Mysmenopsis otonga Dupérré & Tapia, 2015

Dupérré, Nadine & Tapia, Elicio, 2020, Megadiverse Ecuador: a review of Mysmenopsis (Araneae, Mysmenidae) of Ecuador, with the description of twenty-one new kleptoparasitic spider species, Zootaxa 4761 (1), pp. 1-81 : 69

Mysmenopsis otonga Dupérré & Tapia, 2015

Figs 216–221 , 232 , map 1 (inverse red triangle).

Material examined. Ecuador: Cotopaxi Province: 4.5 km desde el desvio de la carretera Sigchos to Las Pampas hacia San Pablo de Ahuila (-00.52379 -78.94207) 2318m, 15 Mar. 2019, 3♂ 10♀, ex: Dipluridae , Linothele sp. web, E. Tapia ( ZMH-A0001882 ) .

Distribution. Ecuador, Cotopaxi Province.

Natural history. The specimens were collected in a Linothele sp. web in an evergreen mountain forest of the western Andes (BsMn03) ( Aguirre, Toasa & Gálvez, 2013). M. otonga is found between 2225–2318m in the Andean ecoregion of Ecuador. The same web contained a female Faiditus sp. ( Theridiidae ).

Figures

FIGURES 216–221. Male Mysmenopsis otonga Dupérré & Tapia 2015, 216, Femur I, prolateral view. 217, Right metatarsus I, prolateral view. 218, Tarsal claw leg I. 219, Tarsal claw leg II. 220, Tarsal claw leg III. 221, Tarsal claw leg IV.

FIGURES 230–233. 230, 231. Mysmenopsis fernandoi Dupérré & Tapia 2015, 230, Epigynum dorsal view. 231, Internal genitalia, posterior view, 232, Mysmenopsis otonga Dupérré & Tapia 2015, epigynum dorsal view. 233, Mysmenopsis otokiki n. sp. female metatarsus I, prolateral view (arrow points to short spines).