Lapsias lorax Maddison, 2012

Figs 32–39, 57

Lapsias lorax Maddison, 2012: 53, figs 2–8 (male holotype from Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador, deposited in QCAZ, not examined); WSC, 2022.

Diagnosis. The placement of the embolus (e), tegular apophysis (Ta) and median apophysis toward the distal tip of the palp is more extreme in L. lorax that in other Lapsias species (Maddison 2006) . Males recorded from Colombia (Quindio) do not present the yellow bars across the chelicerae. Females can be recognized by the semirounded spermathecae (sp) placed posteriorly, the short and lateral copulatory ducts (cd), the anterior copulatory openings (co), and the long overhanging projection that arise in the anterior edge of the epigynal plate and exceed the posterior edge.

Material examined. COLOMBIA, Quindio: Salento, Valle de Cocora, camino Acaime, [2720 m, 4.6304°N, 75.4629°W], 4♂ 3♀ and 4 juveniles, 18.II.2016, V. Muñoz-Charry (ICN-Ar 8324, 8379) . Valle del Cauca. La Meseta, Parque Natural Nacional Farallones de Cali, [2200 m, 3.566667°N, 76.666667°W], 1♂, 10-25.II.2004, S. Sarria & M. Lasso (IAvH-I-601) .

Female. (ICN-Ar 8324). Total length 6.00. Carapace brown with a medial yellow arrow-shaped mark and two yellow posterolateral stripes, 2.33 long, 1.78 wide, 1.24 high (Fig. 33). OC brown with eyes on dark marks, 1.06 long. Anterior eye row 1.67 wide and posterior 1.54 wide. Sternum brown, 0.95 long, 0.76 wide. Labium brown, 0.34 long, 0.39 wide. Chelicerae brown, with two retromarginal and three promarginal teeth. Leg formula: 4132, all yellow with dark brown marks. Leg macrosetae: femur, I–II p 1 di; III p 1 di, d 1 di; IV p 1 di, d 2 di; patella, II p 1 me; III –IV p 1 me, r 1 me; tibia, I v 2–2–2, p 1 di; II v 1–2–2, p 1–1; III v 1–0–2, p 1–1, r 1–1; IV v 1–0–1, p 1–0–1, r 1–0–1; metatarsus, I–II v 2–2, p 1–1; III v 2–0–2, p 1–1–2, r 1–1–2; IV v 1–1–2, p 1–1–1, r 1–1–1–2. Abdomen dark brown with some dispersed yellow spots (Fig. 33). Epigynum (Figs 36–39) with copulatory openings (co) in a single anterior oval cavity, overhanging lobe that exceed the posterior margin of the epigynal plate and arises in the upper side of the cavity, short copulatory ducts (cd) and semirounded spermathecae (sp) placed posteriorly.

Variation. (n= 2 females) Total length 6.00–3.60. Carapace length 2.33–1.77.

Distribution and Comments. Ecuador (Pichincha) (Maddison 2012). New record from Colombia (Quindío) (Fig. 57). The specimens were collected in a well-conserved high Andean ecosystem.