Linothele cristata (Mello-Leitão, 1945)

Drolshagen, Bastian & Bäckstam, Christian M., 2021, A taxonomic review of the mygalomorph spider genus Linothele Karsch, 1879 (Araneae, Dipluridae), Zoosystema 43 (10), pp. 163-196 : 171

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a10
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4721082
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scientific name	Linothele cristata (Mello-Leitão, 1945)
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Treatment

Linothele cristata (Mello-Leitão, 1945) View in CoL

Uruchus cristatus Mello-Leitão, 1945: 169 .

Linothele cristata View in CoL – Raven 1985: 74, 75. — Silva-Moreira et al. 2010: 32. — Kury et al. 2018: 557.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Brazil • ♀; Minas Gerais; MNRJ probably lost.

TYPE LOCALITY. — Minas Gerais, Brazil.

DISTRIBUTION. — Only known from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS. — Linothele cristata may be distinguished from all other species of Linothele by the combined presence of divided scopula, a ventral pattern and a dorsal chevron pattern on the opisthosoma, together with its distribution.

DESCRIPTION (FOLLOWING Mello-Leitão 1945)

Male

Unknown.

Female

CT = 11. MC = 17-25. Colouration: “Carapace greenishbrown, with irradiating stripes mahogany brown. Chelicerae dark mahogany brown. Tarsi dark brown. Sternum, lip and maxillae light mahogany, the sternum with a margin sulphureous yellow.”; opisthosoma dorsally “with six pairs of oblique light stripes”, laterally “minutely spotted in light mahogany brown”; ventral pattern present. Clypeus: narrow. Leg formula 4123. Scopula divided. Leg tarsi pseudo-segmented.

REMARKS

The species was proposed by Mello-Leitão (1945) based on a single specimen. He mentioned the labium to be longer than wide, but also did so for the holotype of D. annulifila , of which the labium was clearly subquadrate. The holotype of U. cristatus could not be located in the collection of the MNRJ, where it should be deposited; see Silva-Moreira et al. (2010).

NATURAL HISTORY

Unknown.