identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
522E2414FFF2BF0031D5FC77EF30FC5D.text	522E2414FFF2BF0031D5FC77EF30FC5D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Nopsma Sanchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo 2020	<div><p>Genus  Nopsma Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit &amp; Bonaldo, 2020</p><p>Nopsma Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit &amp; Bonaldo, 2020: 474 .</p><p>Type species</p><p>Nyetnops juchuy Dupérré, 2014 (by original designation).</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>See Sánchez-Ruiz et al. (2020)</p><p>Key for males of  Nopsma Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit &amp; Bonaldo, 2020 updated from Sánchez-Ruiz et al. (2021)</p><p>1. Dorsal carapace pattern formed by large spots (Fig. 7A–D) ....................................  N. rioja sp. nov.</p><p>– Dorsal carapace pattern formed by small black dots (Figs 1A, 4A, 5A) .......................................... 2</p><p>2. Large tegulum, reaching or exceeding the palpal tibia length (Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2020: figs 11b, 17b) ................................................................................................................................................... 3</p><p>– Small tegulum, not reaching the palpal tibia length (Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2020: figs 15b, 18b; Figs 2A, 4E, 5E) .............................................................................................................................................. 4</p><p>3. Elongated palpal tibia, two times the patella length (Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2020: fig. 11b), embolus projecting from the prolateral distal surface of the tegulum with a keel bordering the tip (Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2020: figs 11b–c,14a, d–f) .........  N. enriquei Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit &amp; Bonaldo, 2020</p><p>– Short palpal tibia, just a little longer than patella length (Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2020: fig. 17b), embolus projecting from the prolateral median surface of the tegulum with three very thin, long projections on the tip (Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2020: fig. 17b–c, f) ............................................................................ ...................................................................  N. armandoi Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit &amp; Bonaldo, 2020</p><p>4. Embolus protruding anteriorly (Figs 5E–G, 6C–D, 9E–G) .................................  N. putuime sp. nov.</p><p>– Embolus protruding distally or posteriorly (Figs 6A–C, 4E–G, 7E–G) ........................................... 5</p><p>5. Embolus anteriorly directed (Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2021: 386, figs 3c-d, 5c–d) .................................. ....................................................................  N. macagual Sánchez-Ruiz, Martínez &amp; Bonaldo, 2021</p><p>– Embolus posteriorly directed (Figs 2A–C, 4E–G, 5E–G) ................................................................ 6</p><p>6. Embolus with membranous keel restricted to the opening of embolus tip (Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2021: fig. 6g –h) ........................................................................................................................................... 7</p><p>– Embolus with a membranous keel at the opening, extended proximally towards the embolus shaft (Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2021: figs. 6e–f, 4e–g) ..................................................................................... 8</p><p>7. Embolus curved, cymbium elongated, more than 4 × as long as wide (Figs 2A–C, 3A–B) .............. ..........................................................................................................................  N. miraflores sp. nov.</p><p>– Embolus straight, cymbium less than 3.5 × as long as wide (Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2021: fig. 4e, g) .. ............................................................................  N. paya Sánchez-Ruiz, Martínez &amp; Bonaldo, 2021</p><p>8. Tegulum one-third of the cymbium length (Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2020: fig. 15b–d; Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2021: fig. 2c–d) ........................................................................................................................ 9</p><p>– Tegulum conspicuously small, only one-fifth the cymbium length (Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2020: fig. 18b–c) ..................................................  N. florencia Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit &amp; Bonaldo, 2020</p><p>9. Embolus with a membranous keel at the opening long, reaching more than one-third of the embolus shaft (Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2021: figs 2c–d, 5e–f) ............................................................................... ..........................................................................  N. leticia Sánchez-Ruiz, Martínez &amp; Bonaldo, 2021</p><p>– Embolus with a membranous keel at the opening short, reaching only one-fourth or less of the embolus shaft (Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2020: fig. 15b–d) .............................  N. juchuy (Dupérré, 2014)</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/522E2414FFF2BF0031D5FC77EF30FC5D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Villarreal-Blanco, Eduardo;Martínez, Leonel;Eyes-Escalante, Melisa	Villarreal-Blanco, Eduardo, Martínez, Leonel, Eyes-Escalante, Melisa (2025): Four new species of Nopsma Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020 (Arachnida: Caponiidae) from Peru. European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 21-37, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2807, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2807/12819
522E2414FFF3BF06327BFB86E92CFC89.text	522E2414FFF3BF06327BFB86E92CFC89.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Nospsma miraflores Villarreal-Blanco & Martínez & Eyes-Escalante 2025	<div><p>Nospsma miraflores sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: DE0D3513-E4BA-48EC-9463-064FB19B0CB4</p><p>Figs 1–3, 9A–B, 10</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Nospsma miraflores sp. nov. is similar to  N. macagual and  N. paya by having an oval tegulum with an embolus protruding anteriorly (but can be distinguished by the more elongated cymbium more than 4 × as long as wide and the tegulum very small 5 × shorter than the cymbium (Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2021: 386, fig. 3c–d; 387, fig. 4e–f; Fig. 2A–C). Females differ from those of  N. juchuy and  N. paya by having a triangular receptaculum without median concavity, instead straight in  N. juchuy and concave in distal margin on  N. paya (Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2021: fig 7a–b; Fig. 2D–E).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype</p><p>PERU • ♂; Loreto Department,  Miraflores; 69 m a.s.l.; 9–13 Jun. 2010; MUSM-ENT 0507358.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>PERU • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; MUSM-ENT 0515829 .</p><p>Description</p><p>Male (holotype (MUSM-ENT 0507358))</p><p>COLORATION (Fig. 1A–B, E, G). Carapace orange with conspicuous dorsal pattern. Chelicerae, endites and labium light orange, sternum orange-brownish. Legs light yellow. Abdomen pale gray, without dorsal noticeable pattern (Fig. 1A).</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Total length 4.24, carapace length 1.99, width 1.70, height 0.63. Clypeus height 0.41. Eye diameters and interdistances: PME 0.20, PME–PME 0.46. Chelicerae length 0.63. Sternum length 1.23, width 1.13. Legs: I: 7.02; II: 6.58; III: 6.09; IV: 8.49. Abdomen length 2.43.</p><p>PALP. Cymbium very long, more than 2× as long as palpal tibia; tegulum oval, longer than wide, embolus as long as palpal tibia, almost straight, widened in final third and membranous keel only at opening tip (Figs 2A–C, 3A–B, 8A–B).</p><p>Female (paratype (MUSM-ENT 0515829))</p><p>COLORATION AND ABDOMINAL PATTERN. As male, but with vivid color tones (Fig. 1C–D, F, H).</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Total length 4.82, carapace length 1.93, width 2.03, height 0.56. Clypeus height 0.35. Eye diameters and interdistances: PME 0.16, PME–PME 0.41. Chelicerae length 0.59. Sternum length 1.25, width 1.14. Legs: I: 6.32; II: 6.20; III: 5.72; IV: 8.00. Abdomen length 2.44.</p><p>GENITALIA. External genital area strongly sclerotized around spiracles (Fig. 2D). Internal genitalia with receptaculum with triangular shape (Fig. 2E).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Known only for the type locality in Loreto, Peru (Fig. 10).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/522E2414FFF3BF06327BFB86E92CFC89	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Villarreal-Blanco, Eduardo;Martínez, Leonel;Eyes-Escalante, Melisa	Villarreal-Blanco, Eduardo, Martínez, Leonel, Eyes-Escalante, Melisa (2025): Four new species of Nopsma Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020 (Arachnida: Caponiidae) from Peru. European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 21-37, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2807, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2807/12819
522E2414FFF6BF0B3284FEB1E9D0FAEC.text	522E2414FFF6BF0B3284FEB1E9D0FAEC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Nopsma nauta Villarreal-Blanco & Martínez & Eyes-Escalante 2025	<div><p>Nopsma nauta sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 77EC6745-0637-4547-82B3-59A26F8A165F</p><p>Figs 4, 6A–B, 9C–D, 10</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Nospsma nauta sp. nov. is similar to  N. leticia by having an oval tegulum with an embolus almost as long as the palpal tibia but can be distinguished by the very elongated cymbium more than 5 × as long as wide (3.2 × as long as width in  N. leticia) and the elongated small oval tegulum only as 1 /6 the length of the cymbium (¼ of length of the cymbium in  N. leticia) (Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2021: 385, fig. 2c–d; Fig. 4E–G).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype</p><p>PERU • ♂; Loreto Department, km 25 road to  Nauta; May 2005; A. Catenazzi leg.; MUSM-ENT 0506879.</p><p>Description</p><p>Male (holotype (MUSM-ENT 0507101))</p><p>COLORATION (Fig. 4A–D). Carapace orange-brownish with remarkable dorsal pattern form by several black dots. Chelicerae, endites and labium light orange, sternum orange-brownish, lighter in edges. Legs orange. Abdomen dorsally dark gray, without noticeable pattern (Fig. 4A). Ventrally gray darker close to spinnerets. Spinnerets yellow.</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Total length 4.33, carapace length 1.94, width 1.64, height 0.54. Clypeus height 0.35. Eye diameters and interdistances: PME 0.22, PME–PME 0.45. Chelicerae length 0.57. Sternum length 1.26, width 1.11. Legs: I: 6.78; II: 6.17; III: 5.90; IV: 7.92. Abdomen length 2.32.</p><p>PALP. Cymbium very long, 2 × as long as palpal tibia; tegulum oval, slightly longer than width, embolus almost as long as palpal tibia, with membranous keel in distal third (Figs 4E–G, 6A–B, 9C–D).</p><p>Female</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Known only for the type locality in Amazonas, Peru (Fig. 10).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/522E2414FFF6BF0B3284FEB1E9D0FAEC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Villarreal-Blanco, Eduardo;Martínez, Leonel;Eyes-Escalante, Melisa	Villarreal-Blanco, Eduardo, Martínez, Leonel, Eyes-Escalante, Melisa (2025): Four new species of Nopsma Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020 (Arachnida: Caponiidae) from Peru. European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 21-37, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2807, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2807/12819
522E2414FFF8BF083295FA34E9C9FD01.text	522E2414FFF8BF083295FA34E9C9FD01.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Nopsma putuime Villarreal-Blanco & Martínez & Eyes-Escalante 2025	<div><p>Nopsma putuime sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: CC54AF35-7CA0-4035-B5E9-2268246205C9</p><p>Figs 5A, 6C–D, 9E–F, 10</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Nopsma putuime sp. nov. is similar to  N. juchuy by having an enlarged tegulum with an embolus protruding anteriorly but can be distinguished by the embolus straighter, thicker and longer than the palpal cymbium (Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2020: 479, fig. 15b–d; Figs 5E–G, 6C–D, 9E–F).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype</p><p>PERU • ♂; Amazonas Department, Condorcanqui, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.93462&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-4.373603" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.93462/lat -4.373603)">Quebrada Putuime</a>; 4°22′24.97″ S, 77°56′4.64″ W; 311 m a.s.l.; 25 Aug. 2010; W. Paredes leg.; MUSM-ENT 0507101.</p><p>Description</p><p>Male (holotype (MUSM-ENT 0507101)) COLORATION (Fig. 5A–D). Carapace orange-brownish with disperse dorsal pattern form by several black dots. Chelicerae, endites and labium light orange, sternum orange-brownish. Legs light orange.</p><p>Abdomen dorsally dark gray, without noticeable pattern (Fig. 5A). Ventrally gray darker in edges. Spinnerets yellow.</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Total length 3.97, carapace length 1.78, width 1.48, height 0.46. Clypeus height 0.33. Eye diameters and interdistances: PME 0.18, PME–PME 0.38. Chelicerae length 0.55. Sternum length 1.15, width 1.02. Legs: I: 5.63; II: 3.42; III: 4.51; IV: 6.53. Abdomen length 2.14.</p><p>PALP. Tegulum oval, longer than width, embolus longer than palpal tibia, almost straight and widened from two thirds to end, membranous keel inconspicuous, restricted to tip (Figs 5E–G, 6C–D, 9E–F).</p><p>Female</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Known only for the type locality in Amazonas, Peru (Fig.10).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/522E2414FFF8BF083295FA34E9C9FD01	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Villarreal-Blanco, Eduardo;Martínez, Leonel;Eyes-Escalante, Melisa	Villarreal-Blanco, Eduardo, Martínez, Leonel, Eyes-Escalante, Melisa (2025): Four new species of Nopsma Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020 (Arachnida: Caponiidae) from Peru. European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 21-37, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2807, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2807/12819
522E2414FFFBBF0E3282FD59E9F9FD2B.text	522E2414FFFBBF0E3282FD59E9F9FD2B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Nopsma rioja Villarreal-Blanco & Martínez & Eyes-Escalante 2025	<div><p>Nopsma rioja sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: FC949F61-94C6-446B-A0EA-70C6A5C5493A</p><p>Figs 7–8, 9G–H, 10</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Nopsma rioja sp. nov. is similar to  N. florencia, by having the tegulum spherical, very small, up to 1 /5 the cymbium length, and embolus clearly longer than the palpal tibia, but can be distinguished by the dorsal carapace pattern form by large spots instead of small black dots, and the palpal embolus anteriorly directed (Sánchez-Ruiz et al. 2020: 483, fig.18c–d; Figs 7E–G, 8A–B).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype</p><p>PERU • ♂; San Martín Department, Rioja, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.34012&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-5.8120584" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.34012/lat -5.8120584)">Bajo Naranjillo</a>; 5°48′43.41″ S, 77°20′24.43″ W; 839 m a.s.l.; 27 Sep. 2009; W. Paredes and C. Albujar leg.; MUSM-ENT 0515822.</p><p>Description</p><p>Male (holotype (MUSM-ENT 0515822))</p><p>COLORATION (Fig. 7A–D). Carapace orange-brownish with a darker dorsal pattern. Chelicerae, endites and labium light orange, sternum orange-brownish. Legs orange. Abdomen dorsally gray, without noticeable pattern (Fig. 7A). Ventrally beige. Spinnerets beige.</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Total length 4.13, carapace length 1.89, width 1.53, height 0.50. Clypeus height 0.39. Eye diameters and interdistances: PME 0.17, PME–PME 0.44. Chelicerae length 0.66. Sternum length 1.24, width 1.07. Legs: I: 6.51; II: 6.06; III: 5.22; IV: 7.72. Abdomen length 2.31.</p><p>PALP. Very small spherical tegulum, embolus longer than palpal tibia, membranous keel inconspicuous, restricted to final third (Figs 7E–G, 8, 9G–H).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Known only for the type locality in San Martín, Peru (Fig. 10).</p><p>Remarks</p><p>The genus  Nopsma, with the new species described here, now comprises 11 species, distributed from Nicaragua to southern Peru. Peru harbors the highest diversity, with five species, followed by Colombia with four species, while Nicaragua and Ecuador each have one species.</p><p>The distribution of the genus currently falls into three main groups, separated by the Andean Mountain range: species distributed along the Pacific margin of South America ( N. florencia and  N. juchuy), species with an Amazonian distribution (the remaining species), and a Central American species,  N. armandoi, which occurs in Nicaragua. The genus has always been recorded in lowland areas below 1000 m a.s.l. The highest record is  N. rioja sp. nov., found in San Martín, Peru, at 839 m a.s.l., although the greatest diversity is observed at elevations ranging from 69 to 320 m a.s.l.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/522E2414FFFBBF0E3282FD59E9F9FD2B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Villarreal-Blanco, Eduardo;Martínez, Leonel;Eyes-Escalante, Melisa	Villarreal-Blanco, Eduardo, Martínez, Leonel, Eyes-Escalante, Melisa (2025): Four new species of Nopsma Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020 (Arachnida: Caponiidae) from Peru. European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 21-37, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2807, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2807/12819
