Masteria manauara Bertani, Cruz & Oliveira, 2013

(Figs 23, 30F, 33)

Masteria manauara Bertani, Cruz & Oliveira, 2013: 438, figs 1–15

Types. BRAZIL. ♂ holotype, Fazenda Experimental da UFAM (02°39’30.85”S; 60°03’17.87”W), Manaus Amazonas, deposited in INPA 8598 (not found, not examined).

Note. Although the type material of this species was not examined, the species is here diagnosed based on conspecific material taken near the type locality deposited in the Instituto Butantan collection.

Additional material examined. BRAZIL, Amazonas: Manaus, Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke (2°57’42”S; 59°55’40”W), 1♂, 04.IX.1991, H. Höfer & T. Gasnier leg. (SMNK 3092); 1♂ 1♀, no data, Equipe SMNK leg. (SMNK 8632, SMNK 8633); 1♀, 29.IV.1982, Equipe SMNK leg. (SMNK 8630); 9♂, 8♀, no data, T. Gasnier leg. (IBSP 167164–167175).

Diagnosis. Males of Masteria manauara differ from those of other species in the slender and elongated embolus, with narrow base (Fig. 23B–C). Females resemble those of M. petrunkevitchi and M. sabrinae n. sp. in the unilobed spermathecae, but differ from them in the long and coiled ducts (Fig. 23E–F).

Description. Male and female described by Bertani et al. (2013: 438). The following characters are included: eyes disposition in MEV (Fig. 23A). Male palp with short tibia, twice length of cymbium, with ventral depression and retrolateral group of 12̄14 short tactile setae (Fig. 23C). Cymbium as long as wide, with three apical spines. Palpal bulb globose, embolus three to four times length of tegulum and very thin (Fig. 23B–C). Female spermathecae unilobate, a dense glandular region (Fig. 23E–F).

Distribution. Amazonas, Manaus (Fig. 33).