Mori Andre, Bertani Rogerio
Laboratório Especial de Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto Butantan. Avenida Vital Brazil, 1500, 05503-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Programa de pós-graduação em Sistemática, Taxonomia Animal e Biodiversidade, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo. Avenida Nazaré, 481, 04263-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Email:
Laboratório Especial de Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto Butantan. Avenida Vital Brazil, 1500, 05503-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2016 Jul 13;4137(4):520-34. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.4.4.
Among neotropical mygalomorph spider families, Barychelidae is one of the most neglected in taxonomic studies. Most genera have never been revised and only the original descriptions are available. Herein, one of these more obscure genera, Cosmopelma Simon, 1892, with two described species in Brazil and Venezuela, is revised. The type species C. decoratum Simon, 1889 is redescribed, and the male is described for first time. A new species, C. ceplac sp. nov., is described, and new occurrences are presented. Additionally, C. dentatum Fischel, 1927, whose holotype is lost, is considered a nomen dubium. Cosmopelma is an endemic genus, known only from the state of Bahia in northeastern Brazil.
在新热带区的原蛛亚目蜘蛛科中，盔蛛科是分类学研究中最受忽视的科之一。大多数属从未被修订过，仅有原始描述可供参考。在此，对其中一个较为 obscure 的属——科斯莫蛛属（Cosmopelma Simon，1892）进行修订，该属在巴西和委内瑞拉有两个已描述的物种。重新描述了模式种——华丽科斯莫蛛（C. decoratum Simon，1889），并首次描述了其雄性个体。描述了一个新物种——塞普拉克科斯莫蛛（C. ceplac sp. nov.），并给出了新的分布记录。此外，费舍尔科斯莫蛛（C. dentatum Fischel，1927）的正模标本已丢失，被视为疑名。科斯莫蛛属是一个特有属，仅在巴西东北部的巴伊亚州被发现。
