Three new species of the spider genus Nopsma (Araneae, Caponiidae, Nopinae) from Colombia Author Sanchez-Ruiz, Alexander https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8204-2041 Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Coordenacao de Zoologia, Laboratorio de Aracnologia. Av. Perimetral, 1901, Terra Firme, CEP 66077 - 830, Belem, Para, Brazil alex.sanchezruiz@hotmail.com Author Martinez, Leonel Grupo de Investigacion Biodiversidad del Caribe Colombiano, Semillero de Investigacion Sistematica de Artropodos Neotropicales, Departamento de Biologia, Universidad del Atlantico, Barranquilla, Colombia Author Bonaldo, Alexandre B. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8216-5110 Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Coordenacao de Zoologia, Laboratorio de Aracnologia. Av. Perimetral, 1901, Terra Firme, CEP 66077 - 830, Belem, Para, Brazil text Zoosystematics and Evolution 2021 2021-07-13 97 2 383 392 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.69089 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.69089 1860-0743-2-383 0D9C19DBBBED4F03A691AFBA7AA9195E F7DAB5EF448D53CC9A60477D2C3DBC35 Nopsma leticia sp. nov. Figures 2A-D , 5E, F , 6E, F , 8 Type material. Holotype ♂, COLOMBIA: Amazonas department, Leticia, Comunidad Indigena Monifue Amena, km 9,8 Via Leticia-Tarapaca ; 4°8'30"S , 69°55'23.72"W ; 70 m; 12 Oct. 2003; Ospina leg; MPUJ-ENT 70460. Paratypes: 2 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; 13 Oct. 2003; MPUJ-ENT 70411. Additional material examined. COLOMBIA1 ♂ ; Amazonas department , Leticia , Reserva Forestal del Rio Calderon , Estacion Biologica El Zafire ; 4°00'21"S , 69°53'55"W ; 150 m ; 2-13 Dec. 2007 ; L. Franco & S. Florez leg; IAvH-I 3784 1 ♂ ; same data as for preceding; IAvH-I 3785 . Diagnosis. Males of Nopsma leticia sp. nov. resemble those of Nopsma florencia by having a similarly shaped membranous keel on embolus tip (Fig. 6A, B, E, F ), but can be distinguished by having a larger tegulum, one-third of the cymbium length (Fig. 2C, D ), and by the thicker embolus and membranous keel (Fig. 6E, F ). Description. Male (holotype): Total length 3.92. Carapace 1.67 long, 1.42 wide. Sternum 1.02 long, 0.92 wide. Leg measurements: I: 4.37; II: 4.54; III: 4.31; IV: 5.52. Carapace orange-brown with remarkable dorsal pattern of dark brown stains (Fig. 2A ). Chelicerae, palps, sternum, endites, labium and legs orangish brown (Fig. 2B ). Abdomen dorsally gray with tenuous light stripes (Fig. 2A ), ventrally yellowish (Fig. 2B ). Anal tubercle and spinnerets pale yellowish. Palp with rounded tegulum and a posteriorly directed embolus (Fig. 2C, D ), with a long membranous keel, reaching more than one-third of the embolus tip (Fig. 6F ). Female : unknown. Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. Variation. Males (n=5): total length: 2.68-3.99; carapace length: 1.54-1.71. Distribution. Known from two localities in Amazonas department (Fig. 8 ). Preservation status. Preserved in 70% ethanol. Male holotype in good condition, left palp dissected in a separate microvial.