Linothele macrothelifera Strand, 1908

Drolshagen, Bastian & Bäckstam, Christian M., 2021, A taxonomic review of the mygalomorph spider genus Linothele Karsch, 1879 (Araneae, Dipluridae), Zoosystema 43 (10), pp. 163-196 : 178-179

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a10

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4721094

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scientific name

Linothele macrothelifera Strand, 1908
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Linothele macrothelifera Strand, 1908 View in CoL

( Figs 11 View FIG ; 17 View FIG F-H)

Linothele macrothelifera Strand, 1908: 771 View in CoL .

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Colombia • ♀; “ Popayan de Cauca ” [ Popayán ]; 1700 m a.s.l.; S. Lehmann leg.; SMF Nr. 2680-86 examined.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Colombia • 1 undet.; Valle del Cauca, near Queremal ; 1600 m a.s.l.; VIII.1977; W. G. Eberhard leg.; MCZ-76021 1 ♀; Valle del Cauca, near Cali ; 1300 m a.s.l.; IX.1972; W. G. Eberhard leg.; MCZ-76023 .

TYPE LOCALITY. — Popayán, Colombia.

DISTRIBUTION. — Valle del Cauca, Colombia.

DIAGNOSIS. — Females of Linothele macrothelifera differ from those of most other species of Linothele by the presence of preening-combs ( Fig. 11A, B View FIG ). Females may further be distinguished from those of L. spinosa n. sp. by their shorter spermathecae stalks lacking an elongated vesicle ( Fig. 11C, D View FIG ) and their distribution.

DESCRIPTION

Male

Unknown.

Female

Colouration in alcohol: Prosoma, chelicerae, legs and pedipalps pale, yellow; opisthosoma with distinct patterns, mid-dorsally consisting of quadrate spots anteriorly, which become more rectangular posteriorly, or can be interconnected, forming longitudinal lines, laterally with several spots, ventrally with longitudinal lines and spots ( Fig. 17 View FIG F- H); maculae absent. Clypeus: narrow. Leg formula: 4123. Scopula divided. Preening-combs present, see Figure 11A, B View FIG . Leg tarsi pseudo-segmented. Spinnerets: apical segments of the PLS rigid. Spermathecae: consisting of two stalks with broad bases, bearing several vesicles at 1:2–1:3A and a short globular apex, see Figure 11C, D View FIG .

Variability

CL = 5.3-5.4. CT = 9-10. MC = 24-33.

NATURAL HISTORY

According to Eberhard & Hazzi (2013), L. macrothelifera build sheet webs on the surface of forest leaf litter.

SMF

Germany, Frankfurt-am-Main, Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg

SMF

Forschungsinstitut und Natur-Museum Senckenberg

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Dipluridae

Genus

Linothele

Loc

Linothele macrothelifera Strand, 1908

Drolshagen, Bastian & Bäckstam, Christian M. 2021
2021
Loc

Linothele macrothelifera

STRAND E. 1908: 771
1908
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