Pholcommatinae Simon, 1894

Brescovit, Antonio D., Vasconcellos-Neto, João & Villanueva-Bonilla, German Antonio, 2020, Notes on the “ Pinocchio-cobweb-spider ” Craspedisia cornuta (Keyserling, 1891) from southeastern of Brazil (Theridiidae, Pholcommatinae), Zootaxa 4750 (2), pp. 211-224 : 212

Subfamily Pholcommatinae Simon, 1894

Craspedisia Simon, 1894

Craspedisia Simon, 1894: 580 . Type species by original designation and monotypy, Umfila cornuta Keyserling.

Diagnosis. Species of Craspedisia may be separated from the species of other Neotropical Pholcommatinae ( Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1880 , Cerocida Simon, 1894 ; Phoroncidia Westwood, 1835 ; Stemmops O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 ; Styposis Simon, 1894 and Wirada Keyserling, 1886 ) by the males having conspicuous proboscis in the region of the clypeus ( Fig. 1 C-F). Females could be confused with those of Wirada , by body shape, with rounded abdomen, with dorsal black spots and ventral abdominal plates (See Lise et. al., 2009: Figs. 14, 16, 36–37), but differ by the presence of a large colulus replaced by three setae, whereas in Wirada and the other Neotropical pholcommatines the colulus is represented only by two setae ( Fig. 7D ; see Levi & Levi, 1962, fig. 2).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Craspedisia cornuta (IBSP 215592). A. Male body, dorsal view; B. Lateral view; C. Carapace, lateral view; D. Female body, dorsal view; E. Abdomen, ventral view; F. Epigynum, ventral view.

FIGURE 7. Craspedisia cornuta (IBSP 215582), female. A. Epigynal plate, ventral view; B. Same, anterior region, ventral view; C. Same, detail of anterior plate, ventral view; D. Colulus, ventral view; E. Epigynum, ventral view; F. Same, variation, ventral view.