Stenosfemuraia cuadrata González-Sponga, 2005

Huber, Bernhard A. & Villarreal, Osvaldo, 2020, On Venezuelan pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 718, pp. 1-317 : 271-272

Stenosfemuraia cuadrata González-Sponga, 2005

Figs 972 , 1064

Synonymy and redescription, see Huber & Arias (2017).

Notes

Previously published coordinates of the type locality Hacienda Limón ( González-Sponga 2005; Huber & Arias 2017) were wrong. We assume that the true collecting site was at approximately 10.475° N, 67.283° W. Our new site below is at a higher elevation and approximately 3.7 km SE of the type locality. González-Sponga’s (2005) record of S. cuadrata from Galipán (El Ávila National Park) is probably based on 1 ♂, 1 ♀, MIZA 105577 (MAGS 1422). However, the specimens in this vial are S. parva González-Sponga, 1998 (see below). The only other Stenosfemuraia specimens from Galipán in the MAGS collection are also S. parva (and correctly identified as such by González-Sponga): 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, MIZA 105674 (MAGS 1172) (see under S. parva below). Since there are no unambiguous records of S. cuadrata from El Ávila National Park, we consider González-Sponga’s (2005) record as erroneous.

New records

VENEZUELA – Aragua • 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, 1 juv., ZFMK (Ar 22128), and 1 ♂ in pure ethanol, ZFMK (Ven18-150), 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.). – La Guaira • 1 ♂, ZFMK (Ar 22129), and 1 ♀ in pure ethanol, ZFMK (Ven18-156), El Limón , above road Colonia Tovar-Puerto Cruz (10.4566° N, 67.2548° W), 1535 m a.s.l., 9 Nov. 2018 (B.A. Huber, O. Villarreal M.) .

Distribution

Known from El Limón (La Guaira; type locality) and Colonia Tovar area (Aragua) (Fig. 1064).

Figures

Figs 972–979. Stenosfemuraia González-Sponga, 1998; live specimens. 972. S. cuadrata González- Sponga, 2005; male from Aragua, Colonia Tovar. 973. S.pilosa (González-Sponga, 2005); female with egg sac from Aragua, Colonia Tovar. 974–975. S. parva González-Sponga, 1998; male and female from Miranda, El Ávila National Park. 976–977. S. exigua Huber sp. nov.; male and female with egg sac from La Guaira, El Limón. 978–979. S. cumbre Huber sp. nov.; male and female with egg sac from Aragua, Henri Pittier National Park.