Syntrechalea boliviensis Carico 1993, new combination

Syntrechalea boliviensis (Carico, 1993) new combination

Trechalea boliviensis Carico 1993: 252, figs 65–68, male holotype from Departamento del Beni, Est. Biol. Beni, Zone 1, Bolivia, 8–14 November 1989, J. Coddington et al. leg. (IE, examined).

Syntrechalea colombiana Silva & Lise, 2008: 495, figs 1–6, male holotype from Loreto Mocagua, Leticia, Departamento del Amazonas, Colombia, 15 November 2001, C. Sandoval leg. (ICN 768, examined). Synonymy proposed by Silva & Lise (2010).

Note. The species is transferred to Syntrechalea F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 by sharing the following morphological characters: the carapace is low with the cephalic region uniquely elevated and the eyes more or less tuberculate (Carico, 2008: 124, fig. 19), the retrolateral tibial apophysis (RTA) is bifurcate with the ectal division (ECD) narrow and the ental division equally prominent and flattened (Carico, 2008: 123, fig. 9), flexible distal haft of metatarsi and flexible tarsi (Carico, 2008: 124, fig. 18), the epigynum has the middle field distinct and in a posterior position and surrounded by the anterior field anteriorly and laterally (Carico, 2008: 123, fig. 10).