Menemerus nigli Wesołowska & Freudenschuss, 2012

(Figs 13–18; 34)

Menemerus nigli WESOŁOWSKA & FREUDENSCHUSS, 2012: 449, figs 1-6.

Diagnosis, Menemerus nigli differs from M. bivittatus by presenting a white marginal stripe, however thinner and does not extend to the abdomen (Figs 13, 14). Males have a marked curvature of the embolus in the palp (Figs 15, 16) and females have a pyramid-shaped epigynum, with a shorter anterior atrium, and a short median septum (Figs 17, 18).

Records in the World. Menemerus nigli is a newly described species originally from Pakistan; its distribution extends to India and Thailand (WORLD SPIDER CATALOG, 2022), and was recently registered in Brazil (MARIANTE & HILL, 2020) (Fig. 34).

Natural history. In its natural habitat the species is found under rocks (CHATTERJEE et al., 2017), but in urban areas, it is found inside buildings, external walls, and stucco (MARIANTE & HILL, 2020).

Material examined. BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, Bairro de Manguinhos, campus of Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (22°52’19.7”S; 43°14’54.2”W), ♂, ♀, (UFRJ 1634) ; ♂, ♀ (UFRJ 1636); all collected on II.2020; ♂, ♀ (IBSP 282916); ♀, 1 juv. (IBSP 282916) all collected on VII.2021 by R. M. Mariante col.