Abstract
A new phrurolithid species, Scotinella elpotosi sp. nov., is described from San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Males of this new species are characterized by the long and filiform embolus, and females by the W-shaped copulatory ducts. Additionally, based on delimitation of the genus Phrurolithus C. L. Koch, 1839 made by previous authors, we propose the transfer of all Mexican Phrurolithus to Scotinella Banks, 1911: S. adjacens (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) comb. nov., S. approximatus (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) comb. nov., S. coahuilanus (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) comb. nov., S. debilis (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) comb. nov., S. diversus (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) comb. nov., S. tamaulipanus (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) comb. nov., and S. tepejicanus (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) comb. nov.
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