View Fig ; Bonaldo & Brescovit 1994: fig. 9v) and by the wide longitudinal rods on the CD wall ( Fig. 11D View Fig ; Bonaldo & Brescovit 1994: fig. 9e) (CO narrower and rods inconspicuous in S. nigrinus and S. hyula ; not observed in S. roraimae – Bonaldo & Brescovit 1994: figs 19c–d, 21b–c, 23a–b).

Type material

Lectotype of Stethorrhagus limbatus Simon, 1896 (designated by Bonaldo & Brescovit 1994)

BRAZIL • ♂; Amazonas, Tefé; [ 3°23′57″ S, 64°42′58″ W]; De Mathan leg.; MNHN 3616–AR14829 (examined). GoogleMaps

Paralectotypes of Stethorrhagus limbatus Simon, 1896

BRAZIL • 1 ♀; São Paulo de Olivença; 3°25′42″ S, 68°48′16″ W; De Mathan leg.; MNHN 3616– AR14830 (examined). GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Le Para [ Belém]; [ 1°27′30″ S, 48°5′31″ W]; De Mathan leg.; MNHN 3616–AR14830 (examined). GoogleMaps

Holotype of Stethorrhagus abrahami Mello-Leitão, 1948

GUIANA • ♂; Guest, Moraballi, Essequibo River ; [ 6°23′53″ N, 58°37′44″ W]; 20 Aug. 1929; R.W.G. Hingston leg.; BMNH 1930.4.15.1A (examined). GoogleMaps

Description

Male and female, see Bonaldo & Brescovit (1994: 39, figs 8a–b, 9a–e). Additional documentation of the habitus and copulatory organs is provided in Figs 9–11 View Fig View Fig View Fig .

Distribution

States of Amazonas and Pará, Brazil; Guiana ( Fig. 49 View Fig ).