Neotrops maracay, new species

Figures 98, 99F; map 11

TYPES: Female holotype from Venezuela: Aragua: Maracay: Rancho Grande, 1200 m, Aug. 01, 1987, to Aug. 10, 1987, Bordan, Peck (AMNH PBI _ OON 1691) ; female paratype with the same data (AMNH PBI _ OON 1782). Deposited in AMNH .

ETYMOLOGY: This specific epithet is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS: N. maracay females are easily recognized by the very widened base of the anterior receptacle (fig. 99F).

DESCRIPTION: FEMALE (holotype, PBI_ OON 1691). Total length 2.20. Cephalothorax: Carapace yellow-brown, broadly oval in dorsal view, pars cephalica strongly elevated in lateral view, anteriorly narrowed to less than half their maximum width; lateral margin straight; nonmarginal pars cephalica setae absent, setae actually broken off, but bases remain; nonmarginal pars thoracica setae absent; marginal setae absent. Clypeus setae absent. Eyes all subequal, all eyes circular; posterior eye row straight from front; ALE separated by more than their diameter, ALE-PLE separated by less than ALE radius, PME touching for less than half their length, PLE-PME separated by less than PME radius. Sternum as long as wide, yellow-brown, anterior margin unmodified, posterior margin not extending posteriorly of coxae IV, precoxal triangles present; setae abundant, dark, evenly scattered. Mouthparts: chelicerae, endites, and labium orangebrown; cheliceral setae light. Labium elongated hexagon, anterior margin indented at middle; with six or more setae on anterior margin. Palp spines absent. Abdomen: Dorsum pale orange. Book lung covers round. Postepigastric scutum orange-brown. Spinneret scutum absent. Dorsum setae light, needlelike. Postepigastric area setae light, needlelike. Colulus represented only by setae. Legs: Orange-brown; patella plus tibia I shorter than carapace. Leg spination (legs III–IV missing): leg I: tibiae V2-2-2-2-2-0, metatarsi v2-2-2-2; leg II: tibiae V2-2-2-2-2-0, metatarsi v2-2-2-2. Tarsi I–II superior claws not examined in detail. Trichobothria not examined. Genitalia: Ventral view: anterior receptacle visible through cuticle; transverse basal ridges darkened (fig. 98H). Dorsal view: anterior receptacle with an arrowshaped distal tip and a greatly expanded basal part, with thick walls, and connected by muscles to the transverse ridge and—presumably—the ventral cuticle also (fig. 99F).

MALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Only know from the type locality, in Aragua State, Venezuela (map 11).