Alpaida moka Levi, 1988 New

Poeta, Maria Rita Muniz & Lise, Arno Antonio, 2015, On the males of the orb-weaving spiders Alpaida nigrofrenata (Simon, 1895), A. machala Levi, 1988, and A. cisneros Levi, 1988 (Araneae, Araneidae) and a new synonymy, Zootaxa 4000 (3), pp. 397-400 : 399-400

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Alpaida moka Levi, 1988 New View in CoL Synonymy

Alpaida moka Levi, 1988: 426 View in CoL , figures 253–256. Female holotype from Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Deposited in Museu de La Plata (MPL, examined). WSC 2015.

Alpaida xavantina Levi, 1988: 455 View in CoL , figures 452–457. Male holotype and female paratype from Xavantina View in CoL , Mato Grosso, Brazil, II–V.1969, Xavantino-Cachimbo Expedition. Deposited in Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP 9506, examined). Azevedo et al. 2014; WSC 2015. New Synonymy.

Synonymy. The female specimen collected in Mato Grosso (MCTP 2159), has the same color pattern and body shape of the male of A. xavantina View in CoL . Study of the type specimens of A. xavantina View in CoL and A. moka View in CoL corroborate the synonymy based on the color pattern and epigynum morphology.

Note. The posterior view of the epigynum of A. xavantina View in CoL were not well represented by Levi (1988, figure 453), the one of A. moka View in CoL better represent the species ( Levi 1988, figure 426).

Additional material examined. PERU, Madre de Dios: Quebrada Pachira (Zona reserva de Manu, 5 km upstream from Pakitza), 11°58’S, 71°18’W, ♂, 04.X.1987. D. Silva & J. Coddington ( USNM). BRAZIL, Mato Grosso: Chapada dos Guimarães, 15º27’S, 55º45’W, ♀, 15–26.VII.1992, A.A. Lise & A. Braul Jr. ( MCTP 2159).

Distribution. Peru: Madre de Dios. Bolivia: Santa Cruz ( Levi 1988). Brazil: Pará, Mato Grosso ( Levi 1988).