Carapoia paraguaensis González-Sponga, 1998: 19
Carapoia paraguaensis
Huber 2000: 240
Carvalho et al. 2017: 13
On Venezuelan pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae)
Huber, Bernhard A.
Villarreal, Osvaldo
European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-10-01
718
1
317
R2Y2
Gonzalez-Sponga, 1998
Gonzalez-Sponga
1998
[509,1079,1795,1821]
Arachnida
Pholcidae
Carapoia
Animalia
Araneae
35
36
Arthropoda
species
paraguaensis
Figs 102–105, 1030, 1036
Carapoia paraguaensis González-Sponga, 1998: 19, figs 1–10 (♂ ♀). Carapoia paraguaensis– Huber 2000: 240, figs 947–954; 2005b: 555, figs 67–72, 89–90, 96; 2018: fig. 741. — Carvalho et al.2017: 13.
Typematerial VENEZUELA– Bolívar• 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, 2 juvstypes (see Notes below), MIZA 105736( MAGS 1178), “ río Carapo, en la base del tepui Guaiquinima” [ 5.728° N, 63.534° W], 480 ma.s.l., 17 Feb. 1990( L. Sanabria, M.A. González S.); examined. New records VENEZUELA– Bolívar • 4 ♂♂, ZFMK(Ar 21840), and 2 ♂♂in pure ethanol, ZFMK(Ven18-171), La Neverita( 8.0970° N, 62.6727° W), 225 ma.s.l., 13 Nov. 2018( B.A. Huber, O. Villarreal M.)• 1 ♀, CAS(separated from 9027301), Río Caura, Campamento Cecilia Magdalena[approximately 6.3° N, 64.5° W, 250 ma.s.l.], 12 Apr. 1957(collector notgiven). – Delta Amacuro• 8 ♂♂, 1 ♀, 1 juv., ZFMK(Ar 21839), and 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀in pure ethanol, ZFMK(Ven18-166), between El Triunfo and Piacoa( 8.5285° N, 62.2958° W), 75 ma.s.l., 12 Nov. 2018( B.A. Huber, O. Villarreal M.). Notes Contrary to the original description, the holotypeis notphysically separated from the paratypes; the specimens above are thus treated as ‘types’. The two males in the type vial appear indistinguishable, so there is currently no need to designate a lectotype. However, in addition to the two females of C. paraguaensis, the vial contains three females of Mesabolivar spinosus( González-Sponga, 2005). The original drawings of the female were made from correctly identified specimens.
Distribution Widespread in the GuyanaHighlands of eastern Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil(Fig. 1036; see also Huber 2018: fig. 741). The two 2018 records above mark the most northern localities of this species known so far. The species has notbeen documented from north of the Orinoco River. Natural history This species was found in strongly curved, sometimes almost globular webs, close to the ground but exposed rather than hidden in protected spaces.
rio Carapo, en la base del tepui Guaiquinima
1990-02-17
MIZA, MAGS
L. Sanabria & M. A. Gonzalez S.
Venezuela
480
5.728
Bolivar
78
-63.534
36
37
MIZA 105736, MAGS 1178
6
2
2
Bolivar
holotype
2018-11-13
ZFMK
B. A. Huber & O. Villarreal M.
Venezuela
Ar
225
8.097
La Neverita
7
-62.6727
Ven
36
37
6
6
Bolivar
1957-04-12
CAS
250
6.3
Rio Caura
7832
-64.5
Rio Caura
36
37
1
1
Delta Amacuro
2018-11-12
ZFMK
B. A. Huber & O. Villarreal M.
75
8.5285
Ven
7
-62.2958
Ar
36
37
14
4
9
Delta Amacuro