Coptoprepes flavopilosus Simon

Werenkraut, Victoria & Ramírez, Martín J., 2009, A revision and phylogenetic analysis of the spider genus Coptoprepes Simon (Araneae: Anyphaenidae, Amaurobioidinae), Zootaxa 2212, pp. 1-40 : 4-5

Coptoprepes flavopilosus Simon

Fig. 1

Coptoprepes flavopilosus Simon, 1884: 137 (male holotype from Chile, Cabo de Hornos, in MHNP 6672, not reexamined); 1887: E25, 1897: 97, 102 (fulvopilosus, lapsus); 1902: 29. Tullgren, 1901: 245, 260. Merian, 1913: 12. Ramírez, 1995: 366, 369; 2003: 81; 2007: 597.

Diagnosis: Females are easily distinguished from those of other Coptoprepes by the lateral curved ridges on the epigyne ( Fig. 1 b; see Ramírez 2003: fig. 36D). Males resemble those of C. casablanca n. sp. by having a curved RTA and relatively short embolus, with the tegulum visible in ventral view, but differ by having a median apophysis with wide base and sinuous projection (see Ramírez 2003: fig. 37, Ramírez 2007: fig. 5).

Description: Male and female described in Ramírez (2003).

Distribution: Forests in southern Argentina and Chile, from Osorno to Tierra del Fuego.

New records: ARGENTINA: Río Negro: Cerro López, S41.09845º, W71.54952º, 1398 m, pitfall traps (cod. M1S7E06), January 2006, V. Werenkraut, 1 male [plus 1 immature] (MACN-Ar 19049); Cerro Challhuaco, S41.26946º, W71.31131º, 1906 m, pitfall traps (cod. M5S11E06), January 2006, V. Werenkraut, 1 female (MACN-Ar 19152).

Additional material examined: ARGENTINA: Chubut: Los Alerces Natl. Park, Río Arrayanes, February 1985, M. Ramírez, 1 female (MACN-Ar 20321; temporary preparation VIW-00015). CHILE: Región X (Los Lagos): Llanquihue: Lago Chapo, 13.5 km E Correntoso, 310 m, site 656, window trap, Valdivian rainforest, A. Newton & M. Thayer, 16–27 December 1982, 1 male ( AMNH; temporary preparation MJR-01345).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Coptoprepes flavopilosus Simon. a female dorsal habitus; b epigyne, ventral view; c male left palp, ventral view; d male left palp, retrolateral view. Preparations, female VIW- 00015, male MJR- 01345.