Stenosfemuraia González-Sponga, 1998

Huber, Bernhard A. & Villarreal, Osvaldo, 2020, On Venezuelan pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 718, pp. 1-317 : 270-271

Stenosfemuraia González-Sponga, 1998

Notes

This genus has been revised recently ( Huber & Arias 2017). It seems to be restricted to the Coastal Ranges in Venezuela (Fig. 1064) . The ZFMK collection has at least one further species from this region, but it is not formally described here because no males are available: Stenosfemuraia ‘Ven18-10’, 2 ♀♀, 1 juv., ZFMK (Ar 22127), and 1 ♀ in pure ethanol, ZFMK (Ven18-154), Aragua, Colonia Tovar, forest above town (10.4144° N, 67.3005° W), 2140 m a.s.l., 8 Nov. 2018 (B.A. Huber, O. Villarreal M.). The epigynum of this species is shown in Fig. 1003.

For notes on natural history see Huber & Arias (2017). Several species may share a single locality. In the forest above Colonia Tovar, three species were found within a few meters: the relatively long-legged S. cuadrata González-Sponga, 2005 in domed webs among dead palm leaves and other objects close to the ground; the smaller S. pilosa ( González-Sponga, 2005) in small cavities in the ground; and the tiny undescribed Stenosfemuraia ‘Ven18-10’ on the undersides of leaves in the leaf litter.

Diagnosis and description (amendments; see Huber & Arias 2017)

The newly described S. exigua Huber sp. nov. is smaller than previously described species and lacks curved hairs on legs, which requires the following amendments: male body length: 2.3–3.5; male leg 1 length: 12–24; male tibia 1 length: 2.9–5.7; male legs with our without curved hairs.