Porteria albopunctata, SIMON, 1904

Morrill, Elizabeth, Crews, Sarah, Esposito, Lauren, Ramírez, Martín J. & Griswold, Charles, 2023, A revision of the genus Porteria and the phylogeny and biogeography of Porteriinae (Araneae: Desidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 198 (2), pp. 368-461 : 396

PORTERIA ALBOPUNCTATA SIMON, 1904

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Porteria albopunctata Simon, 1904: 109 , figs 7, 8. Lehtinen, 1967: 440, figs 119, 120. Roth, 1967: 324, pl. 52, figs 6–10.

Types: Lectotype male and paralectotype female designated by Roth (1967), both from Punta Arenas , Chile, in MNHN 22323, jar 1933, examined ( CASENT9055543 ).

Diagnosis: The males of this species can be distinguished from others in this species grade by the slender, hook-shaped RTA ( Fig. 26C ) and the long spiniform DTA curving retrolaterally ( Figs 25E , 26D ). Embolus base less bulbous than in P. fiura ( Fig. 29A, B ), embolus tip less hooked ( Fig. 26A, B ). Embolus tip significantly shorter than in P. eddardstarki ( Fig. 33A ). Fangs constricted at midpoint ( Fig. 23D ). The dark sclerotized middle of

Figures

Figure 23. A-C, male habitus of P. albopunctata sp. nov., lectotype from Punta Arenas, MNHN22323, CASENT9055543. A, dorsal view. B, ventral view. C, lateral view. D, chelicera and fang, anterior view, showing fang constriction, from Puerto Edén MCZ46441.

Figure 24. Habitus of female P. albopunctata sp. nov. from Laguna San Rafael National Park; A and B CASENT9044707. A, dorsal view. B. ventral view. C, lateral view, CASENT9044702. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Figure 25. Genitalia of P. albopunctata sp. nov., A-E, lectotype from Punta Arenas, MNHN22323, CASENT9055543. A, ventral view. B, retrolateral view. C, dorsal view. D, prolateral view. E, ventral view with entire cymbium. F-H, female from Laguna San Rafael National Park, CASENT9044702. F, ventral view. G, lateral view showing small scape. H, dorsal view showing internal structures. Scale bars = 0.2 mm.

Figure 26. Left male palp of P. albopunctata sp. nov. from Wellington Island, Puerto Edén, MCZ46441. A, prolateral view. B, ventral view. C, retrolateral view. D, dorsal view. Illustration by Rachel Diaz-Bastin.

Figure 29. Left male palp of P. fiura sp. nov. AMNH paratype, CASENT9044672, Chiloé Island. A, prolateral view. B, ventral view. C, retrolateral view. D, tibia, dorsal view. Illustration by Rachel Diaz-Bastin.

Figure 33. Left male palp of P. eddardstarki sp. nov. from Valparaíso Province, Cuesta Pucalán (CASENT9032846), details of tibia and tarsus and outlines of whole tibia and tarsus. A, prolateral view. B, ventral view. C, retrolateral view. Illustration by Giovanni Maki.