Anapis chiriboga Platnick &Shadab, 1978

Dupérré, Nadine & Tapia, Elicio, 2018, Further discoveries on the minuscule spiders from the Chocó region of Ecuador with the description of seven new species of Anapis (Araneae: Anapidae), Zootaxa 4459 (3), pp. 482-506 : 499

Anapis chiriboga Platnick &Shadab, 1978

Fig. 58 , 62, 62a .

Material examined. Male holotype from Ecuador: Pichincha Province, 20 to 30 km of east-northeast of Alluriquin on the Chiriboga road, Berlese sample of moss and wet forest litter taken at an elevation of 1400m, June 19, 1975, S. Peck ( FMNH) . NOT EXAMINED.

Additional material examined. ECUADOR: Cotopaxi: OTONGA Biological Reserve (-00.41433 - 79.00035) 1,888m, 08–21 vi.2014, 1 ♂, 16.viii–05. ix.2014, 3 ♂, 9.ix–2. x.2014, 3 ♂, 05–19. ix.2014, 2 ♂, pitfall , 7.x. 2014 in Dipluridae web 1♂, E. Tapia, C. Tapia, N. Dupérré (DTC, QCAZ); (-00.41994 -79.00623) 1,997m, 08– 21 vi. 2014, 1 ♂, pitfall, Tapia, C. Tapia, N. Dupérré (ZMH); (-00.41564 -79.00452) 2,105m, 13–16. viii.2014, 2 ♂, 13–25. xi.2014, 1 ♂, pitfall, Tapia, C. Tapia, N. Dupérré (ZMH); (-00.42180 -79.01325) 2,225m, 21.vii– 02. viii.2014, 4 ♂, 16.viii–05. ix.2014, 3 ♂, 05–19. ix.2014, 9 ♂, 13–25. xi.2014, 1 ♂, 25.xi–8. xii.2014, 1 ♂, pitfall, Tapia, C. Tapia, N. Dupérré (ZMH).

Female: Unknown.

Natural History. Most specimens were collected between 1,888–2,225m and more abundant in pitfall trap from August to November.

Remark. Most specimens were collected by pitfall trap, the one specimen collected in the Dipluridae web may have been collected with the debris surrounding the web and therefore it is not possible to determine if it is a kleptoparasite,

Distribution. Ecuador: Cotopaxi and Pichincha provinces.

Figures

FIGURES 54–61. Habitus, lateral view. 54, Male Anapis nawchi n. sp. 55, Female Anapis nawchi n. sp. 56, Male Anapis shina n. sp. 57, Female Anapis shina n. sp. 58, Male Anapis chiriboga Platnick & Shadab, 1978. 59, Male Anapisona pecki Platnick & Shadab, 1979. 60, Male Pseudanapis domingo Platnick & Shadab, 1979. 61, Female Pseudanapis domingo Platnick & Shadab, 1979. Scale bars: 0.5mm

FIGURES 62–62a. Distribution maps of Anapidae in Ecuador. 62, Distribution of previously described species and formerly known localities. 62a, Distribution of new species and new localities for previously described species.