Gelanor moyobamba, Ligia R. Benavides & Gustavo Hormiga, 2016

Ligia R. Benavides & Gustavo Hormiga, 2016, Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical pirate spiders of the genus Gelanor Thorell, 1869 (Araneae, Mimetidae) with the description of five new species, Zootaxa 4064 (1), pp. 1-72 : 52

Gelanor moyobamba new species

( Figs. 43 , 48 )

Type. Male holotype, PERU, 20 mi SE Moyobamba , Dpto. San Martin, 1–30.vi.1947, Felix Woytkowski leg. ( AMNH).

Additional material examined. None.

Etymology. The species epithet is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

Diagnosis. Males of Gelanor moyobamba n. sp. can be distinguished from other Gelanor species by the angular edge of the cymbial flap ( Figs. 43 F, H). Females are unknown.

Description. Male holotype. Habitus as in Figs. 43 A–D. Total length 4.71. Carapace light orange; Cephalothorax 2.53 long, 1.88 wide, 1.11 high. Abdomen 2.18 long, 1.88 wide, 1.61 high. Sternum light yellow, 1.22 long, 0.94 wide. Labium 0.36 long, 0.29 wide; light orange. Clypeus 0.13 high; AME interdistance 0.16; PME interdistance 0.09; PME–AME distance 0.13; AME–ALE distance 0.16; PME–PLE distance 0.26. Chelicerae light yellow; ChL 0.92; ChW1 0.40; ChW2 0.39. Cymbium wider than long (0.54 long, 0.72 wide). Cymbial flap with the top edge flat and the distal edge in an angle ( Figs. 43 F, H). Female unknown.

Variation. Unknown, only one adult male available for study.

Distribution. Only known from its type locality in San Martín, Peru ( Fig.48 ).

Figures

FIGURE 43. Gelanor moyobamba new species, male holotype; A – C, Habitus; D, Cephalothorax; E – I Left palp. A, Dorsal. B, Lateral. C, Ventral. D, Frontal view. E, apical. F, Prolateral. G, Dorsal. H, Retrolateral. I, Ventral. Scale bars, A – D, 1 mm; E – I, 200 µm.

FIGURE 48. Distribution records of Gelanor moyobamba new species (red square), Gelanor siquirres new species (red triangle) and Gelanor waorani new species (red star represents type locality and blue circles other records for the species).