Cryptostetha pereirai Bechyně, 1958

(Figs. 11 –23)

Cryptostetha pereirai Bechyně, 1958a: 531 (descr.); Sekerka & Sampaio, 2023 (check.).

Type locality: Brazil — Paraíba: Jo ã o Pessoa .

Distribution: BRAZIL — Paraíba: Jo ã o Pessoa.

Aedeagus: Symmetrical, elongated, sclerotized, and curved. Basal lobe almost continuous with the median lobe. Curved median lobe, in lateral view. Apical orifice wider than long. Apical end dorsally flattened and with a rounded tip. Endophallus with long, wavy flagellum, with two spiniform projections—one on each side—at the apex.

Spermatheca: Short, sclerotized, and hook-shaped. Cornu is slightly curved, with a rounded apex and obtuse internal angle. Elongated nodulus, slightly wider than cornu; and as wide as the middle part, except the basal region which is narrower. Spermathecal duct is thin and slightly S-shaped.

Material examined (5 specimens): BRAZIL. Paraíba: João Pessoa, 1 specimen (MIZA 0060480 — paratype), 04. V. 1953, [no data] (MIZA); 1 specimen (MZSP 49102 — paratype), 06. VI. 1954, [no data] (MZSP); 3 specimens (MPEG. HCO 01051367–69), 22. I. 1981, 45 m, Ginter Ekis leg. (MPEG) .