Paravima goodnightorum Caporiacco, 1951

Figs 1, 2, 3, 18, 19C-F

Paravima goodnightorum Caporiacco, 1951: 11, figs 5a-b; González-Sponga, 1987: 475, figs 606-611; Kury, 2003: 31.

Paravima flumencaurimarensis = Paravima flumencaurimarensis González-Sponga 1987: 470, figs 600-605; Kury 2003: 31. syn. nov.

Diagnosis.

Paired tubercles on the mesotergal area III mammilliform, with blunt tip shorter than the base (in P. locumida the tip is acute and slightly higher than the base; in the remaining species, the mesotergal area III is unornamented or exhibits conical or domed tubercles).

Description.

See González-Sponga (1987). Here we offer a complementary description based on MNRJ 18301 and MIZA 0105921: Anterior and lateral margins of DS smooth, sometimes variegated. (Figs 2A, B, 3A-D). Mesotergum ill delimited, divided into four areas: area I divided into two halves, areas II-IV undivided; areas I, II, and IV with a pair of granules, area III with a pair of paramedian mammilliform tubercles darker than the rest of the mesotergum and higher than the ocularium (Figs 1A-D, 2B, D, E, 3A-D). Posterior margin of DS substraight, smooth (sometimes with some granules). Free tergites I-III with granules (Fig. 2B). Anterior margin of coxa I with two rows of median irregular tubercles (Figs 1E, 2C). Cheliceral hand swollen. Legs increasing in thickness from leg I to leg IV; Fe IV three times DS length (Fig. 2A); Pa IV with some granules (Fig. 3K); Ti IV thickened distally (Fig. 3K). Penis with small LP (height shorter than width), apex with anterolateral crescent-shaped corners (Fig. 3E-J). Hammer (malleus) with three pairs of branched MS-A (see Remarks); one pair of branched MS-B (Fig. 3A, G-J); two pairs of MS-D (Fig. 3E, F, H-J); one pair of MS-E2 large and branched, MS-E1 absent (Fig. 3E, G-J). Stylus elongated, sigmoidal, surpassing the lamina parva (Fig. 3E-J).

Distribution.

Known from Distrito Capital, Aragua, La Guaira and Miranda states, in the Venezuelan biogeographic province (Morrone et al. 2022) (Fig. 18).

Material examined.

Type material: Paravima goodnightorum: Syntype ♀, VENEZUELA, Distrito Federal, El Junquito | v.1949 | Marcuzzi leg. (MBUCV, lost) ; 2 ♂ syntypes, Rancho Grande | 31.xii.1949 | Monk leg. (MBUCV, lost) ; 1 ♂ neotype (designated by González-Sponga, 1987), El Junquito | [10.460146°, -67.074705°] | A.R. Delgado de Gonzalez, J.A. González Delgado, and M.A. González-Sponga leg. (MBUCV 1195, not examined).- Paravima flumencaurimarensis: 1 ♂ holotype, VENEZUELA, Miranda, Sucre, Urbanización La Urbina Norte, Caurimare river | [10.49355° -66.80486°] | 850 m | 3.vi.1979, M. von Dangel [Miguel von Dangel], J.A. González Delgado, and M.A. González-Sponga leg. (MCNC 963) .- Paratypes 1 ♀, same data as holotype (MCNC 964); 7 ♂ 9 ♀, same data as for preceding, 26.i.1985 (MAGS, not examined) . - Other material: VENEZUELA: 1 ♂ 5 ♀ 1 imm., La Guaira (not Aragua, as originally stated in the label), Colonia Tovar, [near Villa Bahareque], [10.4273°, -67.235°], xii. 2002, A. Pérez, A. Giupponi leg. (MNRJ 18301*) (New Record) ; 2 ♂, El Limón, 10.4774°, -67.2819°, forest along stream, 1235 m, 21.ii.2020, O. Villarreal, B.A. Huber leg. (MIZA 0105911) (New Record); 76 ex., a 4 km de la Colonia Tovar y en la desviación hacía la Hacienda El Limón, Aragua y Distrito Capital (now La Guaira), 2200 m, 10.i.1981, 27.iii.1981 and 4.iv.1981, A.R. Delgado, M.A. González S. leg. (MAGS 237 (MIZA 0105931)) ; 1 ♂, same data as previous, dissected (MIZA 0105920); 11 ex., Picacho de Galipan, [10.5639°, -66.9112°], [1850 m a.s.l.], 23.ix.1982, M. von Dangel leg. (MAGS 545 (MIZA 0105929)) .- 2 ♀, Miranda, San Antonio de los Altos, [10.3885°, -66.9517°], 1250 m, 13.vii.1974, J.M. Ayala leg. (MAGS 5 (MIZA 0105928)) (New Record) ; 1 ♂ 4 ♀, cerro El Volcán, El Topito, 10.4144°, -66.8474°, 1300 m, 6.iv.2022, O. Villarreal, Q. Arias leg. (MIZA 0105904) (New Record) ; 2 ♂ 3 ♀, Jardines Topotepuy, bosque nublado, 10.4180°, -66.8530°, 1460 m, 12.xi.2019, O. Villarreal, J. Rodríguez leg. (MIZA 0105905) (New Record) ; 3 ♀ 2 ♂, Jardines Topotepuy, bosque nublado, 10.4187°, -66.8533°, 1470 m, 12.xi.2019, O. Villarreal, J. Rodríguez leg. (MNRJ 60618) (New Record) ; 6 ♀ 2 ♂, Cerro El Volcán, Jardines Topotepuy, 10.4182N, 66.8534W, 1440 m, 07.iv.2022, Villarreal O., Arias C. leg. (MIZA 0105871) ; 1 ♀, Parque Vinicio Adames, [10.39643°, -66.89329°], 1000 m, 11.vii.1979, ARDG [Angela Rosa Delgado de González], JAGD [ José Antonio González Delgado] and MAGS [Manuel Ángel González Sponga] leg. (MAGS 230) (MIZA 0105930) ; 1 ♀, Distrito Federal, Parque Nacional El Ávila, Los Venados, 1500 m, 9.x.1989, E. González S., M. A. González-Sponga leg. (MAGS 1115 (MIZA 0105921)) ; 1 ♂, Río Curimare, Distrito Sucre, 1000 m, 3.vi.1979, M. von Dangel, J.A. González Delgado, M.A. González-Sponga leg.(MIZA 0105918) ; 6 ♂ 13 ♀, same data as previous (MAGS 208 (MIZA 0105919)) .

Remarks.

The female specimen MAGS 1115 (MIZA 0105921), identified by González-Sponga as P. flumencaurimarensis, seems to correspond to one of the female paratypes of P. flumencaurimarensis cited in type data above as MAGS, without number. The penis drawing ( González-Sponga 1987: 473, fig. 604) shows one pair of MS-D and two pairs of MS-A, but after studying males from four localities (including paratypes of P. flumencaurimarensis and P. goodnightorum) (Fig. 3A-D, H-J), all exhibited two pairs of MS-D, and three pairs of MS-A. Likewise, we have found a subtle unnoticed variation in the color patterns of the dorsal shield (Fig. 3A-D) and in the shape of the mammilliform tubercles of the mesotergal area III (Fig. 3L-P). The right lateral SEM image (Fig. 3E) of the penis shows three MS-A, but the dorsal view (Fig. 3F) shows two pairs of MS-A on the left side. We consider the common in the genus is three pairs of MS-A, as seen in all other species of Paravima . The LP is slightly collapsed (Fig. 3E), this collapse could be an artifact of the preparation of the genitals, which can be reflected into slight variations in the drawings (Fig. 3H-J).