Linothele tsachilas Duperre & Tapia 2015

Linothele tsachilas Dupérré & Tapia, 2015

Linothele tsachilas Dupérré & Tapia, 2015: 359, figs 37-40.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Ecuador • ♀; Santo Domingo de Las Tsáchilas, Parroquia San José de Alluriquín, La Florida; 0°15’9.144”S, 79°1’49.547”W; 884 m a.s.l.; 7.XII.2014; E. Tapia leg.; QCAZ.

Paratype. Ecuador • 1 ♀; same collecting data as for holotype; 30.X.2014; QCAZ.

TYPE LOCALITY. — La Florida, Ecuador.

DISTRIBUTION. — Only known from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS. — “Females are diagnosed by their closely positioned spermathecae […]. From L. longicauda, L. aequatorialis and L. cousini by their carapace margin, coxae and trochanters with golden setae […].” see Dupérré & Tapia (2015: 360).

DESCRIPTION (FOLLOWING Dupérré & Tapia 2015)

Male

Unknown.

Female

CL = 9.0. CT = 13. MC = 60-65. Colouration: overall reddish brown; opisthosoma “dark brown with few patches of golden setae, with a purplish tinge”, see Dupérré & Tapia (2015: fig. 37), ventral pattern absent from opisthosoma; leg femora with indistinct maculae. Sternum, labium and maxillae: see Dupérré & Tapia (2015: fig. 38). Leg formula: 4123. Scopula divided. Leg tarsi pseudo-segmented. Spermathecae: “joined at base, close together, with elongated apically tapering spermathecae, with numerous vesicles on short stalk medioapically”, see Dupérré & Tapia (2015: fig. 39, 40).

NATURAL HISTORY

According to Dupérré &Tapia (2015) specimens of L. tsachilas “[…] were collected in a foothill forest at 884m elevation. This species builds webs approximately 50 × 30 cm near the ground, and the retreat is underneath or in a hole of a dead tree trunk. The two specimens collected live in sympatry with L. zaia and L. quori, but seem to prefer distinct microhabitats.”