Selenyphantes longispinosus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896)

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SELENYPHANTES LONGISPINOSUS

(O. PICKARD- CAMBRIDGE, 1896)

( FIGS 22, 23, 32A, 34A, 36A, 37A)

Leptyphantes longispinosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 188 , pl. 23, fig. 8 (description, male).

Selenyphantes longispinosa Gertsch & Davis, 1946: 7 , fig. 12 (transfer from Lepthyphantes ).

Palaeolinyphia longispinosus Wunderlich, 1986: 84 , figs 169–174 (transfer from Lepthyphantes ; N.B.: Wunderlich was unaware of above transfer).

Selenyphantes longispinosus Ibarra-Núñez et al., 2011: 1186 , fig. 6f. WSC, 2019.

Type material: Holotype (designated by Gertsch & Davies, 1946): one female, GUATEMALA, Cobán : [15.470962, –90.371535], (Francis C Sarg leg; BMNH; examined).

Additional material examined: GUATEMALA, Quetzaltenango: one female, Cerro El Baul [Area Protegida El Baúl – 14.831111, –91.502778]; ( TC Meikle and CE Griswold leg; 14 August 1979; CASENT 9039162) ; MEXICO, Hidalgo: one male, La Misión, El Locote , 13.6 mi. NE of La Misión turnoff on HWY 85 [21.091612, –99.024950]; ( WP Maddison leg; 10 June 1983; MCZ-IZ-67810) .

Diagnosis: Males of S. longispinosus have a RCm, with some papillae as in S. gaimani , but a flattened round end, canoe-shaped instead of bulky ( Figs 22H, 32A). Females of S longispinosus have the epigynum with lateral margins straight and parallel, and posterior margin straight or slightly curved inwards (concavity up; Figs 23E, 36A).

Description: Male (from Hidalgo, TSM 703). Total length 2.89. Prosoma 1.11 long, 0.91 wide. Prosoma height 0.96, fovea height 0.60. Opisthosoma 1.78 long, 0.83 wide, 0.59 high. Clypeus height 0.20. AME 0.06, ALE 0.06, PME 0.06, PLE 0.06. Femur I 2.79 (2.51× prosoma length), Metatarsus I 3.95, TmI 0.13. Prosoma dark yellow, uniform. Opisthosoma beige without markings. Legs same colour as the prosoma, without any marks ( Fig. 22A–D). RCs short, about the same thickness as RCm ( Fig. 22H).

Female (from Quetzaltenango TSM 658). Total length 2.32. Prosoma 0.92 long, 0.75 wide. Prosoma height 0.76, fovea height 0.57. Opisthosoma 1.40 long, 1.03 wide, 1.81 high. Clypeus height 0.11. AME 0.05, ALE 0.05, PME 0.05, PLE 0.05. Femur I 1.75 (1.9× prosoma length), Metatarsus I 1.59, TmI 0.16. Prosoma light yellow, uniform. Opisthosoma dark grey with the dorsum completely covered with guanine. Legs same colour as the prosoma, without any marks ( Fig. 23A–D). Openings of the pre-chamber posterior ( Fig. 34A). Spermathecae anteriorly positioned ( Fig. 24E), with