Cupiennius bimaculatus (Taczanowski, 1874)

Hazzi, Nicolás A., Valderrama-Ardila, Carlos, Brescovit Daniele Polotow, Antonio D. & Simó, Miguel, 2013, New records and geographical distribution of ctenid spiders (Araneae: Ctenidae) in Colombia, Zootaxa 3709 (3), pp. 243-254 : 250

Cupiennius bimaculatus (Taczanowski, 1874)

New records and Distribution. Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana and Venezuela ( Brescovit & Eickstedt 1995). Its distribution is expanded to Boyacá, Cauca, Meta, Quindío and Valle del Cauca Departments ( Fig. 6 ).

Material examined. COLOMBIA. Boyacá. Santa Maria, Sendero Almenara, 04° 51’ 29’N, 73° 16’ 21’’W, 1♀ ( ICN 4178); Puerto Romero, Vereda el Oasis, 05° 51’ 28’’N, 74° 18’ 22’’W, 1♀ ( ICN 911). Cauca. Caloto, Vereda Morales, 03° 02’ 12’’ N, 76° 24’ 41’’W, 3♀, 1♂ (MUSENUV); Santander de Quilichao, Vereda la Carbonera, 02° 59’ 30.4”N 76° 28’ 29.1”W, 1♀ (MUSENUV). Meta. Restrepo, Caney, 04° 16’ 57’’N, 76° 34’1♀ ( ICN 313). Quindío. Montenegro, Vereda Santarrita, 04° 33’ 15’’N, 75° 43’ 05’’W, 1♀ (MUSENUV); La Tebaida, 04° 27’ 19’’N, 75°, 47’ 26’’W, 1♀, 1♂ (MUSENUV); Pueblo Tapado, 04° 31’ 04’’N, 75° 47’ 05’’ W, 1♀, 1♂ (MUSENUV). Valle del Cauca. Cali, Lago de las Garzas, 03° 19’ 57’’N, 76’ 32’ 10’’W, 1♀, 1♂ (MUSENUV); Cali, Universidad del Valle sede Melendez, Microestacion Biologica, 03° 22’33’’N, 36° 31’ 58’’W, 4♀, 4♂ (MUSENUV); PNN Farallones de Cali, Alto Anchicaya, 03° 36’ 34’’N, 76° 53’ 05’’W, 1♀, 1♂ ( ICN 4696); Calima Medio, Rio Azul, 03° 56’N, 76° 41’W, 2♂ ( IMCN 644); Buga, Parque Natural Regional El Vinculo, 03° 50’ 23’’N, 76° 18’ 07’’W 1♀, 1♂ ( IMCN 130).

Figures

FIGURES 6 – 9. Distribution of ctenids in Colombia. 6, Cupiennius bimaculatus (triangles), Ctenus vespertilio (circles); 7, Cupiennius granadensis (triangles and grey circle) and Cupiennius coccineus (Black circles); 8, Parabatinga brevipes; 9, Phoneutria boliviensis (circles), Phoneutria fera (triangles) and Phoneutria reidyi (square). Gray symbols: previous records. Black symbols: new records.