Anapisona bordeaux Platnick & Shadab

Ott, R. & A. D. Brescovit, 2003, Description of the females of Anapis castilla and Anapisona bordeaux (Araneae, Anapidae)., J. Arachnol. 31, pp. 340-343 : 341-342

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).