Carapoia paraguaensis González-Sponga, 1998

Huber, Bernhard A. & Villarreal, Osvaldo, 2020, On Venezuelan pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 718, pp. 1-317 : 36-38

Carapoia paraguaensis González-Sponga, 1998

Figs 102–105 , 1030, 1036

Carapoia paraguaensis González-Sponga, 1998: 19 , figs 1–10 (♂ ♀).

Carapoia paraguaensis – Huber 2000: 240, figs 947–954; 2005b: 555, figs 67–72, 89–90, 96; 2018: fig. 741. — Carvalho et al. 2017: 13.

Type material

VENEZUELA – Bolívar • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, 2 juvs types (see Notes below), MIZA 105736 ( MAGS 1178 ), “ río Carapo, en la base del tepui Guaiquinima ” [5.728° N, 63.534° W], 480 m a.s.l., 17 Feb. 1990 (L. Sanabria, M.A. González S.); examined .

New records

VENEZUELA – Bolívar • 4 ♂♂, ZFMK (Ar 21840), and 2 ♂♂ in pure ethanol, ZFMK (Ven18-171), La Neverita (8.0970° N, 62.6727° W), 225 m a.s.l., 13 Nov. 2018 (B.A. Huber, O. Villarreal M.) • 1 ♀, CAS (separated from 9027301), Río Caura , Campamento Cecilia Magdalena [approximately 6.3° N, 64.5° W, 250 m a.s.l.], 12 Apr. 1957 (collector not given). – Delta Amacuro • 8 ♂♂, 1 ♀, 1 juv., ZFMK (Ar 21839), and 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀ in pure ethanol, ZFMK (Ven18-166), between El Triunfo and Piacoa (8.5285° N, 62.2958° W), 75 m a.s.l., 12 Nov. 2018 (B.A. Huber, O. Villarreal M.) .

Notes

Contrary to the original description, the holotype is not physically separated from the paratypes; the specimens above are thus treated as ‘types’. The two males in the type vial appear indistinguishable, so there is currently no need to designate a lectotype. However, in addition to the two females of C. paraguaensis , the vial contains three females of Mesabolivar spinosus ( González-Sponga, 2005) . The original drawings of the female were made from correctly identified specimens.

Distribution

Widespread in the Guyana Highlands of eastern Venezuela , Guyana, and northern Brazil (Fig. 1036; see also Huber 2018: fig. 741). The two 2018 records above mark the most northern localities of this species known so far. The species has not been documented from north of the Orinoco River.

Natural history

This species was found in strongly curved, sometimes almost globular webs, close to the ground but exposed rather than hidden in protected spaces.

Figures

Figs 102–105. Carapoia paraguaensis González-Sponga, 1998; live males and females from Delta Amacuro, between El Triunfo and Piacoa. Note sexual color dimorphism.