Ibotyporanga Mello-Leit

Huber, Bernhard A. & Villarreal, Osvaldo, 2020, On Venezuelan pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 718, pp. 1-317 : 62

Ibotyporanga Mello-Leit ṳo, 1944

Notes

Ibotyporanga previously included four species, all of them endemic to Brazil ( Huber 2000; Huber & Brescovit 2003). Unpublished material in collections suggests that the genus is species-rich and widespread in South America, ranging from Paraguay to northern Colombia (B.A. Huber, L.S. Carvalho, unpublished data).

The material available to us suggests that at least two species occur in Venezuela. One of them is formally described below. The second species is not formally described because no males are available. The shape of the epigynum and the internal female genitalia ( Figs 197–199 ) suggest that the following specimens are not conspecific with I. bariro Huber sp. nov.: 2 juveniles, ZFMK (Ar 21861) and 1 ♀, 1 juv. in pure ethanol, ZFMK (Ven18-182) (female abdomen transferred to ZFMK Ar 21861), from Falcón, Península de Paraguaná, near Cueva del Guano (11.9026° N, 69.9456° W), under pieces of wood on ground in arid vegetation, 140 m a.s.l., 16 Nov. 2018 (B.A. Huber, O. Villarreal M.).

Figures

Figs 194–199. Ibotyporanga Mello-Leitṳo, 1944; epigyna and cleared female genitalia (arrows: anterior rim/pocket, presumably for male cheliceral apophysis). 194–196. I. bariro Huber sp. nov.; from Falcón, SE Bariro (type locality; ZFMK Ar 21863), epigynum, ventral view, and cleared female genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. 197–199. Ibotyporanga sp. from Falcón, near Cueva del Guano (ZFMK Ar 21861), epigynum and cleared female genitalia, dorsal view.