Linothele zaia Dupérré & Tapia, 2015

Drolshagen, Bastian & Bäckstam, Christian M., 2021, A taxonomic review of the mygalomorph spider genus Linothele Karsch, 1879 (Araneae, Dipluridae), Zoosystema 43 (10), pp. 163-196 : 187-188

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a10
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scientific name	Linothele zaia Dupérré & Tapia, 2015
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Linothele zaia Dupérré & Tapia, 2015 View in CoL

Linothele zaia Dupérré & Tapia, 2015: 358 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , figs 34-36.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Ecuador • ♀; Santo Domingo de Las Tsáchilas, Parroquia San José de Alluriquín, La Florida ; 0°15’9.144”S, 79°1’49.547”W; 884 m a.s.l.; 17.XII.2014; E. Tapia leg.; hand collected from web; QCAZ. GoogleMaps

TYPE LOCALITY. — La Florida, Ecuador.

DISTRIBUTION. — Only known from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS. — “Females are diagnosed by their brown abdomen with black median band […] and their widely separated spermathecae […]. From L. gaujoni by their red-brown abdomen with black pattern […], black with dark yellow-red pubescence with dark striae in the latter.” see Dupérré & Tapia (2015: 358).

DESCRIPTION (FOLLOWING Dupérré & Tapia 2015)

Male

Unknown.

Female

CL = 12.0. CT = 10. MC = 30-35. Colouration: overall dark brown to black; opisthosoma “dorsally red-brown with black median band”, “ventrally uniformly dark red-brown”, see Dupérré & Tapia (2015: fig. 34); maculae absent. Sternum, labium and maxillae: see Dupérré & Tapia (2015: fig. 35). Leg formula: 4123. Scopula divided. Leg tarsi pseudo-segmented.Spermatheca: “joined at base, widely separated, short and wide with few vesicles on short stalk medially”, see Dupérré & Tapia (2015: fig. 36).

NATURAL HISTORY

According to Dupérré & Tapia (2015) the “[…] holotype female was collected in a foothill forest at 884m elevation. The web of approximately 60 × 40 cm was along a vertical dirt talus or landslide 6m from the ground, and the retreat was concealed in a soil crevice. The only specimen collected lives in sympatry with L. zaia and L. quori , but was found in a somewhat distinct microhabitat.”