Dipoena esra Levi, 1963

(Figures 37–40)

Dipoena esra Levi, 1963: 161, figs. 119–121 (Female holotype from Tingo María, Huánuco, Peru; 08.X.1946; J. C. Pallister col.; deposited in American Museum of Natural History, New York, not examined); Platnick, 2013.

Diagnosis. The male palp of Dipoena esra differs from other species of the genus in the the theridioid tegular apophysis (Fig. 37) longer, with developed ventral projection.

Description. Male (MCN 39148): Total length 1.63. Carapace length 0.79, width 0.71. Clypeus height 0.63. Sternum length 0.39, width 0.37. Abdomen length 0.73, width 0.92, height 0.90. Leg formula I/IV/II/III; segment length (I/II/III/IV): femora 0.71/0.63/0.54/0.71; patellae + tibiae 0.75/0.65/0.56/0.75; metatarsi + tarsi 0.65/0.60/ 0.56/0.63; total 2.11/1.88/1.66/2.09. Eye diameter and interdistance: AME 0.10, ALE 0.05, PME 0.06 and PLE 0.05; AME–AME 0.06, AME–ALE 0.02, PME–PME 0.05, PME–PLE 0.07. Eyes (Fig. 38) with dark borders. Carapace high (Fig. 39), with grooves (Fig. 38), yellow, darkened in median portion, with macrosetae. Sternum, endites and labium yellow. Legs (Fig. 40) yellow, femora with darkened rings, metatarsi covered with dark brown dots. Patellae and tibiae with two dorsal macrosetae. Femur I (Figs. 40) and II swollen proximally. Abdomen with macrosetae (Figs. 38, 39), dorsum yellow-white, sides dark brown and venter yellow with longitudinal darkened spot. Spinnerets yellow.

Female. Described by Levi (1963: 161; figs. 119–121).

Variation. Males (n=3). Total length 1.40–1.70; carapace length 0.58–0.81; femur I 0.69–0.73. Abdomen color pattern from yellow-white, yellow to dark brown.

Remarks. Males and females were collected together in various localities in Brazil.

Material examined. BRAZIL. Amazonas: Coari, Base de Operações Geólogo P. de Moura, Porto Urucu (04°51’56”S; 65° 20’02”W), IX. 2006, C. A. C. Santos Jr. col., two females (MCN 45006); D. F. Candiani col., one male (MCN 45007). Pará: Almeirin, Reserva do Pacanari, Monte Dourado (0°51’55”S; 52°32’22”W), 17.II.2003, J. A. P. Barreiros col., one male, one female (MCN 39148); D. D. Guimarães col., one male, one female (MCN 39158).

Distribution. Peru (Huánuco) and Brazil (Amazonas and Pará).