Linothele Karsch, 1879

Dupérré, Nadine & Tapia, Elicio, 2015, Descriptions of four kleptoparasitic spiders of the genus Mysmenopsis (Araneae, Mysmenidae) and their potential host spider species in the genus Linothele (Araneae, Dipluridae) from Ecuador, Zootaxa 3972 (3), pp. 343-368 : 353

Linothele Karsch, 1879

Type species: Linothele curvitarsis Karsch, 1879

Diagnosis. Absence of maxillary lyra ( Figs. 25 , 31 , 35 , 38 ). Males with retrolateral spur on tibiae I and small tubercle on metatarsus I ( Figs. 29 , 46 ). Females internal genitalia with spermathecae joined at base and medially positioned vesicles ( Figs. 26, 27 , 36 , 39, 40 , 42, 43 )

Composition. L. aequatorialis (Ausserer 18, 1871); L. annulifila (Mello-Leitão 19, 1937); L. bicolor (Simon 18, 1889); L. cavicola Goloboff 19, 1994; L. cousini (Simon 18, 1889); L. cristata (Mello-Leitão 19, 1954); L. curvatris Karsch 18, 1879; L. dubia (Caporiacco 19, 1947); L. fallax (Mello-Leitão 19, 1926); L. gaujoni (Simon 18, 1889); L. gymnognatha (Bertkau 18, 1880); L. jelskii ( F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) ; L. keithi ( Chamberlin, 1916) ; L. longicauda ( Ausserer, 1871) ; L. macrothelifera Strand, 1908 ; L. megatheloides Paz & Raven, 1990 ; L. melloleitaoi ( Brignoli, 1983) ; L. monticolens ( Chamberlin, 1916) ; L. paulistana ( Mello-Leitão, 1924) ; L. pukachumpi n. sp.; L. quori n. sp.; L. sericata ( Karsch, 1879) : L. sexfasciata ( Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945) ; L. soricina (Simon, 1889) ; L. tsachilas n. sp.; L. yanachanka n. sp.; L. zaia n. sp.

Distribution. Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil and Peru.

Figures

FIGURES 25 – 29. Linothele yanachanka n. sp. Female 25 – 27. Male 28, 29. 25, Sternum, ventral view. 26, Holotype internal genitalia, dorsal view. 27, Paratype internal genitalia, dorsal view. 28, Palp, retrolateral view. 29, Leg I, prolateral view.

FIGURES 30 – 33. Linothele pukachumpi n. sp. Female. 30, Holotype, lateral view. 31, Sternum, ventral view. 32, Holotype internal genitalia, dorsal view. 33, Paratype internal genitalia, dorsal view.

FIGURES 34 – 36. Linothele zaia n. sp. Female. 34, Holotype, lateral view. 35, Sternum, ventral view. 36, Holotype internal genitalia, dorsal view.

FIGURES 37 – 40. Linothele tsachilas n. sp. Female. 37, Holotype, lateral view. 38, Sternum, ventral view. 38, Holotype internal genitalia, dorsal view. 40, Paratype internal genitalia, dorsal view.

FIGURES 44 – 47. Linothele quori n. sp. Male 44 – 46. Female 47. 44, Palp, retrolateral view. 45, Sternum, ventral view. 46, Leg I, prolateral view. 47, Abdomen, ventral view.

FIGURES 41 – 43. Linothele quori n. sp. Female. 41, Female, lateral view. 42, Female holotype internal genitalia, dorsal view. 43, Female paratype internal genitalia, dorsal view.