PROTUS BOLIVARI (ROEWER, 1952) COMB. NOV.

(FIGS 1G, H, 30–32)

Cynortula bolivari Roewer, 1952: 43, fig. 26. Type data: Holotype, Peru. San Martín: Juanjui, Huallaga River above 350 m, [–7.20416°, –76.73819°, 350 m], 1 ♂ (SMF RII 9813 /277, not examined) . Paratypes: Same data as holotype 1 ♂ (WPC, not examined)

Non-type material: Peru. [San Martín]: Juanjui, Huallaga River, [–7.20416°, –76.73819°, 350 m], Ortiz & Beltran leg., examined by photograph, 1 ♀ (AMNH). Madre de Dios: distrito de Tambopata, Reserva Nacional de Tambopata [–12.82822°, –69.29056°], 1 ♂ (USNMENT 511638); [–12.52339°, –71.18131°], 1 ♂ (USNMENT 511626); Zona reservada Tambopata [–12.83333°, –69.28333°, 290 m], J Coddington leg., 7.vi.1988, (post-fire material) 1 ♂ (USNMENT 1538074); 8.vi.1988, (post-fire material) 1 ♀ (USNMENT 1538075) .

Diagnosis: It differs from the other members of Protus by having area III armed with larger paramedian yellow tubercles than those of area II (Fig. 31A–C), DS with scattered yellow dots in abdomen and carapace (Fig. 31A) and by the combination of the following features: carapace with a thin, yellow stripe bordering anterior margin of carapace (Fig. 31A), VP of the penis not elongated and with distal border substraight (Fig. 32C), stylus with short wattle (Fig. 32D).