On the huntsman spider genera Sparianthina Banks, 1929 and Anaptomecus Simon, 1903 from South and Central America (Araneae, Sparassidae)

Th e huntsman spider genera Sparianthina Banks, 1929 and Anaptomecus Simon, 1903 are reviewed. Th e type species of Sparianthina, Sparianthina selenopoides Banks, 1929, is redescribed, illustrated, and recorded from Costa Rica for the fi rst time; a lectotype and paralectotype are designated. Th ree species are transferred to the genus: Sparianthina pumilla (Keyserling, 1880) comb. n. from Heteropoda Latreille, 1804 (lectotype and paralectotype are designated), Sparianthina rufescens (Mello-Leitão, 1940) comb. n. from Anaptomecus and Sparianthina milleri (Caporiacco, 1955) comb. n. from Macrinus Simon, 1887. Th e ♂ of S. rufescens (Mello-Leitão, 1940) comb. n. and the ♀ of S. milleri comb. n. are described for the fi rst time. Th ree new species are described: Sparianthina adisi sp. n., S. deltshevi sp. n., and S. saaristoi sp. n. Th e male and female of Anaptomecus longiventris Simon, 1903 are described for the fi rst time and the species is recorded from Panama for the fi rst time. Two new species are described: Anaptomecus temii sp. n. and A. levyi sp. n.Fil: Jäger, Peter. Senckenberg Research Institute; AlemaniaFil: Rheims, Cristina Anne. Governo do Estado de Sao Paulo. Secretaria da Saude. Instituto Butantan; BrasilFil: Labarque, Facundo Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; Argentin

A new species of Decaphora Franganillo, 1931 (Araneae, Sparassidae, Sparianthinae) from Colombia, with an identification key for all known species of the genus

Rheims, Cristina Anne (2017): A new species of Decaphora Franganillo, 1931 (Araneae, Sparassidae, Sparianthinae) from Colombia, with an identification key for all known species of the genus. Zootaxa 4323 (3): 435-439, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4323.3.1

Adcatomus Karsch 1880

Adcatomus Karsch, 1880 Type species: A. ciudadus Karsch, 1880, by monotypy. Adcatomus Karsch, 1880: 386; Simon, 1897: 89 (Clubionidae); Petrunkevitch, 1928: 171 (Clubionidae); Roewer, 1954: 476 (Clubionidae); Bonnet, 1955: 158 (Clubionidae); Jäger, 2000: 238 (transf. to Sparassidae); Platnick, 2008. Spatala Simon, 1897: 37, 41, 43, 47 _(Type species: S. flavovittata Simon, 1897, by monotypy); Simon, 1903: 1023; Mello-Leitão, 1918: 39; Petrunkevitch, 1911: 512; 1928: 158; Roewer, 1954: 711; Bonnet, 1958: 4111; Platnick, 2008. New synonymy. Diagnosis. The males of Adcatomus are distinguished from those of the remaining Sparassidae by the chelicerae fang with a median indentation (Figs. 3–4) and by the male palp with a slightly spiraled tegulum, embolus bent ventrad and hidden behind a laminar triangular projection at base (Figs. 5–8). The females are distinguished by epigynum with strongly sclerotized median septum with a large, wide anterior atrium bearing the copulatory openings (Figs. 9, 15) and vulva with anterior part of plate-like copulatory ducts covering the spermathecae (Figs. 10, 16). Description. Total length (males and females) 12.7–20.4. Prosoma slightly longer than wide. Cephalic region slightly higher than thoracic region, gradually flattening posteriorly. Fovea conspicuous on posterior third of prosoma. Eyes arranged in two rows, anterior slightly recurved and posterior straight. AME slightly larger than ALE and farther apart from each other than laterals. PME slightly smaller than PLE in males and subequal in females, as distant from each other as from laterals. Clypeus low, less than AME diameter. Chelicerae three times longer than wide in males (Fig. 3), slightly shorter in females. Fang with a median constriction, most pronounced in males (Figs. 3–4). Cheliceral groove with two promarginal teeth, the basal one smallest, and four to six retromarginal teeth, three subequal and the remaining basal ones smaller (Figs. 4, 11). Intermarginal denticles, if present (Fig. 11), agglomerated at base of furrow. Ventrally with 7–8 long setae arranged in an irregular row at the base of fang. Labium rebordered, slightly longer than wide. Endites longer than wide, slightly convergent, with dense scopulae on internal margin. Serrula with a single row of strong denticles. Sternum as long as wide, slightly projected between coxae IV. Legs laterigrade (2143). Spination in males: femora I–III: p 1 - 1 - 1; d 0-1 - 1; r 1 - 1 - 1; femur IV: p 1 - 1 - 1; d 0-1 - 1; r0- 0-1; tibiae I–II: p 1 - 0-1; d 1 - 0-1; r 1 - 0- 1; v 2 - 2 - 2; tibiae III–IV: p 1 - 0-1; d0- 0-1; r 1 - 0-1; v 2 - 2 - 2; metatarsi I–III: p 1 - 1 -0; r 1 - 1 -0; v 2 - 2 -0; metatarsi IV: p 1 - 1-2; r 1 - 1-2; v 2 - 2 -0. Spination in females as in males except tibiae I–II: d0- 0-1. Metatarsi I–IV with trilobate membrane with median hook much more developed than lateral projections (Fig. 12). Tarsi and distal half of metatarsi scopulate. Trichobothria present on dorsal tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi, arranged in two parallel rows that converge to a single file on posterior half of tarsi and on metatarsi. Tarsi with pair of pectinate claws with 10–15 teeth (Fig. 13) and claw tufts. Female pedipalp with single unmodified claw similar to those of legs, but shorter and with 5–6 teeth (Fig. 14). Opisthosoma oval, longer than wide. Six spinnerets: ALS contiguous, conical and bi-segmented. Basal segment slightly elongate and cylindrical. Distal segment short and truncated. AMS conical and short. PLS conical and bi-segmented. Basal segment elongate and cylindrical. Distal segment short and truncated. Male palp. Tibia elongate, almost as long as cymbium, with three prolateral, one dorsal and one retrolateral spines. RTA small and triangular. Cymbium with round basal alveolus. Bulb with slightly spiraled tegulum (Figs. 5–6). Embolus long and filiform with tip hidden behind large, laminar projection, proximally with thin and elongate tooth, at base (Figs. 5–8). Conductor hyaline and laminar hidden behind embolus projection (Fig. 8). Female epigynum. Lateral lobes smooth, not touching each other at any point. Median septum strongly sclerotized with anterior, slightly rectangular atrium bearing a pair of copulatory openings (Figs. 9, 15). Vulva with strongly sclerotized duct system. Copulatory ducts with anterior glandular projection, covering spermathecae. Spermathecae with large irregular head, elongate, slender stalk and small slightly globose base. Fertilization ducts short and hook shaped (Figs. 10, 16). Distribution. Known from northern South America: Peru and Venezuela. Composition. Two species: Adcatomus ciudadus Karsch, A. flavovittatus (Simon) new combination. Remarks. As suggested by Jäger (2000), it is probable that this genus belongs to Sparassinae, due to the presence of two promarginal teeth on the chelicerae and the well developed median hook of the trilobate membrane. The striking similarity between the female genitalic structures of A. ciudadus and A. flavovittatus leaves no doubt that both species are congeneric, although A. flavovittatus exhibits denticles in the cheliceral furrow, a character usually used to distinguish taxa at a higher phylogenetic level. Nevertheless, some genera such as Eusparassus Simon and Barylestis Simon exhibit a variable pattern of this character (Jäger 2001 and pers. comm.) suggesting that these denticles can be convergently acquired or lost in some species, as is the present case.Published as part of Rheims, Cristina Anne, 2008, On the Neotropical genus Adcatomus Karsch (Araneae: Sparassidae), pp. 61-66 in Zootaxa 1809 on pages 62-63, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27433

Sparianthina parang Rheims, 2011, sp. nov.

<i>Sparianthina parang</i> sp. nov. <p>Figs 1–6</p> <p> <b>Type material. Holotype:</b> 3 from 1.2 mi SW Speyside (11°27’ N; 60°34’ W), River Dam, King’s Bay, St. Paul Parish, Tobago, 10–17 May 1991, G. Hormiga, S.F. Larcher & T.R. Litwak leg. (USNM). <b>Paratypes:</b> 33, 4Ƥ with the same data as holotype (USNM).</p> <p> <b> Additional material examined. TOBAGO: <i>St. Paul Parish:</i></b> 11Ƥ, King’s Bay, River Dam, 1.2 mi SW Speyside (11°27’ N; 60°34’ W), 10–17 May 1991, G. Hormiga, S.F. Larcher & T.R. Litwak leg. (USNM).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The specific name is a noun in apposition. “ Parang ” is a popular folk music originating out of Trinidad and Tobago with Caribbean and Latin American cultural influences.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Males of <i>S. parang</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> can be distinguished from those of the remaining species of the genus by the embolus, distally narrow and with a long, distally concave projection at the base (Figs 1, 3) and by the RTA slightly widened distally with two dorsal projections (Fig. 2). Females resemble those of <i>S. selenopides</i> by female epigynum with an anterior atrium wider than long (Jäger <i>et al</i>. 2009, fig. 14) but can be distinguished by the much narrower median septum, with lateral lobes touching each other posteriorly (Fig. 4) and by the narrower internal duct system of the vulva (Fig. 5).</p> <p> <b>Description. Male (USNM, holotype):</b> Prosoma dark orange, brown along fovea and thoracic striae. Eye borders black. Chelicerae, legs and pedipalps dark orange. Sternum pale orange with slightly darker margins. Labium and endites orange, distally pale orange. Opisthosoma brownish gray. Dorsally with one pair of brown, round, muscular impressions on posterior half. Total length 5.0. Prosoma: 2.5 long, 2.4 wide. Opisthosoma slightly triangular: 2.4 long, 1.6 wide. Eye diameters: 0.16, 0.21, 0.15, 0.20; interdistances: 0.14, 0.06, 0.34, 0.38, 0.36, 0.30. Legs: I: 15.7 (4.2, 1.3, 4.7, 4.0, 1.5); II: 18.0 (4.9, 1.4, 5.4, 4.6, 1.7); III: 13.3 (3.7, 1.1, 3.8, 3.5, 1.2); IV: 15.3 (4.2, 1.1, 4.2, 4.4, 1.4). Spination: femora I–III p1-1-1, d0-1-1, r1-1-1; femur IV p1-1-1, d0-1-1, r0-0-1; tibiae I–II d1-1-1, v2-2 - 2-2-0; tibiae III–IV p1-0-1;, d1-0-1, r1-0-1, v2-2 -0; metatarsi I–II p1-0-0, r1-0-0, v2-2 -0; metatarsus III p1-1-0, r1- 1-0, v2-2 -0; metatarsus IV p1-1-2, r1-1-2, v2-2 -0. Palp: tibia slightly shorter than cymbium with one dorsal and three prolateral spines; VTA triangular and slightly retrolateral; cymbium scopulae inconspicuous; tegulum retrolaterally swollen; embolus with long thickened base from which arises an elongate, distally concave projection; conductor being a long, hyaline lamina; DTA distally concave and slightly bent retrolaterally (Figs 1–3).</p> <p> <b>Female (USNM, paratype):</b> Coloration as in male. Total length 6.4. Prosoma: 2.7 long, 2.7 wide. Opisthosoma: 3.6 long, 2.5 wide. Eye diameters: 0.15, 0.22, 0.17, 0.24; interdistances: 0.22, 0.08, 0.40, 0.44, 0.42, 0.20. Legs: I: 12.1 (3.4, 1.3, 3.5, 2.8, 1.1); II: 13.4 (3.9, 1.4, 3.8, 3.1, 1.2); III: 11.6 (3.2, 1.1, 3.8, 2.5, 1.0); IV: 12.1 (3.6, 1.1, 3.1, 3.1, 1.2). Spination as in male, except tibiae I–IV d0. Epigynum: epigynal plate longer than wide; median septum narrow, much longer than wide (Fig. 4). Vulva: glandular projection small and rounded, arising close to copulatory opening; duct system anteriorly widened with two dorsal chambers and internally convoluted posteriorly; fertilization ducts very long (Figs 5–6).</p> <p> <b>Variation.</b> Males (n = 4): total length 4.5–5.0; prosoma length 2.1–2.5; femur I 3.7–4.2. Females (n = 10): total length 4.8–7.1; prosoma length 2.4–3.4; femur I 3.1–3.5.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Only known from the type locality, in the island of Tobago.</p>Published as part of <i>Rheims, Cristina Anne, 2011, New species of Sparianthina Banks, 1929 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae), pp. 64-68 in Zootaxa 3125</i> on pages 65-66, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/279408">10.5281/zenodo.279408</a&gt

Guadana panguana Rheims 2010, sp. nov.

Guadana panguana sp. nov. Figs 6, 22–23, 39 Type material: Holotype: ♂ from Panguana Biological Station [09°37’ S; 74°56’ W], Huanuco, Peru, 1988, C. Manhart leg. (MCN 19403). Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. Diagnosis. Males of Guadana panguana sp. nov. are distinguished from those of the remaining species of the genus by the palp with RTA with dorsal branch with four projections at tip and by the DTA with 3–4 ridges (Figs 22–23). Description. Male (MCN 19403): Dorsal shield of prosoma pale orange, variegated brown laterally, brown along fovea and with black eye borders. Chelicerae yellow with brown spots at the base of setae. Legs and pedipalps yellow with brown spots at the base of spines and setae. Sternum pale yellow with pale orange margins. Labium orange. Endites pale yellow. Opisthosoma pale yellow. Dorsally with four brown, rounded muscular impressions and covered with brown hairs laterally (Fig. 6). Total length 5.4. Prosoma: 2.9 long, 3.1 wide. Opisthosoma: 2.5 long, 2.1 wide. Eye diameters: 0.20, 0.22, 0.16, 0.24; interdistances: 0.10, 0.02, 0.24, 0.24, 0.22, 0.20. Legs: I: 25.0 (6.4, 1.7, 7.4, 7.1, 2.4); II: 27.8 (7.0, 1.9, 8.3, 8.1, 2.5); III: 17.5 (4.7, 1.5, 4.7, 4.9, 1.7); IV: 20.2 (5.2, 1.4, 5.3, 6.1, 2.2). Spination follows the generic pattern. Palp: RTA with ventral branch conical; embolus short and thick, curved retrolaterally with slightly bifid tip; conductor hyaline, long and narrow (Figs 22–23). Female: unknown. Distribution. Only known from the type locality (Fig. 39).Published as part of Rheims, Cristina Anne, 2010, A new genus of huntsman spiders from the Neotropical region (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae), pp. 33-46 in Zootaxa 2650 (1) on page 40, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2650.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/530195

Guadana neblina Rheims 2010, sp. nov.

Guadana neblina sp. nov. Figs 5, 20–21, 39 Type material: Holotype: ♂ from Cachoeira do Tucano, Parque Nacional do Pico da Neblina, São Gabriel da Cachoeira [00°07’ S; 67°04’ W], Amazonas, Brazil, 23 September 2007, N.F. Lo Man Hung leg. (INPA). Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. Diagnosis. Males of Guadana neblina sp. nov. are easily distinguished from those of the remaining species of the genus by the palp with hook-shaped dorsal branch of the RTA, by the bifid embolus with short and thick tips and by the very slender conductor (Figs 20–21). Description. Male (INPA): Dorsal shield of prosoma pale yellow, laterally variegated gray and with bright orange hairs along thoracic striae, around eyes and at base of cephalic region. Chelicerae pale yellow with lateral black spot at base. Legs and pedipalps pale yellow with gray spots at the base of spines. Sternum cream colored with pale yellow margins. Labium and endites pale yellow, distally lighter. Opisthosoma pale yellow. Dorsally covered with bright orange hairs and patches of black hairs laterally, around muscular impressions and close to anal tubercle (Fig. 5). Ventrally mottled with white spots. Total length 6.4. Prosoma: 2.9 long, 3.0 wide. Opisthosoma: 3.5 long, 2.9 wide. Eye diameters: 0.20, 0.24, 0.16, 0.26; interdistances: 0.12, 0.02, 0.26, 0.26, 0.24, 0.26. Legs: I: 25.0 (6.4, 1.7, 7.4, 7.1, 2.4); II: 27.8 (7.0, 1.9, 8.3, 8.1. 2.5); III: 17.5 (4.7, 1.5, 4.7, 4.9, 1.7); IV: 20.2 (5.2, 1.4, 5.3, 6.1, 2.2). Spination follows the generic pattern, except tibia III: d0-0-1. Palp: RTA with ventral branch conical; VTA triangular; embolus with small base, slightly widened at tip (Figs 24–25). Female: unknown. Distribution. Only known from the type locality (Fig. 39).Published as part of Rheims, Cristina Anne, 2010, A new genus of huntsman spiders from the Neotropical region (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae), pp. 33-46 in Zootaxa 2650 (1) on pages 37-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2650.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/530195

Guadana Rheims 2010, gen. nov.

Guadana gen. nov. Etymology. The generic name is a Spanish noun meaning “sickle” and denoting the shape of the tegular apophysis of the male palps. The gender is feminine. Type species: Guadana manauara sp. nov. Diagnosis. Species of the genus Guadana gen. nov. resemble those of Sparianthina Banks by the roughly pentagonal shape of the opisthosoma (Figs 1–6; Jäger et al. 2009, figs74–75); presence of intermarginal denticles arranged in a single row and occupying most of the cheliceral groove (Fig. 7; Jäger et al. 2009, figs 10, 26); long toothed female pedipalp claw (Fig. 9; Jäger et al. 2009, fig. 13); only two pairs of ventral spines on tibiae; and single lateral spines on metatarsi I–II; and by the male palps, with large, slightly retrolateral VTA, tegulum shifted proximo-retrolaterad; and presence of a DTA (e.g., Figs 13, 20; Jäger et al. 2009, figs. 2, 56, 69). They can be distinguished from the latter genus by the sickle shape of the DTA and by the embolus without basal projections in the male palps (Figs 13, 20, 25, 27, 29, 34) and by the presence of epigynal ledges (Figs 17, 22, 31, 36) on the female epigynes. Description. Total length of males 5.4–11.2, of females 6.8–13.6. Prosoma as long as wide or slightly wider than long. Cephalic region very slightly higher than thoracic region, flattening posteriorly. Fovea conspicuous on posterior third of prosoma. Eyes arranged in two recurved rows, the anterior more strongly recurved. AME larger than ALE and more separated from each other than from ALE. PME smaller than PLE and as separated from each other than from PLE (Figs 1–6). Clypeus low, less than AME diameter. Chelicerae longer than wide. Cheliceral grove with three promarginal teeth, the median one largest, and 4–6 retromarginal teeth, three subequal and the rest smaller. Intermarginal denticles present, arranged in a single row throughout most of the cheliceral grove (Fig. 7). Internal margin with one single strong setae at base of fang. Labium rebordered, as wide as long. Endites slightly convergent, longer than wide, with dense scopulae on internal margin. Serrula with a single row of denticles (Fig. 8). Sternum as long as wide, slightly projected between coxae IV. Female pedipalp with single, pectinate claw, with 5–6 long teeth (Fig. 9). Legs laterigrade (2143). Spination in males: femora I–III: p1-1-1; d0-1-1; r1-1-1; femur IV: p1-1-1; d0-1-1; r0-0-1; tibiae I–II: p1-0-1; d1-1-1; r1-0-1; v2-2-0; tibia III: p1-0-1; d1-0-1; r1-0-1; v2-2-0; tibia IV: p1-0-1; d0-0-1; r1-0-1; v2-2- 0; metatarsi I–II: p1-0-0; r1-0-0; v2-2-0; metatarsus III: p1-1-0; r1-1-0; v2-2-0; metatarsus IV: p1-1-2; r1-1-2; v2-2-0. Spination in females as in males except tibiae I–IV: d0. Trochanter deeply notched. Metatarsi I–IV distally with dorsal trilobate membrane with median hook shorter than lateral projections (Fig. 10). Tarsi and anterior half of metatarsi slightly scopulate. Tarsal organ capsulate with oval opening, located dorsally at the distal end of tarsi. Trichobothria present on dorsal tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi, arranged in several rows. Bothria with dorsal plate, with one or two distal groves, projected over smooth basal plate. Tarsi with pair of pectinate claws, with 7–8 short and slightly curved teeth (Fig. 11), and claw tufts. Opisthosoma slightly pentagonal, longer than wide, with two pairs of rounded muscular impressions, the anterior pair much smaller than posterior (Figs 1–6). Male epiandrium with scattered epiandrous spigots (Fig. 12). Six spinnerets: ALS contiguous, conical and bi-segmented. Basal segment elongate and cylindrical, distal segment short and truncated. PMS conical and short. PLS conical and bi-segmented. Basal segment elongate and cylindrical, distal segment short and truncated. Palp: tibia slightly longer than half of cymbium length with three prolateral and one dorsal spine (e.g. Figs 14, 25); VTA present, slightly retrolateral (e.g. Figs 21, 25, 30); RTA distal, with large dorsal branch bearing projections at tip and simple ventral branch (e.g. Figs 14, 25, 30); cymbium slightly elongate with large oval alveolus and no dorsal scopula; subtegulum ring-like, notched at the base of embolus (Figs 15–16); embolus with wide, projected base, curving prolaterally, bifid or simple (Figs 13, 20, 34) or with wide base, distally truncated and slightly curved retrolaterally (Figs 22, 24, 29); conductor hyaline and laminar, distally as wide as base (e.g. Figs 13, 20, 29) or much wider (Figs 34–35). Epigynum: epigynal field slightly wider than long or as wide as long, divided in lateral lobes and median septum (e.g., Figs 17, 26); median septum with epigynal ledges (e.g. Figs 26, 36), that can be fused (Fig. 17); lateral lobes smooth (Figs 17, 22, 36) or rimmed (Fig 31). Vulva: copulatory ducts long and narrow, extending posteriorly (Figs 19, 28, 33, 38) towards spermathecae; spermathecae globular (Fig. 18), elliptical (Fig. 27) or convoluted (Figs 27, 32); fertilization ducts short and hook-like (Figs 18, 27, 32, 37). Distribution. South America: Amazonian Forests of Ecuador, Peru and Brazil (Fig. 39). Composition. Six species: Guadana manauara sp. nov.; G. neblina sp. nov.; G. panguana sp. nov.; G. quillu sp. nov.; G. tambopata sp. nov.; G. urucu sp. nov.. Remarks. No cladistic study has ever tackled the family Sparassidae as a whole and thus, the subfamily classification still follows that proposed by Simon (1897) with very little change. Nevertheless, the subfamily Heteropodinae Thorell has been intensely studied by Jäger (e.g. 1998; 1999; 2000; 2002) and several characters have been proposed to define the subfamily and its species. These include the presence of intermarginal denticles in the chelicerae, the long toothed female palpal claw and the two recurved eye rows (Jäger 1998). In addition, I consider characteristic for all Heteropodinae the presence of a VTA, that can be median (e.g. Pseudopoda Jäger and Bhutaniella Jäger) or slightly retrolateral (e.g. Heteropoda Latreille and Barylestis Simon), a simple ventral branch on the RTA and only one lateral spine on each side of metatarsi I– II. Species of Guadana gen. nov. exhibit all of these diagnostic characters and thus the genus is placed in this subfamily. Despite being previously left out of Heteropodinae (Jäger et al. 2009), the description of Guadana gen. nov. strongly suggests that the Neotropical genus Sparianthina Banks should also be placed in the subfamily for it exhibits all diagnostic characters currently ascribed to Heteropodinae. Additionally, both genera seem to be more closely related to each other than to the remaining Asian Heteropodinae. The intermarginal denticles are arranged in a single row (Fig. 7; Jäger et al. 2009, figs 10, 26) and the trilobate membrane shows a median tooth clearly smaller than the lateral projections (Fig. 10; Jäger et al. 2009, fig. 11) as opposed to the clustered arrangement of denticles (e.g., Jäger 2006, figs 19, 21) and similar sized lobes of the trilobate membrane (e.g., Jäger 2006, fig. 7) seen in the Asian genera. Also, the roughly pentagonal shape of the opisthosoma as well as the similarity of the male palps point towards this close relationship.Published as part of Rheims, Cristina Anne, 2010, A new genus of huntsman spiders from the Neotropical region (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae), pp. 33-46 in Zootaxa 2650 (1) on pages 34-35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2650.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/530195

Decaphora Franganillo 1931

<i>Decaphora</i> Franganillo, 1931 <p> <i>Decaphora</i> Franganillo, 1931: 46 (Type species: <i>Decaphora trabiformis</i> Franganillo, 1931 by monotypy). <i>Tentabunda</i> Fox, 1937: 464 (Type species: <i>Pseudosparianthis cubana</i> Banks, 1909 by original designation). Rheims & Alayón 2014:</p> <p>81 (Syn.).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Species of <i>Decaphora</i> are distinguished from those of other Sparianthinae genera by the male palp with RTA originating close to the base of the tibia, with two or three branches, usually armed with strong setae (Figs 2–3, 5–8; Rheims & Alayón 2014, figs 17, 24, 31, 39) and a paraembolic tegular projection resting within a distally sheath-like embolus (Fig. 2; Rheims & Alayón 2014, figs 18, 25, 32, 40). Females are distinguished by the vulva with anterior blindended projection (Rheims & Alayón 2014, figs 20, 27, 35, 42).</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> For detailed description, see Rheims & Alayón (2014).</p> <p> <b>Composition.</b> Five species: <i>D. cubana</i> (Banks), <i>D. kohunlich</i> Rheims & Alayón, <i>D. planada</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>D. pestai</i> (Reimoser) and <i>D. variabilis</i> (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge).</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Known from southern United States (Florida) to western Colombia (Narino) (Fig. 13).</p>Published as part of <i>Rheims, Cristina Anne, 2017, A new species of Decaphora Franganillo, 1931 (Araneae, Sparassidae, Sparianthinae) from Colombia, with an identification key for all known species of the genus, pp. 435-439 in Zootaxa 4323 (3)</i> on page 436, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4323.3.11, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/919780">http://zenodo.org/record/919780</a&gt

Adcatomus flavovittatus Simon 1897, new combination

Adcatomus flavovittatus (Simon 1897) new combination (Figs. 11–16) Spatala flavovittata Simon, 1897: 47; Petrunkevitch, 1911: 512; Roewer, 1954: 711; Bonnet, 1958: 4111; Platnick, 2008. Type material: Holotype: female, La Cumbre de Valencia, Parque Nacional Henri Pittier [10 ° 24 ' N, 67 ° 37 ' W, Carabobo, Venezuela] (MNHN 11440), examined. Diagnosis. The females of A. flavovittatus are distinguished from those of A. ciudadus by the presence of small intermarginal denticles in the cheliceral furrow (Fig. 11) and by the epigynum with medium septum with larger base and smaller anterior atrium (Fig. 15). Description. Female (holotype): Prosoma brown, darker along fovea and thoracic striae. Chelicerae dark brown, covered by long, orange setae. Pedipalps brown, except distal end of femora and patellae slightly lighter. Labium dark brown, distally orange. Endites dark brown, distally cream colored. Legs brown. Opisthosoma brownish gray with conspicuous, cream colored cardiac impression. Total length 20.4. Prosoma: 7.9 long, 7.0 wide. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.42, ALE 0.46, PME 0.28, PLE 0.38, AME– AME 0.32, AME–ALE 0.22, PME–PME 0.60, PME–PLE 0.60, AME–PME 0.42, ALE–PLE 0.34. Intermarginal denticles present. Leg measurements: I: femur 9.1; patella 3.2; tibia 8.5; metatarsus 7.9; tarsus 2.1; total 30.8; II: 9.6; 3.6; 8.9; 7.8; 2.1; 32.0; III: 7.8; 3.0; 6.5; 5.4; 1.8; 24.5; IV: 8.7; 2.8; 6.4; 6.4; 2.0; 26.3. Spination follows the generic pattern. Opisthosoma: 12.2 long, 9.2 wide. Male: unknown. Distribution. Only known from the type locality.Published as part of Rheims, Cristina Anne, 2008, On the Neotropical genus Adcatomus Karsch (Araneae: Sparassidae), pp. 61-66 in Zootaxa 1809 on pages 65-66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27433