Megalostrata bruneri ( Bryant, 1936 )

Bonaldo, Alexandre B., Galán-Sanchez, M. Antonio & García, Fabián, 2024, Advances on the taxonomy of Megalostrata Karsch, 1880 (Araneae, Corinnidae, Corinninae), with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 5458 (4), pp. 495-523 : 509-510

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Megalostrata bruneri ( Bryant, 1936) View in CoL

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Chemmis bruneri Bryant, 1936: 331 , pl. 23, fig. 9 (♀ holotype from Loma del Gato , Sierra del Cobre, Cuba, MCZ 20592 About MCZ , examined by photographs).

Megalostrata bruneri View in CoL ; Bonaldo 2000: 118 (by genus synonymy).

Diagnosis. Females of M. bruneri are similar to those of M. paludosa spec. nov. and M. monistica by the short, bulbous secondary spermathecae ( Figs 12A, B View FIGURE 12 , 22C, E View FIGURE 22 ). They differ from those of M. monistica by the straight posterior margin of the epigynal plate, without a median invagination (posterior margin of epigynal plate strongly invaginated in M. monistica , Fig. 12A View FIGURE 12 ) and from those of M. paludosa spec. nov. by the small primary spermathecae (diameter similar to posterior atrium height), positioned anteriorly to the posterior atrium (primary spermathecae larger than the atrium height, positioned at the level of posterior atrium in M. paludosa spec. nov., Figs 22A View FIGURE 22 , 23C View FIGURE 23 ) ( Fig. 14C View FIGURE 14 ).

Description. See Bryant (1936).

Distribution. Only known from the type locality ( Fig. 25 View FIGURE 25 ).

References

Bonaldo, A. B. (2000) Taxonomia da subfamilia Corinninae (Araneae, Corinnidae) nas regioes neotropical e neartica. Iheringia, Serie Zoologia, 89, 3 - 148. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0073 - 47212000000200001

Bryant, E. B. (1936) Descriptions of some new species of Cuban spiders. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural Felipe Poey , 10, 325 - 332.

Chamberlin, R. V. (1924) The spider fauna of the shores and islands of the Gulf of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 12, 561 - 694.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Megalostrata monistica (Chamberlin, 1924): female, Nayarit, Mexico (CAS 9119037):A epigynum, ventral view; B same, dorsal view; C same, posterior view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 14. Megalostrata bruneri (Bryant, 1936), female holotype (MCZ): A dorso-lateral view; B abdomen, ventral view; C epigynum, ventral view. Scale bars: A 5 mm, B 1 mm, C 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 22. Megalostrata paludosa spec. nov.. A, B male holotype:A palp, ventral view; B palp, retrolateral view. C–E female paratype (MUSEUV 2796): C epigynum, ventral view; D same, posterior view; E same, dorsal view. Scale bars. 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 23. Megalostrata paludosa spec. nov.. A, B male holotype: A palp, ventral view; B palp, retrolateral view. C, D female paratype (MUSEUV 2796): C epigynum, ventral view; D same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: CO, copulatory opening; CRP, cymbial retrolateral basal process; E, embolus; FD, fertilization ducts; RTA, retrolateral tibial apophysis; S1, primary spermathecae; S2, secondary spermathecae; TP, tegular process. Scale bars. A, B 0.5 mm, C, D 0.2 mm