Masteria lucifuga ( Simon, 1889 )

Passanha, Victor & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2018, On the Neotropical spider Subfamily Masteriinae (Araneae, Dipluridae), Zootaxa 4463 (1), pp. 1-73 : 21

Masteria lucifuga ( Simon, 1889)

( Figs 11A–E , 32 )

Accola lucifuga Simon, 1889: 191 ; Simon, 1892: 190, fig. 130.

Accola cyclops Simon, 1889: 192 . New synonymy.

Accola tovarensis Simon, 1889: 192 . New synonymy.

Masteria lucifuga: Raven, 1979: 628 .

Masteria cyclops: Raven, 1979: 628 .

Masteria tovarensis: Raven, 1979: 628 .

Types. VENEZUELA. ♀ holotype ( Accola lucifuga ), Colonia Tovar , 10°24’20”N; 67°17’22”W, Aragua, deposited in MNHN 9870 AR4989, examined . Holotype ( Accola cyclops ), Caracas , deposited in MNHN 4869 AR4993, examined . Holotype ( Accola tovarensis ), Colonia Tovar , 10°24’20”N; 67°17’22”W, Aragua, deposited in MNHN, no number, examined.

Synonymy. The female of Masteria lucifuga and immature of M. tovarensis , both from Colonia Tovar, and the immature of M. cyclops from Caracas were described by Simon (1889) with no diagnostic characters, such as pattern of eyes, leg formula and color pattern. The holotypes of the species described by Simon were examined and were all morphologically the same as Masteria lucifuga , especially in external body characters and distribution. The name M. lucifuga was maintained for page priority and is considered a senior synonym of both M. tovarensis and M. cyclops .

Figures

FIGURE 11. Masteria lucifuga (Simon, 1889). (Holotype, Colonia Tovar, Aragua, Venezuela). A Female eyes, dorsal view; B Body in dorsal view; C Body in ventral view; D, E Female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale bar: A 0.2mm; B, C 1mm; D, E 0.1mm. Images by Hector Gonzalez Filho.

FIGURE 32. Distribution map of Masteria species.