Plato striatus Prete, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2018

Prete, Pedro H. & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2024, Taxonomic revision of the orb weaving spider genus Plato Coddington, 1986 (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae) with the description of three new species, Zootaxa 5471 (1), pp. 1-32 : 23

Plato striatus Prete, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2018

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Plato striatus Prete, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2018: 136 , fig. 4 (male holotype from Cave GEM_1786(6º06'19"S, 44º08'18"W), Parauapebas, Pará, Brazil, 07.ii.2011, R. Zampaulo et al. col., deposited in IBSP 176982.

Additional material examined. COLOMBIA. Department Amazonas : Rio Apaporis (0°25'S, 70°15'W), 1♂, 07– 16.ii.1999, B. Both et al. col. ( CAS 332 ) .

Diagnosis. Plato striatus is diagnosed by the atypical small, arrow-shaped, recurved conductor apophysis (fig. 18B), and the sinuous, tapered distal embolic apophysis (fig. 18C–E).

Description. Male described by Prete, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2018: 136.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from a cave in Parauapebas, Pará, Brazil and now in the Department of Amazonas, Colombia (fig. 23).

Figures

FIGURE 18. Plato striatus, from Parauapebas, Pará, Brazil. A, male body, dorsal view; B–D, male palp, left, mesal view; E, embolus, distal view, illustration. Abbreviations, C, conductor. CA, conductor apophysis. Cy, cymbium. E, embolus. EA, embolic apophysis. MA, median apophysis. O, embolic opening. ST, subtegulum. T, tegulum. Scales: A, 0.8; B, C, D, 0.1; E, 0.05.

FIGURE 23. Distribution of records of Plato (South America).