Ariadna multispinosa Bryant, 1948

Figures 40, 68

Ariadna multispinosa Bryant, 1948: 339 (♀ holotype from Loma Rucilla [19°02'40"N; 70°57'28"W], Pico del Yaque, 8‒10,000 ft, San José de las Matas, Santiago, Dominican Republic, VI.1938, Darlington leg., deposited in MCZ 22224, examined. Paratype: 1 imm. from Cordillera Central, near Valle Nuevo [18°48'N; 70°41'W], rain forest, 6000ft, Dominican Republic, VIII.1938, Darlington leg., deposited in MCZ 46064, examined).— Beatty (1970: 474).— World Spider Catalog (2018).

Diagnosis. Ariadna multispinosa is similar to A. aurea n. sp. due to the macrosetae pattern of the tibiae I‒II of females with the presence of 8 or more pairs of macrosetae in the tibiae I‒II (Fig. 40C‒D),differing from it by the presence of sinuous lobes with extremities with opposite directions and DL narrowed (Fig. 40E‒F).

Description. Male. Unknown.

Female (Holotype). Carapace and chelicerae brownish orange (Fig. 40A). Endites orange; labium dark orange. Sternum orange with darker margins (Fig. 40B). Palps orange, gradually darkening to distal direction. Legs orange with pairs I‒II darker (Fig. 40C‒D). Abdomen grey, darker dorsally (Fig. 40A‒B). Total length 9.0; carapace 3.8 long, 2.6 wide. Carapace with cephalic region elevated. Chelicerae projected (Fig. 40A‒B). Legs: robust and coated with setae; legs I‒II with ventro-prolateral and ventro-retrolateral tibial and metatarsal macrosetae of different sizes (Fig. 40C‒D). Leg formula: I-II-IV-III. Leg measurements: I, femur 2.95, patella 1.25, tibia 2.2, metatarsus 1.95, tarsus 0.55, total 8.9; II, 2.7, 1.25, 2.2, 1.85, 0.6, 8.6; III, 2.15, 1.1, 1.4, 1.35, 0.6, 6.6; IV, 2.5, 1.35, 1.9, 1.65, 0.65, 8.05. Macrosetae: I, femur D0-0-0-0-0-1-0, P0-0-0-1-1-1-0; tibia vp1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-1- 1, vr1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1; metatarsus vp1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1, vr1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 (Fig. 40C‒D); II, femur D0- 0-0-0-0-1-0; tibia vp1-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-1, vr1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1; metatarsus vp1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1, vr1-1-1-1-1-0-1-1; IV, metatarsus vr metatarsal comb with 4 macrosetae. Internal genitalia: anterior receptaculum with glandular ducts plate located in the median region (Fig. 40E‒F).

Distribution. Dominican Republic (Fig. 68).