Bolostromus gaujoni (Simon, 1889)

Dupérré, Nadine, 2023, Review of the American genus Bolostromus Ausserer, 1875 with the description of fourteen new species (Araneae, Cyrtaucheniidae), Zootaxa 5317 (1), pp. 1-88 : 46

Bolostromus gaujoni (Simon, 1889)

Figs 33 , 34 , map 2

Phaenothele gaujoni Simon, 1889 g: 399 (Description male).

Bolostromus gaujoni Simon, 1903a: 894 .

Type material. ♁. Ceph. Th. long. 5mm; lat, 4mm. Ecuador mérid.: Amazula. Examined. Label 1. MNHN Paris AR 4247 Bolostromus gaujoni Simon, 1889 , Equateur: Loja. Label 2. Holotype Indicatti R.P. det. 2007, collection Simon no 9772.

Type designation. One male lectotype, one juvenile paralectotype designated here [AR4247].

Diagnosis. Males of B. gaujoni most resemble B. fauna and B. riveti but are distinguished by one retrolateral apical tibial spine and large metatarsal tubercle ( Fig. 34A , arrow), absent in the latter two species ( Figs 15C , 20A ).

Distribution. Only found at the type locality in Loja Province, Ecuador.

Note. The jar contained a holotype designation label written by Indicatti R. P. in 2007, but we were unable to find in the literature a formal type designation .

Figures

MAP 2. Distribution map of Bolostromus in Ecuador. Bolostromus devriesi n. sp. (green triangle), B. riveti Simon, 1903 (turquoise star), B. hubeni n. sp. (yellow circle), B. urku n. sp. (green half circle), B. epiphyticus n. sp. (red square), B. pristirana n. sp. (pink losange), B. nischki n. sp. (blue inverted triangle), B. fonsecai n. sp. (black cross), B. primus n. sp. (black rectangle), B. losrios n. sp. (red pentagone), B. stridulator n. sp. (blakc circle), B. valdivia n. sp. (yellow square), B. italoi n. sp. (orange circle), B. gaujoni (Simon, 1889) (yellow star).

FIGURE 15. Bolostromus fauna (Simon, 1889) male lectotype. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus ventral view. C. Right leg I, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 0.5mm.

FIGURE 20. Bolostromus riveti Simon, 1903. Male lectotype. A. Leg I, retrolateral view. B. Palp, prolateral view. C. Palp, retrolateral view. D. Bulb, prolateral view. E. Bulb, retrolateral view. Scale bar: A= 0.5mm, B–E=0.1mm.

FIGURE 33. Bolostromus gaujoni (Simon, 1889) male lectotype. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5mm.

FIGURE 34. Bolostromus gaujoni (Simon, 1889) male lectotype. A. Left leg I, retrolateral view (arrow point to metatarsal tubercle). B. Palpal tibia, retrolateral view. C. Bulb, ventral view. D. Bulb, retrolateral view. Scale bars: A: 0.5mm; B–D: 0.1mm.