Syspira cimitarra Brescovit, Sánchez-Ruiz & Bonaldo

Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander, Santos, Gabriel De Los, Brescovit, Antonio D. & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2020, The genus Syspira Simon, 1895 (Araneae: Miturgidae) from Hispaniola, with the description of four new species, Zootaxa 4894 (3), pp. 413-431 : 415

Syspira cimitarra Brescovit, Sánchez-Ruiz & Bonaldo

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Syspira cimitarra Brescovit, Sánchez-Ruiz & Bonaldo, 2018: 58 , figs 1, 2, 7. Male holotype and female paratype ( IBSP 168411 ) and female paratype ( MNHNSD 09.1539 ) from Parque Nacional Valle Nuevo , 18°41’11.9”N – 70°35’37.4”W, 2041 m, 15 km of Constanza , Province La Vega, Cibao Sur, Dominican Republic, 11.IV.2015, A. Sánchez-Ruiz & J. Cabra, examined.

Other material examined. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Province Barahona, Parque Nacional Sierra Martín García, Loma El Curro (18°22'48.8"N – 70°01'35.2"W), 1379 m, 30.V.2014, G. de los Santos, 1♂ ( MNHNSD 09.1623 ) .

Diagnosis. Males of S. cimitarra are easily distinguished from other Hispaniola species by the retrolateral tibial apophysis elongated and curved at tip, and by the filiform apical projection of the embolar base ( Fig. 1A – C ; Brescovit et al. 2018: figs 1A – B, 2B – F). Females resemble those of Syspira jimmyi by the enlarged atrium ( Fig. 1D – E ), but can be distinguished by the dorsal median plate truncated at the distal margin, and wider epigynal posterior plates, exceeding in half the atrial lateral dorsal folds ( Fig. 1D – E ; Brescovit et al. 2018: figs 1C – D, 2I).

Description. Male and female described by Brescovit et al. (2018).

Remarks. Specimens from Parque Nacional Sierra Martín García, Barahona Province represent new distribution records for this species. Previously known from Provinces La Vega and Peravia ( Brescovit et al. 2018), its distribution is now extended to the cloud forest remnants at the top of Loma El Curro mountain ( Fig. 9 ), where it lives sympatrically with Syspira alayoni sp. n.

Distribution. Provinces Barahona, La Vega and Peravia, Dominican Republic ( Fig. 9 ).

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FIGURE 1. Syspira cimitarra Brescovit, Sánchez-Ruiz & Bonaldo.A–C Male (MNHNSD 09.1539), left palpal cymbium. D–F Female (MNHNSD 09.1539). A Prolateral view. B Ventral view. C Retrolateral view. D Epigynum, ventral view. E Epigynum, dorsal view. F Left palpal tarsus, prolateral view. Scale bars. A–C, F = 1 mm; D–E = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 9. Distribution records of Hispaniolan Syspira species. star Syspira agujas Brescovit, Sánchez-Ruiz & Bonaldo, triangle Syspira alayoni sp. n., circle Syspira cimitarra Brescovit, Sánchez-Ruiz & Bonaldo and Syspira jimmyi Brescovit, Sánchez-Ruiz & Bonaldo, square Syspira medialuna Brescovit, Sánchez-Ruiz & Bonaldo, complex star Syspira armasi sp. n., polygon Syspira bryantae sp. n., cross Syspira barbacoa sp. n., heart Syspira monticola (Bryant) comb. n.