Gelanor siquirres new species

(Figs. 44, 48)

Type. Female holotype, COSTA RICA, Siquirres Canton. 20–23.v.1994. F. Schrader leg. (AMNH). Additional material examined. None.

Etymology. The species epithet is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

Diagnosis. Females of Gelanor siquirres n. sp. can be distinguished from the other congeneric species by the unique “mushroom” shape of its epigynum in ventral view, with a wide septum (Fig. 44 I, J).

Description. Female holotype. Habitus as in Figs. 44 A–D. Total length 5.52. Carapace orange. Cephalothorax 3.20 long, 2.45 wide, 1.00 high; abdomen white 2.32 long, 2.63 wide, 2.21 high. Sternum light brown 1.64 long, 1.25 wide. Labium 0.47 long, 0.40 wide, darker than the sternum. Clypeus 0.13 high. AME interdistance 0.27; PME interdistance 0.13; PME–AME distance 0.29; AME–ALE distance 0.36; PME–PLE distance 0.45. Chelicerae pale yellow (Figs. 44 D, E). ChL 1.26, ChW1 0.66; ChW2 0.71. Epigynum as in Figs. 45 F–L, with a wide septum; spermathecae rounded and less than one diameter apart, not externally fused (Fig. 44 K).

Variation. Unknown, only one adult specimen available for study.

Distribution. Only known by its type locality in Siquirres, Costa Rica (Fig. 48).

Tr Fm Pt Tb Mt Ta

Palp 0.11 0.97 0.42 0.78 0.99

Leg I 0.13 4.06 1.01 4.02 4.32 2.03

Leg II 0.09 3.91 1.02 3.06 3.18 1.41

Leg III 0.21 2.55 0.65 1.71 1.13 0.8

Leg IV 0.24 2.78 0.61 2.07 1.98 0.72