De Luna M.1, Solís-Rojas C.2, García-Barrios R.3, Millan A.B.4 2021. New data on Cyclocosmia loricata (C.L. Koch, 1842) (Aranei: Halonoproctidae) with first description of the male palp // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.30. No.1: 89–93 [in English].

Laboratorio de Entomología y Artropodos, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Leon campus de Ciudad Universitaria, Pedro de Alba S/N, C.P. 66452, San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. E-mails: scolopendra94@gmail.com (1), csolis01@hotmail.com (2), roberto.garciab98@gmail.com (3), anadulcemillan@hotmail.com (4).

doi: 10.15298/arthsel.30.1.07

ABSTRACT: This article details new records of the trapdoor spider Cyclocosmia loricata (C.L. Koch, 1842) in Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas states of northeast Mexico, and refutes previous records of C. truncata (Hentz, 1841) for Nuevo Leon. Insight in the variation in rib counts of the disc of the opisthosoma as well as the first description of the male palp are given.

KEY WORDS: Araneae, distribution, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, opisthosomal ribs, new record.

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