Ciniflella lutea Mello-Leitão, 1921

Brescovit, Antonio Domingos, Grismado, Cristian J., Almeida-Silva, Lina M. & Ramirez, Martin J., 2025, On the Neotropical spider genus Ciniflella Mello-Leitão, 1921 (Araneae: Zoropsidae, Tengellinae), Zootaxa 5563 (1), pp. 345-381 : 355-358

Ciniflella lutea Mello-Leitão, 1921

Figs 2 , 26C–D , 27

Ciniflella lutea Mello-Leitão, 1921: 179 (female holotype from Nitheroy (currently Niterói [-22.89° -43.10°]), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, no coll., no date (MNRJ 939, MLPC 392, examined, not lost in the 2018 fire); Lehtinen 1967: 223.

Altellopsis luteus Mello-Leitão, 1924: 275 (female holotype MLPC 392, same as in Ciniflella lutea ). First synonymized by Roewer, 1955: 1304.

Paraltellopsis luteus : Mello-Leitão 1925: 455. First synonymized by Roewer 1955: 1304.

Diagnosis. The female can be distinguished from those of other Ciniflella species by the large median plate of the epigyne with acute lateral projections ( Figs 2D , 26C ).

Note. This species has been described twice from the same specimen, as Ciniflella lutea Mello-Leitão, 1921 and Altellopsis luteus Mello-Leitão, 1924 (see also Moreira et al. 2010), hence these names are objective synonyms, as well as Paraltellopsis luteus ( Mello-Leitão, 1925) . The labels with the holotype read “ Altellopsis lutea Typus / Nitheroy”, “939” ( Fig. 2C ).

Description. Male. Unknown.

Female (holotype). Specimen dried, carapace and legs yellowish brown, sternum cream. Opisthosoma yellowish gray ( Fig. 2A ). Total length 4.2. Carapace 2.0 long, 1.3 wide. Clypeus 0.08 high. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.08, ALE 0.10, PME 0.10, PLE 0.10, AME–AME 0.05, AME–ALE 0.10, PME–PME 0.05, PME–PLE 0.10, ALE–PLE 0.03, AME–PME 0.08. Leg measurements: I: femur 1.4/ patella 0.7/ tibia 1.3/ metatarsus 1.1/ tarsus 0.6/ total 5.1; II: 1.3/0.6/1.1/1.0/0.6/4.6; III: 1.3/0.5/0.8/1.2/0.5/4.3; IV: 1.7/0.7/1.3/1.8/0.7/6.2. Leg formula: 4123. Leg spination follows the genus pattern. Epigyne: median plate large, rhomboidal, with acute lateral projections ( Figs 2D–E , 26C ); copulatory ducts short, spermathecae simple ( Figs. 2D–E , 26D ).

Other material examined. None.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality, in Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil (Fig. 27).

Figures

FIGURE 2A−E. Ciniflella lutea Mello-Leitão, 1921. Female (holotype): A habitus, dorsal view. B Spinnerets and cribellum, ventral view. C Labels of the specimen. D Epigyne, ventral view. E Same, dorsal view.

FIGURE 26A–F. Epigynes in ventral (A, C, E) and dorsal view (B, D, F). A–B Ciniflella armasi sp. nov. C–D Ciniflella lutea Mello-Leitão, 1921, holotype. E–F Ciniflella pains sp. nov.