Abstract
The Neotropical genera Guadana Rheims, 2010a and Sparianthina Banks, 1929 are revised. Based on re-interpreted and newly observed characters, updated diagnoses are given for each genus. Eight new species are described, six in Guadana: G. alpahuayo sp. n. (♂♀) and G. ucayali sp. n. (♂), from Peru; G. amendoim sp. n. (♀), G. mapia sp. n. and G. muirpinima sp. n. (♀), from Brazil; G. arawak sp. n. (♂), from French Guiana, and two in Sparianthina: S. boyaca sp. n. (♀) from Colombia and S. soca sp. n. from Trinidad & Tobago. Sparianthina rufescens (Mello-Leitão, 1940) is considered incertae sedis. All new species are illustrated and photographed. Identification keys for both genera including comparative detailed illustrations of male and female characters, as well as updated distribution maps for all known species are provided.
References
Banks, N. (1929) Spiders from Panama. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 69, 53−96.
Caporiacco, L. di (1955) Estudios sobre los aracnidos de Venezuela. 2a parte: Araneae. Acta Biologica Venezuelica, 1, 265−448.
Davies, V.T. (1994) The huntsman spiders Heteropoda Latreille and Yiinthi gen. nov. (Araneae: Heteropodidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 35, 75−122.
Galvis, W. & Rheims, C.A. (2018) New species of Anaptomecus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Sparassidae) from Colombia, with an identification key for all known species of the genus. Zootaxa, 4521 (2), 294−300. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4521.2.11
Guala, M.E., Labarque, F.M. & Rheims, C.A. (2012) New species of Anaptomecus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Zootaxa, 3187 (1), 43−53. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3187.1.3
Jäger, P., (1998) First results of a taxonomic revision of the SE Asian Sparassidae (Araneae). In: Selden, P.A. (Ed.), The 17th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Edinburgh 1997. British Arachnological Society, Burnham Beeches, Bucks, pp. 53–59.
Jäger, P. (1999) Sinopoda, a new genus of Heteropodinae (Araneae, Sparassidae) from Asia. Journal of Arachnology, 27, 19−24.
Jäger, P. (2000) Two new heteropodine genera from southern continental Asia (Araneae: Sparassidae). Acta Arachnologica, 49, 61−71. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.49.61
Jäger, P. (2002) Heteropodinae: transfers and synonymies (Arachnida: Araneae: Sparassidae). Acta arachnologica, 51, 33–61. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.51.33
Jäger, P. (2006) Martensopoda gen. nov. from southern Indian mountain ranges, the first genus of huntsman spiders with a cymbial spur (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Zootaxa, 1325 (1), 335−345. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1325.1.22
Jäger, P. (2020a) Platnickopoda gen. nov., a new genus of huntsman spiders from Tanzania (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Arachnology, 18, 499−506. https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2020.18.5.499
Jäger, P. (2020b) Thunberga gen. nov., a new genus of huntsman spiders from Madagascar (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Zootaxa, 4790 (2), 245−260. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4790.2.3
Jäger, P. (2021) Two new enigmatic genera of huntsman spiders from Madagascar (Araneae: Sparassidae). Zootaxa, 4984 (1), 335−346. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4984.1.24
Jäger, P., Rheims, C.A. & Labarque, F.M. (2009) On the huntsman spider genera Sparianthina Banks, 1929 and Anaptomecus Simon, 1903 from South and Central America (Araneae, Sparassidae). ZooKeys, 16, 115−147. http://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.16.236
Keyserling, E. (1880) Die Spinnen Amerikas. Vol. I. Laterigradae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 283 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64832
Koch, L. (1875) s.n. In: Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Erster Theil. Lieferung 12−16. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, pp. 577−740, pls. 44−65. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.121660
Latreille, P. A. (1804). Tableau methodique des Insectes. Nouveau Dictionnaire d‘Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Tome 24, 129−295.
Lessert, R. de (1921). Araignées du Kilimandjaro et du Merou (suite). 4. Clubionidae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 28, 381−442.
Levi, H.W. (1965) Techniques for the study of spider genitalia. Psyche, 72, 152–158. https://doi.org/10.1155/1965/94978
Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1940). Spiders of the Guiana forest collected by O. W. Richards. Arquivos de Zoologia do Estado de Sao Paulo, 2, 175−197.
Moradmand, M., Schönhofer, A.L. & Jäger, P. (2014) Molecular phylogeny of the huntsman spider family Sparassidae with focus on the genus Eusparassus and notes on the RTA-clade and “Laterigradae”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 74, 48–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.01.021
Petrunkevitch, A. (1925) Arachnida from Panama. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 27, 51–248.
Rheims, C.A. (2010a) A new genus of huntsman spiders from the Neotropical region (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Zootaxa, 2650 (1), 33−46. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2650.1.3
Rheims, C.A. (2010b) Caayguara, a new genus of huntsman spiders from the Brazilian Atlantic forest (Araneae: Sparassidae). Zootaxa, 2630 (1), 1−29. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2630.1.1
Rheims, C.A. (2011) New species of Sparianthina Banks, 1929 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Zootaxa, 3125 (1), 64−68. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3125.1.5
Shorthouse, D.P. (2010) SimpleMappr, an online tool to produce publication-quality point maps. Available from: http://www.simplemappr.net (accessed 15 July 2021)
Simon, E. (1880) Révision de la famille des Sparassidae (Arachnides). Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux, 34, 223−351.
Simon, E. (1903) Descriptions d’arachnides nouveaux. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 47, 21−39. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.25299
Simon, E. (1909) Arachnides recueillis par L. Fea sur la côte occidentale d’Afrique. 2e partie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 44, 335−449.
World Spider Catalog (2021) World Spider Catalog. Version 22.0. Natural History Museum, Bern. Available from: https://wsc.nmbe.ch (accessed 15 July 2021)