Linothele cristata (Mello-Leitão, 1945)

Uruchus cristatus Mello-Leitão, 1945: 169 .

Linothele cristata – Raven 1985: 74, 75. — Silva-Moreira et al. 2010: 32. — Kury et al. 2018: 557.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Brazil • ♀; Minas Gerais; MNRJ probably lost.

TYPE LOCALITY. — Minas Gerais, Brazil.

DISTRIBUTION. — Only known from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS. — Linothele cristata may be distinguished from all other species of Linothele by the combined presence of divided scopula, a ventral pattern and a dorsal chevron pattern on the opisthosoma, together with its distribution.

DESCRIPTION (FOLLOWING Mello-Leitão 1945)

Male

Unknown.

Female

CT = 11. MC = 17-25. Colouration: “Carapace greenishbrown, with irradiating stripes mahogany brown. Chelicerae dark mahogany brown. Tarsi dark brown. Sternum, lip and maxillae light mahogany, the sternum with a margin sulphureous yellow.”; opisthosoma dorsally “with six pairs of oblique light stripes”, laterally “minutely spotted in light mahogany brown”; ventral pattern present. Clypeus: narrow. Leg formula 4123. Scopula divided. Leg tarsi pseudo-segmented.

REMARKS

The species was proposed by Mello-Leitão (1945) based on a single specimen. He mentioned the labium to be longer than wide, but also did so for the holotype of D. annulifila, of which the labium was clearly subquadrate. The holotype of U. cristatus could not be located in the collection of the MNRJ, where it should be deposited; see Silva-Moreira et al. (2010).

NATURAL HISTORY

Unknown.