Carapoia ocaina Huber, 2000

Huber, Bernhard A., 2018, The South American spider genera Mesabolivar and Carapoia (Araneae, Pholcidae): new species and a framework for redrawing generic limits, Zootaxa 4395 (1), pp. 1-178 : 129-130

Carapoia ocaina Huber, 2000

Figs 554–556

Carapoia ocaina Huber, 2000: 242 , figs 19–20, 131, 179, 955–961 (♂ ♀, Peru, Brazil). Huber 2005: 555, figs 85, 86, 99. Carvalho et al. 2010: 433.

Type material. PERU: Loreto: ♂ holotype, 5♂ 8♀ paratypes, MUSM, Rio Samiria (4°43’S, 74°18’W), 21– 28.v.1990 (D. Silva “& Ernesto”).

New record. BRAZIL: Amazonas: 10♂ 2♀, ZFMK (Ar 19232), forest near Tabatinga (4.244°S, 69.92°– 69.93°W), 90 m a.s.l., 2–4.xi.2016 (B.A. Huber, L.S. Carvalho) ; 2♀ in pure ethanol, ZFMK (Br 16-323), same data .

Description (amendments; see Huber 2000). Tibia 1 in nine newly examined males: 10.4–12.4 (mean 11.1); in two females: 7.7, 8.3. Diameters of femora 1–4 in large male: 0.29, 0.34, 0.36, 0.32. Most males with pale reddish abdomen (in ethanol; in live orange-red; Fig. 554 ). Prolateral trichobothrium present on tibia 1.

Natural history. The spiders were found in strongly domed, rather small webs (diameter about 20 cm), consistently with a second, flat sheet of silk under the domed main sheet. In the lines above the domed main sheet there were sometimes Argyrodes kleptoparasites.

Distribution. Widely distributed between Manaus ( Brazil) and the Peruvian Andes ( Fig. 741 ).

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FIGURE 741. Known distribution of the Carapoia paraguaensis group.

FIGURES 552–563. Live specimens, Carapoia paraguaensis group. 552–553. C. munduruku sp. n., male and female from Tapajós. 554–556. C. ocaina Huber, 2000, males and female from Tabatinga. 557–560. C. fowleri Huber, 2000, males from Presidente Figueiredo and Manaus, females from Presidente Figueiredo. 561–563. C. tapajos sp. n., males and female from Tapajós.