Cyriocosmus ritae Pérez­Miles, 1998

Fukushima, Caroline Sayuri, Bertani, Rogério & Jr, Pedro Ismael Da Silva, 2005, Revision of Cyriocosmus Simon, 1903, with notes on the genus Hapalopus Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae: Theraphosidae), Zootaxa 846, pp. 1-31 : 11

Cyriocosmus ritae Pérez­Miles, 1998

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Cyriocosmus ritae: Pérez­Miles, 1998: 98 , figs 14–20. Holotype male, IBSP 4951, from Humaitá, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil, 11 April 1996, team of collectors of IBSP/SMNK, examined. Female unknown.

Diagnosis: The male differs from all other species by having an incrassate tibia I and a median protuberance on the retrolateral metatarsus I.

Distribution: Brazil: State of Acre; Peru: Colonia ( Fig. 56 ).

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FIGURE 56. Map showing the distribution of Cyriocosmus species in South America. Shaded area = forested regions.

FIGURES 11 – 20. Left palpal bulbs of Cyriocosmus. (11 – 12) C. nogueira­netoi new species paratype (IBSP 8899), Brazil, Acre, Rio Branco. (13 – 14) C. fernandoi new species holotype (IBSP 10966), Brazil, Mato Grosso, U. H. E. Guaporé, Pontes e Lacerda. (15 – 16) C. chicoi paratype (IBSP 4974) Brazil, Rondônia, Porto Velho. (17 – 18) C. ritae holotype (IBSP 4951), Brazil, Acre, Rio Branco, Humaitá. (19 – 20) C. sellatus (IBSP 8900) Brazil, Acre, Serra do Divisor. (11, 13, 15, 17, 19) retrolateral, (12, 14, 16, 18, 20) prolateral. Scale bar = 1 mm. E = embolus, PA = paraembolic apophysis, PS = prolateral superior keel.

FIGURES 24 – 33. Leg I male tibial apophysis, ventral. Left legs, except figures 25, 32 – 33 drawn from right leg. (24) C. versicolor (MACN­Ar 6525), Argentina, Salta. (25) C. bertae holotype (IBSP 4950), Brazil, Acre, Rio Branco. (26) C. leetzi (ICN­Ar 33), Colômbia, Casanare, Vereda El Guineo, Agua Azul. (27) C. elegans (RCW), Tobago Island, Speyside. (28) C. nogueira­netoi new species paratype (IBSP 8899), Brazil, Acre, Rio Branco. (29) C. fernandoi new species holotype (IBSP 10966), Brazil, Mato Grosso, U. H. E. Guaporé, Pontes e Lacerda. (30) C. chicoi paratype (IBSP 4974) Brazil, Rondônia, Porto Velho. (31) C. ritae (IBSP 4951), Brazil, Acre, Rio Branco. (32) C. sellatus (IBSP 8900) Brazil, Acre, Serra do Divisor. (33) C. fasciatus lectotype (MNRJ), Brazil, Cuminá River. Scale bar = 1 mm Hatched area indicates the region of contact of metatarsus I with male tibial apophysis, when flexed.

FIGURES 45 – 50. Cephalothorax and abdominal color pattern of Cyriocosmus species. (45) C. nogueira­netoi new species female holotype (IBSP 9193), Brazil, Acre, Rio Branco. (46) C. fernandoi new species female paratype (IBSP 10967), Brazil, Mato Grosso, U. H. E. Guaporé, Pontes e Lacerda. (47) C. chicoi female paratype (IBSP 4947) Brazil, Rondônia, U. H. E. Samuel, Jamari River, Porto Velho. (48) C. ritae male holotype (IBSP 4951), Brazil, Acre, Rio Branco. (49) C. sellatus male (IBSP 8900) Brazil, Acre, Serra do Divisor National Park. (50) C. blenginii male holotype (BMNH 1294.8.29.1), Bolivia, Mamoré River, drawn from photographs. From top to bottom: cephalothorax, dorsal abdomen, ventral abdomen and lateral abdomen.