Speocera bioforestae, Dupérré, Nadine, 2015

Dupérré, Nadine, 2015, Descriptions of twelve new species of ochyroceratids (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) from mainland Ecuador, Zootaxa 3956 (4), pp. 451-475 : 453

Speocera Berland 1914

Composition in America. S. amazonica Brignoli 1978 , S. bioforestae sp. n., S. decui Dumitrescu & Georgescu 1992 , S. eleonorae Baptista 2003 , S. irritans Brignoli 1978 , S. jacquemarti Baert & Malefait 1986 , S. jucunda Brignoli 1979 , S. molesta Brignoli 1978 , S. musgo sp. n., S. onorei Baert 2014 , S. violacea sp. n.

Distribution in America. Mexico, Cuba, Ecuador and Brazil.

Diagnosis. Promargin of chelicerae with a series of six to seven teeth reaching the lamina ( Figs 4 , 12 ). Tracheal spiracle between the epigastric fold and spinnerets. Carapace slightly longer than wide ( Fig. 1). Clypeus almost vertical, short (1 to 3 x PME); tip of labium notched. Legs short ( Fig. 1). Male palpal tibia without apophysis; palpal cymbium without prolateral extension; male palpal bulb spherical or oval, embolus with associated sclerites ( Figs 3 , 8 , 9 ).

Figures

FIGURES 2 – 5. Speocera bioforestae sp. n. Male. 2 – 4. Female. 5. 2. Palp, retrolateral view. 3. Palp, prolateral view (arrow point to tibial enlargement). 4. Chelicerae, posterior view. 5. Internal genitalia, ventral view.

FIGURES 9 – 12. Speocera musgo sp. n. Male 9 – 10. Female 11 – 12. 9. Palp, retrolateral view. 10. Palp, prolateral view. 11. Internal genitalia, dorsal view. 12. Chelicerae, posterior view.

FIGURES 6 – 8. Speocera violacea sp. n. Male 6 – 8. 6. Habitus, dorsal view. 7. Palp, retrolateral view. 8. Palp, prolateral view.