Apopyllus silvestrii ( Simon, 1905 )

Piñanez Espejo, Yolanda M. G., Kochalka, John A. & Garcete Barrett, Bolívar R., 2019, A new species and two new records of the ground spider genus Apopyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from Paraguay, Zootaxa 4664 (4), pp. 594-600 : 597-598

Apopyllus silvestrii ( Simon, 1905) ( Figs 3 , 6a )

Material examined. PARAGUAY: Itapúa: Alto Verá: Kanguery , 26°30’43.5”S 55°47’34.0”W, 1 ♂, 12–16.I.2017, Y. Piñanez coll. (IBNP-Invert.-JAK-CR 2945) .

Additional material examined. ARGENTINA:El Bolson: Rio Negro, 1♂, 1♀, 20–27.V.1962, A. Kovács coll.( AMNH) ; BOLIVIA: San Antonio de Parapeti: Rio Parapeti , 1♂, 1–5.IX.1964, B. Malkin coll. ( AMNH) ; Songo- tal, 3800m, 1♀, 30. II.1953, Forster & Schindler coll. ( AMNH) ; PERU: San Mateo, 3000m, 1♀, 7.I.1939, W. Weyrauch coll. ( AMNH) ; Punol: ( Lago Titicaca ), 3900m, 1♀, XI.1947, W. Weyrauch coll. ( AMNH) .

Distribution. This species is known from southern South America, with the northernmost record from southeastern Peru.

Remarks. This species is diagnosed by the general shape of the RTA ( Fig. 3c, f ). The specimen was captured in the same collecting conditions as A. Kanguery.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Apopyllus silvestrii (Simon, 1905), male (IBNP-Invert.-JAK-CR 2945). a Habitus dorsal view. b ventral view. c male left palp in dorsal view. d male left palp in retrolateral view. e male left palp in ventral view. f male retrolateral tibial apophysis in retro- basal view. Abbreviations: e: embolus, rta: retrolateral tibial apophysis, ma: median apophysis mte: membranous tegular extensión, s: scutum

FIGURE 6. Geographic distribution records of Apopyllus species in Paraguay.