Anapisona bordeaux Platnick & Shadab
Figs. 7-14
Anapisona bordeaux Platnick & Shadab 1979: 3, figs. 22, 23 (male holotype from Bordeaux Mountain , St. John, United States Virgin Islands, 17 December 1965, deposited in America Museum of Natural History, New York, not examined).
Description. ÐMale: Described by Platnick & Shadab (1979). The male palp of the Brazilian specimens is illustrated in Figs. 9-10. Carapace with deep fovea (Fig. 8). Abdomen with dorsal scutum invaginated distally (Fig. 7).
Material examined. ÐBRAZIL: Rio Grande do Sul:1 ♂,1 ♀, SaÄo Francisco de Paula, Centro de Estudos e ConservacËaÄo da Natureza ProÂ-Mata (29° 27' / 29° 35' S, 50° 08' / 50° 15' W, 500 m), 1999, J. Ketterl (MCTP 13006); 1 /, with same data (IBSP 34625).
Diagnosis. ÐThe female of A. bordeaux is distinguished from other Anapisona females by the coiled copulatory ducts, transversally disposed to the lateral side of spermathecae (Figs. 13-14).
Female: Carapace and sternum maroon, strongly sclerotized. Abdomen dark brown, with a few lighter areas and four pairs of sclerotized small spots at dorsum (Fig. 11); dorsal scutum absent; lateral and posterior portion of the abdomen remarkably wrinkled (Fig. 12). Carapace with deep round fovea (Fig. 11). Tibia I with 1 prolateral and 1 retrolateral distal cusp and 1 prolateral cusp at middle. Measurements. Total length 1.92. Carapace 1.15 long, 0.75 wide, 0.60 high. Abdomen 1.30 long, 1.05 wide. Legs: I, femur 1.07, patella 0.40, tibia 0.85, metatarsus 0.42, tarsus 0.62, total 3.36; II, 0.77, 0.35, 0.57, 0.35, 0.55, 2.59; III, 0.52, 0.27, 0.37, 0.27, 0.42, 1.85; IV, 0.70, 0.25, 0.47, 0.27, 0.47, 2.14. Epigynum with large spermathecae separated by their diameter (Figs. 13, 14).