Mysmenopsis Simon, 1898

Dupérré, Nadine & Tapia, Elicio, 2020, Megadiverse Ecuador: a review of Mysmenopsis (Araneae, Mysmenidae) of Ecuador, with the description of twenty-one new kleptoparasitic spider species, Zootaxa 4761 (1), pp. 1-81 : 5-6

Mysmenopsis Simon, 1898

Type species: Mysmenopsis femoralis Simon, 1898

Diagnosis. (modified from Lopardo & Hormiga 2015; Dupérré & Tapia 2015).

Males with one or two tibial clasping spurs ( Figs 24 , 122 ); one or two metatarsal clasping spurs ( Figs 24 , 64 ); with prolateral row of modified setae on the distal half of tarsus I ( Lopardo & Hormiga 2015: figs 54G, 59D); male palpal tibia either globular or elongated-globular ( Figs 6 , 149 ); a prolateral cymbium without internal conductor grooves or cymbial fold, but with a distinct tip, and with a hook-shaped paracymbium bent inwards ( Fig. 56 ). Females often with distal ventral projection on femur I ( Figs 5 , 15 , 25 ), sometimes absent ( Figs 133 , 194 ); epigynum with a sclerotized protruding or flat epigynal plate; dorsal plate anterior margin extending internally towards the copulatory openings ( Figs 211 , 224, 228 ); fertilization ducts curving and semi-transparent apically ( Figs 225 , 231 ).

Composition. (see World Spider Catalog 2019). Herein only the newly species described are mentioned: Mysmenopsis alvaroi n. sp., M. amazonica n. sp., M. angamarca n. sp., M. awa n. sp., M. baerti n. sp., M. bartolozzii n. sp., M. choco , n. sp., M. cube n. sp., M. corazon n. sp., M. guanza n. sp., M. guayaca n. sp., M. hunachi n. sp., M. junin n. sp., M. lasrocas n. sp., M. lloa n. sp., M. otokiki n. sp., M. pululahua n. sp., M. salazarae n. sp., M. shushufindi n. sp., M. tepuy n. sp. and M. tungurahua n. sp.

Distribution. USA, México, Honduras, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad, St. Vincent, Panamá, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil and Peru.

Figures

FIGURES 21–25. Mysmenopsis otokiki n. sp., 21, Male and female habitus, dorsal view. 22, Male abdomen, posterior view. 23, Female abdomen, posterior view. 24, Male leg I, dorsal view. 25, Female leg I, prolateral view. Scale bar: 21–23: 0.5mm; 24, 125: 0.1mm.

FIGURES 119–123. Mysmenopsis baerti n. sp., 119, Male and female habitus, dorsal view. 120, Male abdomen, posterior view. 121, Female abdomen, posterior view. 122, Male leg I, prolatero-dorsal view. 123, Female leg I, prolateral view. Scale bar: 119–121: 0.5mm; 122, 123: 0.1mm.

FIGURES 61–65. Mysmenopsis junin n. sp. 61, Male and female habitus, dorsal view. 62, Male abdomen, posterior view. 63, Female abdomen, posterior view. 64, Male leg I, prolatero-dorsal view. 65, Female leg I, prolateral view. Scale bar: 61–63: 0.5mm; 64, 65: 0.1mm.

FIGURES 6–10. Mysmenopsis cube n. sp., 6, Male palp, retrolateral view. 7, Male palp, prolateral view. 8, Embolus and apophysis retrolateral view. 9, Epigynum, ventral view. 10, Internal genitalia, dorsal view.

FIGURES 149–153. Mysmenopsis shushufindi n. sp., 149, Male palp, retrolateral view. 150, Male palp, prolateral view. 151, Embolus and apophysis retrolateral view. 152, Epigynum, ventral view. 153, Internal genitalia, dorsal view.

FIGURES 56–60. Mysmenopsis lasrocas n. sp., 56, Male palp, retrolateral view. 57, Male palp, prolateral view. 58, Embolus and apophysis retrolateral view. 59, Epigynum, ventral view. 60, Internal genitalia, dorsal view (arrow points to sclerotization).

FIGURES 1–5. Mysmenopsis cube n. sp., 1, Male and female habitus, dorsal view. 2, Male abdomen, posterior view. 3, Female abdomen, posterior view. 4, Male leg I, prolatero-dorsal view. 5, Female leg I, prolateral view. Scale bar: 1–3: 0.5mm; 4,5: 0.1mm.

FIGURES 11–15. Mysmenopsis guayaca n. sp., 11, Male and female habitus, dorsal view. 12, Male abdomen, posterior view. 13, Female abdomen, posterior view. 14, Male leg I, prolateral view. 15, Female leg I, prolateral view. Scale bar: 11–13: 0.5mm; 14, 15: 0.1mm.

FIGURES 129–133. Mysmenopsis guanza n. sp., 129, Male and female habitus, dorsal view. 130, Male abdomen, posterior view. 131, Female abdomen, posterior view. 132, Male leg I, prolatero-dorsal view. 133, Female leg I, prolateral view (arrows point to macrosetae). Scale bar: 129–131: 0.5mm; 132, 133: 0.1mm.

FIGURES 190–194. Mysmenopsis penai Platnick & Shadab, 1978, 190, Male and female habitus, dorsal view. 191, Male abdomen, posterior view. 192, Female abdomen, posterior view. 193, Male leg I, prolatero-dorsal view. 194, Female leg I, prolateral view. Scale bar: 190–192: 0.5mm; 193, 194: 0.1mm.

FIGURES 208–215. Mysmenopsis salazarae n. sp., 208, Male tarsal organ leg I, dorsal view. 209, Female mouthparts ventral view. 210, Male femur I, prolateral view. 211, Female epigynum, dorsal view. 212, Male right metatarsus I, prolateral view. 213, Female internal genitalia, posterior view. 214. Male palp, retrolateral view. 215, Female internal genitalia ventral view.

FIGURES 222–229. 222, 223, Mysmenopsis otokiki n. sp., 224, 225, Mysmenopsis choco n. sp. 226, 227, Mysmenopsis pululahua n. sp. 228, 229, Mysmenopsis shushufindi n. sp. 222, 224, 226, 228, Epigynum dorsal view. 223, 225, 227, 229, Internal genitalia, posterior view.

FIGURES 230–233. 230, 231. Mysmenopsis fernandoi Dupérré & Tapia 2015, 230, Epigynum dorsal view. 231, Internal genitalia, posterior view, 232, Mysmenopsis otonga Dupérré & Tapia 2015, epigynum dorsal view. 233, Mysmenopsis otokiki n. sp. female metatarsus I, prolateral view (arrow points to short spines).