Tullgrenella brescoviti Estol, Marta & Rodrigues, 2020

Figs 7C, 12A–D, 13A–D, 50A–B

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Tullgrenella brescoviti Estol, Marta & Rodrigues, 2020: 358 (holotype, male, BOLIVIA, La Paz, Laguna Viscachani [16°31’00.0”S 68°12’00.0”W], 05.VIII.1993, A.D. Brescovit leg. (MCN 23871, examined); paratype, 1 female, BOLIVIA, La Paz, Valle del Zongo [16°31’00.0”S 68°12’00.0”W], 05.VIII.1993, H. Höfer leg. (MCN 24104), examined).

Revised diagnosis. Males of T. brescoviti resemble those of T. guayapae Galiano, 1970 (see Galiano 1970: figs 10– 13) and T. morenensis (Tullgren, 1905) (see Galiano 1970: figs 1–2) by the tegular membranous process globose, and the cymbium pointed and sickle-shaped (Figs 8C, 10C, 12C), but differ from T. guayapae by the larger conductor, distal embolus not exceeding the length of the cymbium apex (Figs 12C–D vs 10C–D), and from T. morenensis by the tegulum oblique and the acute RTA (Figs 12C–D vs 8C–D). Females of T. brescoviti resemble those of T. didelphis (Simon, 1886) (see Galiano 1963: fig. 11; Galiano 1970: fig. 58) and T. morenensis (see Galiano 1970: fig. 57) by the long copulatory ducts with the first loop oval, and the presence of posteriorly opening coupling pocket, but differ from both species by the smaller spermathecae, distant from each other (Estol et al. 2020).

Description. See Estol et al. (2020) (Figs 12–13).

Distribution. Bolivia [La Paz (Estol et al. 2020)] (Figs 50A–B).

Natural history. The species was collected in the Puna grassland ecoregion. Puna is characterized by a biome of montane grasslands and shrublands in the central Andes Mountains of South America (Estol et al. 2020). This species is recorded in sympatry with T. didelphis (Simon, 1886) in the Brazilian subregion and South America Transitional Zone (Figs 50A–B). The altitudinal occurrence of this species is 3600 m a. s. l. (Estol et al. 2020) (Figs 50A–B).