Enna venezuelana new species

Figs 7, 8

Type. Female holotype from Tach, 20 km from San Cristo, Venezuela [10°30’00.22”N, 66°55’00.13’W], 20– 22.V.1974, S. Peck (MCZ).

Etymology. The specific name is a noun and refers to the type locality.

Diagnosis. The females of E. venezuelana sp. nov. resembles those of E. baeza Silva, Lise & Carico, 2008 by the general shape of the middle field (MF) of the epigynum (Silva et al. 2008, p. 93, fig. 79), but can be distinguished by the presence of conspicuous lateral lobes (LL) (Fig. 7) and by the absence of distal projections on the head of spermathecae (Fig. 8).

Description. Female (Holotype, Tach, Venezuela, MCZ). Total length 9.51. Carapace, 4.15 long, 3.56 wide, light brown, darker laterally; fovea with dark mark. Clypeus light brown with small dark bristles anteriorly, 0.36 high. Anterior eye row straight, 0.98 wide; posterior 1.78 wide. Eye diameters, interdistances, and median ocular quadrangle: AME 0.20, ALE 0.16, PME 0.26, PLE 0.28; AME-AME 0.12, AME-ALE 0.10, PME-PME 0.44, PME-PLE 0.34, OQA 0.46, OQP 0.96, OQH 0.62. Chelicerae reddish-brown, bristly; promargin and retromargin of fang furrow with three teeth equidistant and equal in size. Sternum yellow, scattered setae; 1.90 long, 1.99 wide. Labium dark brown, light distally, 0.58 long, 0.74 wide. Legs light brown with dark brown spots on femora, relative length: IV-I-II-III. Leg measurements: I—femur 5.58/ tibia-patella 7.98/ metatarsus 5.98/ tarsus 2.52/ total 22.06; II—6.11/ 5.98/ 5.85/ 2.26/ 20.20; III—5.32/ 5.95/ 4.78/ 1.72/ 17.77; IV—5.98/ 7.71/ 6.65/ 2.22/ 22.56. Ventral pairs of macrosetae on tibiae: I-4; II-4; III-3; IV-3. Abdomen 5.22 long, dark brown with two pairs of sigilla. Venter grayish, unmarked. Middle field of the epigynum (MF) with a small, short scape-like projection (Fig. 7). Head of spermathecae rounded and with conspicuous fertilization ducts (FD) (Fig. 8).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Tach, Venezuela).

Male. Unknown.