Brignolia dasysterna Platnick, Dupérré, Ott & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2011 (Figs. 1H–I)

Brignolia dasysterna Platnick et al. 2011: 32, figs. 95–141 (♂ ♀).

Brignolia dasysterna: Brescovit et al. 2019 b: 2, figs. 1–6 (♂).

Diagnosis and description. See Platnick et al. (2011).

Material examined. 2 ♂♂ (ASC K17 2 LC), Ascension Island (-7.95, -14.34), Volcanic breccia, non-baited pitfall trap, 24/03/2022, coll. A. Sharp.

Distribution. Ascension Island (new record, introduced), Brazil (introduced, Brescovit et al. 2019), and USA (Platnick et al. 2011).

Remarks. Brignolia dasysterna seems to be a more recent introduction to Ascension from the United States, in keeping with other recently discovered non-native species (Sherwood et al. in prep). It is not present in older samples. The habitus and genitalia of this species has been excellently illustrated elsewhere (Platnick et al, 2011; Brescovit et al. 2019), complete with comprehensive descriptions. Therefore, we simply provide here two complimentary photographs showing the key characters to identify male B. dasysterna: the modified setae of the sternum (Fig. 1H) and the medial keel of the dark and elongate palpal bulb (Fig. 1I).