Genus Spelocteniza Gertsch, 1982

Type species

Spelocteniza ashmolei Gertsch, 1982 by monotypy.

Composition

Spelocteniza ashmolei Gertsch, 1982, S. pampenita sp. nov. and S. zuninoi sp. nov.

Diagnosis

Spelocteniza is distinguished from Envia and Pseudonemesia by the absence of a scutum in the male (Fig. 6A); the absence of a large subapical clasping spine in males (Figs 7D, 11C) and leg cuticule pustulose (Figs 25D, 28C), while a scutum is present in males (Fig. 2C; see Ott & Höffer 2004: fig. 2); large subapical clasping spine present in males (Fig. 2D, see Ott & Höffer 2004: figs 4–5) and scaly cuticule (Miglio & Bonaldo 2011: fig.17; Indicatti &Villareal 2016: fig. 3d). From Ministigmata, Spelocteniza is distinguished by the presence of four spinnerets (Fig. 27B), two in the former (Raven & Platnick 1981); from Tonton by the leg cuticule being pustulose, not pustulose in the latter (Passanha et al. 2019: fig. 2f), and the tarsal organ strongly elevated (Figs 25A, 28F) low with concentric ridges in the latter (Passanha et al. 2019: fig. 1e). From Pastaza gen. nov. males are distinguished by their palp bulb with paraembolic apophysis (Figs 8D, 12D), absent in the latter (Figs 17D, 23D); females are distinguished by their narrow spermathecal bases (Figs 5C, 10C) whereas they are wide in the latter (Figs 14E, 20E).

Distribution

Ecuador.