Berlandiella Mello-Leitão, 1929

Pantoja, Paulo, Drago-Bisneto, Marcos & Saturnino, Regiane, 2020, Updates on Berlandiella (Araneae: Philodromidae): a new species, description of the male of B. querencia and new diagnosis for the genus, Zoologia (e 37384) 37, pp. 1-13 : 2

Berlandiella Mello-Leitão, 1929

Berlandiella Mello-Leitão, 1929: 107 , 122, 260, 264, 265 (type species Berlandiella insignis Mello-Leitão, 1929 , by original designation). Lise & Silva, 2011: 350–373.

Updated diagnosis. Berlandiella is similar to Paracleocnemis , Procleocnemis Mello-Leitão, 1929 and Metacleocnemis Mello-Leitão, 1929 due to general morphology, however, differs from Metacleocnemis for having little evident thoracic fovea; from Procleocnemis due to smaller and closer PME relative to the PLE, oval abdomen and legs III-IV of similar length to legs I-II; they differ from Paracleocnemis in having a longer than wide cephalothorax and posterior eye row more recurved than the anterior. Berlandiella is distinguished from the other neotropical genera of Philodromidae by the following set of characters: carapace covered by erect and robust bristles ( Figs 19–20), elongated oval abdomen, legs of similar size, densely covered with bristles ( Fig. 43) and strong ventral macrosetae ( Figs 1, 41), metatarsi I-II much smaller compared to the tibiae; epigynum with a more or less wide epigynal groove and small copulation opening (Figs Figs 4–7, 29, 30); male palpus covered with bristles ( Fig. 13), bulky and ellipsoid bulb ( Figs 8, 9, 31, 32), free and short embolus ( Figs 8, 11, 12, 31), cymbial process present or absent ( Figs 8-10, 15, 16, 31-33).