Plato troglodita Coddington, 1986: 29 Lopez, 1996: 192 Taxonomic revision of the orb weaving spider genus Plato Coddington, 1986 (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae) with the description of three new species Prete, Pedro H. Brescovit, Antonio D. Zootaxa 2024 2024-06-17 5471 1 1 32 77NWW Coddington, 1986 Coddington 1986 [151,569,151,178] Arachnida Theridiosomatidae Plato Animalia Araneae 6 7 Arthropoda species troglodita   Figures 3, 4, 23      Plato troglodita Coddington, 1986: 29, figs. 10–12, 23–28 (male holotypeand female paratypefrom Cueva Los Tayos ( 03º06’S, 78º12’W), Morona Santiago, Ecuador, Ecuadorian British Los Tayos Expedition col., deposited in MCZ, not examined); Coddington, 1990: 19, fig. 104;  Lopez, 1996: 192, fig. 7.   Other material examined.  ECUADOR.  Napo: Archidona, Caverna Oriente( 0°54'31.0"S, 77°48'35.0"W), 5♀,  23.iv.1994, V. Rothcol. ( CAS; 1♀MEV).   Diagnosis.Male's palps resemble that of  Plato omnipraesens n. sp., especially the conductor apophysis (fig. 19B, C), but it differs by present a flattened conductor apophysis (fig. 3C), an elongated median apophysis and by the subrectrangular tip of embolus (fig. 3C). Females are recognized by the narrow, slightly curved transversal groove of the epigynum, with a support as thin as the transversal groove (fig. 4B, D), and the poorly sclerotized dorsal plate in the epigynum (fig. 4E).   Description.Male: see Coddington (1986): 29, figs. 10–12, 23, 24, 27, 28. Female (CAS). Carapace, legs, labium, endites and chelicerae brown. Sternum little darker than the rest of the prosoma. Abdomen gray, length: 1.86 Total length: 2.88. Carapace length: 1.32. Clypeus height: 0.24. Sternum: 0.72 inlength and width. Eyes: AME 0.1; AME-AME 0.04; ALE-PLE contiguous (0.1 each); PME-PME separated by 0.09 (PME 0.1). Legs: I femur 1.55/ patella 0.57/ tibia 1.35/ metatarsus 0.82/ tarsus 0.68/ total 4.97; II 1.37/ 0.52/ 1.15/ 0.77/ 0.7/ 4.51; III 1/ 0.45/ 0.75/ 0.57/ 0.52/ 3.29; IV 1.25/ 0.37/ 0.8/ 0.55/ 0.51/ 3.48. Epigynum: dorsal plate posterior to spermathecae (fig. 4E). Copulatory ducts with a rounded curve in the anterior region (fig. 4C). Abdomen oval.  Variation. 5 females: total length: 2.48–2.88; carapace: 1.15–1.32; femur I: 1.4–1.75.   Distribution.Caves in the departments of Morona Santiagoand Napo, Ecuador(fig. 23).  Note.Male of  P. trogloditawas examined only by photos and illustrations presented by Coddington (1986)because there was no access to the typematerial. 4897999316 1994-04-23 CAS V. Roth Ecuador -0.90861106 Caverna Oriente 1 -77.80972 Archidona 6 7 6 6 Napo