Coptoprepes valdiviensis Ramirez

Coptoprepes valdiviensis Ramírez

Fig. 4

Coptoprepes valdiviensis Ramírez, 2003: 90 (male holotype and female paratype from Chile, Llanquihue province, Lago Chapo, in AMNH, not reexamined).

Diagnosis: Females are very similar to those of C. ecotono n. sp. by the rather flat epigyne with rectangular, unsclerotized median field, but can be distinguished by having a lower, transversally oriented profile of the anterior portion of the copulatory ducts (see Ramírez 2003: fig. 42E). Males are easily distinguished from those of other congeners by the sharp and slender RTA (Fig. 4 d; Ramírez 2003: fig. 42B).

Description: Male and female described by Ramírez (2003).

Distribution: Forests of southern Chile and Argentina, in Cautín, Osorno, Llanquihue and Neuquén provinces, plus one isolated record in Ultima Esperanza province, Magallanes (Ramírez 2003).

New records: ARGENTINA: Neuquén: Nahuel Huapi Natl. Park, Cerro Bayo, S40.75934º W71.59516º, 1021 m, pitfall traps (cod. M3S2E05), January 2005, V. Werenkraut, 1 male (MACN-Ar 19028); Nahuel Huapi Natl. Park, Cerro Bayo, S40.75166º W71.59286º, 1096 m, pitfall traps (cod. M3S3E05), January 2005, V. Werenkraut, 1 male [plus 1 immature], (MACN-Ar 19039; temporary preparations MJR-0 1328, VIW- 00001); Lanín Natl. Park, Lago Curilaufquen, 8 January 1985, M. Ramírez, 1 female (MACN-Ar). CHILE: Región IX (Araucanía): Cautín: 10 km S Pucón, Volcán Villarrica Natl. Park, 900 m, FIT, Nothofagus grove on ash, 15 December 1984 – 10 February 1985, S. & J. Peck, 6 males and 1 female (AMNH). Región X (Los Lagos): Llanquihue: Lago Chapo, 13.5 km E Correntoso, 310 m, site 656, window trap, Valdivian rainforest, 16–27 December 1982, A. Newton & M Thayer, 1 female [plus 1 immature] (AMNH). Chile, no specific locality, “loc. 96”, 1 female (IRSN IG 25.934).

Other material examined: CHILE: Región IX (Araucanía): Cautín: Volcán Villarrica, window trap, Nothofagus dombeyi and N. pumilio forest with Chusquea, 15–29 December 1992, A. Newton & M. Thayer, 1 female (AMNH; temporary preparation MJR-01347, VIW-00017).