Syspira monticola ( Bryant, 1948 ), 2020

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 : 424

Syspira monticola ( Bryant, 1948) combinatio nova

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Teminius monticolus Bryant, 1948: 411 , fig. 94 (female holotype from Loma Rucilla, Armando Bermúdez National Park , Santiago Province, ~ 1500–2450 m, June, 1938, P. Darlington, deposited in MCZ, examined).

Teminius monticola: Roewer, 1955: 407 .

Diagnosis. Females of S. monticola comb. n. resembles those of S. medialuna by having an atrial hood not projected ( Figs 5D , 8D ), but are readily recognized by having lower posterior plates and higher atrium ( Fig. 8D ).

Description. Male unknown. Female described by Bryant (1948).

Remarks. Collection efforts at the type and nearby localities, looking for new specimens, were unsuccessful. Vegetation in the type locality comprises a mixture of broadleaf and pine forest.

Distribution. Know only from the type locality ( Fig. 9 ).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Syspira medialuna Brescovit, Sánchez–Ruiz & Bonaldo. A–C Male (MNHNSD 09.1637), left palpal cymbium. D–F Female (MNHNSD 09.1541). 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 8. Syspira monticola (Bryant, 1948) comb. n., female holotype. A Left palpal tarsus, prolateral view. B Carapace, dorsal view. C Chelicerae, distal–retrolateral view. D Epigynum, ventral view. Scale bars. A–B = 1 mm; C–D = 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.