Clitistes velutinus Simon, 1902

Duperre, Nadine & Harms, Danilo, 2018, Raising the Dead: Rediscovery and redescription of some lost spider types (Araneae) described by Eugene Simon, Evolutionary Systematics 2 (1), pp. 1-20 : 2

Clitistes velutinus Simon, 1902 Fig. 5 A–C

Clitistes velutinus Simon, 1902: 20 (as Clitistes velutinus n. sp., description female).

Type locality.

Coll. Mich. 178. Süd-Feuerländ. Arch., Isl. Navarin, Puerto Toro, Wald; 19.XII.92.

Dimensions.

♀. long. 2,5 mm.

Determination label.

Clitistes velutinus n. sp. Nr. 25.

Locality label.

178. Navarin, Puerto Toro, Wald, Coll. Michaelsen 19.XII.92.

Remarks.

The female specimen deposited in the ZMH is clearly the specimen described by Simon, as evidenced by original data found on the label. Miller (2007: 259) declared the genus Clitistes and the single species Clitistes velutinus as a nomina dubia, which is incorrect based on the re-discovery of the type specimen.

Description.

Female (lectotype). Total length: 2.89; cephalothorax length: 1.05; cephalothorax width: 0.96.

Type material.

Lectotype ♀, designated here (ZMH-A0000761).

COLORATION (based on original description, translated from Latin): "cephalothorax dark brown, pars cephalica slightly paler, pars thoracica with thin black margin. Abdomen dorsally dark yellow-bluewish, medially with wide, darker band, anterior margin paler, in the middle part, three transverses, angular arches, apically with small spots; ventrally, dark yellow. Femur apically with brown ring". CEPHALOTHORAX: Pyriform, longer than wide (Fig. 5A), pars cephalica flat, pars thoracica sligthly slooping; clypeus 2xAME; cheliceral promargin with three teeth, retromargin with two small denticles; sternum slightly longer than wide. EYES: round; AME smallest, AME slightly separated, AME-LE separated by their diameter, LE touching, LE-PME separated by their diameter, PME separated by 2x their diameter. LEGS: macrosetae present. ABDOMEN: Oval. GENITALIA: Epigynum with two small, triangular copulatory openings, two large, rounded spermathecae and coiled copulatory ducts visible through the integument (Fig. 5B, C).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution.

Chile, Puerto Toro.

Current systematic position.

Transferred to Dictynidae , Clitistes velutinus Simon, 1902