Syspira monticola Sánchez-Ruiz & Santos & Brescovit & Bonaldo 2020

Syspira monticola (Bryant, 1948) combinatio nova Figures 8, 9 Teminius monticolus Bryant, 1948: 411, fig. 94 (female holotype from Loma Rucilla, Armando Bermúdez National Park, Santiago Province, ~ 1500–2450 m, June, 1938, P. Darlington, deposited in MCZ, examined). Teminius monticola: Roewer, 1955: 407. Diagnosis. Females of S. monticola comb. n. resembles those of S. medialuna by having an atrial hood not projected (Figs 5D, 8D), but are readily recognized by having lower posterior plates and higher atrium (Fig. 8D). Description. Male unknown. Female described by Bryant (1948). Remarks. Collection efforts at the type and nearby localities, looking for new specimens, were unsuccessful. Vegetation in the type locality comprises a mixture of broadleaf and pine forest. Distribution. Know only from the type locality (Fig. 9).
Published as part of Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander, Santos, Gabriel De Los, Brescovit, Antonio D. & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2020, The genus Syspira Simon, 1895 (Araneae: Miturgidae) from Hispaniola, with the description of four new species, pp. 413-431 in Zootaxa 4894 (3) on page 424, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/4315939
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