Coryssocnemis callaica Simon, 1893

Huber, Bernhard A. & Villarreal, Osvaldo, 2020, On Venezuelan pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 718, pp. 1-317 : 48

Coryssocnemis callaica Simon, 1893

Fig. 1037

Coryssocnemis callaica Simon, 1893a: 321 .

Coryssocnemis callaica – Simon 1893b: 479–483, fig. 476. — Huber 1997d: 578, figs 3a–e, 4a–b, 5a–d; 2000: figs 993–994. — González-Sponga 2010: 10 (only the record from La Venta, see Notes below).

Misidentification

Coryssocnemis callaica – González-Sponga 2010: 10 (all records except La Venta), pl. 1, figs 1–10 (see C. guatopo below).

Notes

González-Sponga (2010) was the first since Simon (1893a, 1893b) to report new records for this species. He cited material from six localities. We reexamined this material but only one of the vials was found to contain C. callaica : 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 juv., MIZA 105758 (MAGS 1375), La Venta, 1500 m a.s.l., 12 Oct. 1992 (E. González S., E. González L., M.A. González S.). All other vials contain C. guatopo Huber, 2000 (see below for details). It is not clear on which specimens the illustrations in González-Sponga (2010) are based, but they represent C. guatopo and not C. callaica . One additional female specimen was found in a vial together with Priscula salmeronica González-Sponga, 1999: 1 ♀, MIZA 105665 (separated from MAGS 1166), Quebrada Quintero, El Ávila National Park, 19 Aug. 1989 (A.R. Delgado, E. González S., M.A. González S.). Coryssocnemis callaica is thus currently known from three neighboring localities in El Ávila National Park (Fig. 1037):

The type locality “Corosal”, which is presumably along the old road between Caracas and the coast [approximately 10.56– 10.57° N, 66.96° W].

La Venta, maybe less than 1 km from the type locality, presumably at approximately 10.554° N, 66.960° W. Both Corosal and La Venta appear to be slightly north of the border between Distrito Capital and La Guaira, i.e., in the state of La Guaira. Both localities were inaccessible to us due to security reasons.

Quebrada Quintero [10.517° N, 66.852° W] in the state of Miranda.