taxonID	type	description	language	source
49EE210DB31251188C60F50BA272ABA1.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Sao Leopoldo, 19. viii. 1986, C. J. Becker, 1 female, (MCTP); Sao Leopoldo, 19. viii. 1986, C. J. Becker, 1 male, (MCTP); Eldorado do Sul, 30 ° 05 ' 32.2 " S, 51 ° 40 ' 20.4 " W, 25. vii. 1995, A. A. Lise, 1 male, (MCTP); Novo Hamburgo, 1. x. 1986, C. J. Becker, 2 females, 1 male, (MCTP); Campo Bom, 19. x. 1987, C. J. Becker, 1 male, (MCTP); Viamao, 30 ° 04 ' 42.7 " S, 51 ° 03 ' 02.0 " W, 19. viii. 1994, A. A. Lise, 1 female, 4 males, (MCTP).	en	LeMay, Gabriel A., Agnarsson, Ingi (2020): New species of smiley-faced spider Spintharus (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Brazil, and comments on unobserved diversity in South America. ZooKeys 915: 17-24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.915.47563, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.915.47563
49EE210DB31251188C60F50BA272ABA1.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Spintharus gracilis females differ from all other Spintharus species by the long and narrow abdomen being> 3 x longer than wide (Fig. 1 A-C). Males differ from all other Spintharus species by the extremely long embolus traversing the entire outer edge of the tegulum (Fig. 1 J, K, O).	en	LeMay, Gabriel A., Agnarsson, Ingi (2020): New species of smiley-faced spider Spintharus (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Brazil, and comments on unobserved diversity in South America. ZooKeys 915: 17-24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.915.47563, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.915.47563
49EE210DB31251188C60F50BA272ABA1.taxon	description	Description. Female. Total length 4.21 (mm). Cephalothorax 1.05 long, 0.92 wide, 0.67 high, light yellow. Sternum 0.77 long, 0.51 wide, extending half way between coxae IV, light yellow. Abdomen 3.16 long, 1.04 wide, 0.88 high. Narrow to oval without humps (Fig. 1 A-C). Fragmented white lines follow the dorsolateral edge from anterior to posterior, excluding the posterior third of the total abdomen length. Terminuses of white lines are inflected slightly medially, being more pronounced at the anterior terminus. White markings nearly join to form a strip just anterior of the abdomen center, but remain separated by an unpigmented gap. All eyes approximately equal in size, anterior median eyes 0.06 in diameter, anterior lateral eyes 0.11 in diameter. All eyes slightly elevated on cephalothorax and located within one eye diameter apart from each other, except the posterior median, which are 0.18 apart. Leg I femur 1.92, patella 0.45, tibia 1.37, metatarsus 1.90, tarsus 0.59. All legs pale yellow. Epigynum with widely spaced and distinctly round copulatory openings and copulatory ducts spirals extending beyond the ectal margin of spermathecae. Male. Total length 3.56. Cephalothorax 0.97 long, 0.99 wide, 0.60 high, yellow with slightly darker shading on lateral sides. Sternum 0.69 long, 0.50 wide, extending half way between coxae IV, light yellow. Abdomen 2.5 long, 0.67 wide, 0.71 high. All eyes approximately equal in size, anterior median eyes 0.09 in diameter, anterior lateral eyes 0.12 in diameter. All eyes slightly elevated on cephalothorax and located within one eye diameter apart from each other, except the posterior medians, which are 0.18 apart. Leg I femur 2.28, patella 0.41, tibia 1.58, metatarsus 2.12, tarsus 0.50. All legs yellow. Darker brown shading on leg IV on patella and where tibia meets metatarsus. Male pedipalp with an extremely long spiral traversing the entire outer edge of the tegulum, leaving a large area of the tegulum exposed (Fig. 1 J). Taxonomic note. The specimens examined here are from the southeast coast of Brazil but to the south of the hitherto documented locations. Given the strong genetic structure found in the Caribbean (Dziki et al. 2015) over relatively short distances, we cannot rule out that our redescription represents a new species. However, detailed sampling coupled with DNA data will be necessary to test the limits of S. gracilis, as was the case for " S. flavidus " (Agnarsson et al. 2018).	en	LeMay, Gabriel A., Agnarsson, Ingi (2020): New species of smiley-faced spider Spintharus (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Brazil, and comments on unobserved diversity in South America. ZooKeys 915: 17-24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.915.47563, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.915.47563
C5D53D6B3C4254799DDCE54F0EA5EE36.taxon	materials_examined	Additional material. Brazil: Mato Grosso, Santo Antonio de Leverger, 29. vii. 1992, A. A. Lise & A. Braul, 4 females, 1 male, (MCTP); Chapada dos Guimaraes, 15 - 26. vii. 1992, A. A. Lise & A. Braul, 1 male, (MCTP); Rio Grande do Sul, Quarai, 4 - 28. v. 1991, A. A. Lise, 2 females, (MCTP)	en	LeMay, Gabriel A., Agnarsson, Ingi (2020): New species of smiley-faced spider Spintharus (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Brazil, and comments on unobserved diversity in South America. ZooKeys 915: 17-24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.915.47563, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.915.47563
C5D53D6B3C4254799DDCE54F0EA5EE36.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Spintharus leverger sp. nov. differ from all other Spintharus species by the large and robustly sclerotized spermathecae of the female genitalia (Fig. 2 G-I) and the tight distal compression of male palpal sclerites, with most of the tegulum exposed (Fig. 2 N).	en	LeMay, Gabriel A., Agnarsson, Ingi (2020): New species of smiley-faced spider Spintharus (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Brazil, and comments on unobserved diversity in South America. ZooKeys 915: 17-24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.915.47563, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.915.47563
C5D53D6B3C4254799DDCE54F0EA5EE36.taxon	description	Description. Female: Total length 4.72. Cephalothorax 1.10 long, 1.03 wide, 0.82 high, yellow-brown with slightly darker shading laterally. Sternum 0.90 long, 0.58 wide, extending half way between coxae IV, yellow. Abdomen 3.50 long, 1.53 wide, 1.50 high, elongated oval without humps (Fig. 2 A-C). Four pairs of juxtaposed clustered white blotches run along the dorsal side. White blotches appear slightly fragmented. Brown markings follow the dorsolateral edges of the abdomen from anterior to posterior, joining together just anterior of the center of the abdomen to form a narrow strip. A pair of small dark bulbous spots appear posterolaterally on the abdomen. All eyes elevated on cephalothorax and approximately equal in size, anterior median eyes 0.08 in diameter, anterior lateral eyes 0.12 in diameter. All eyes located within one eye diameter from each other, except the posterior medians, which are 0.13 apart. Leg I femur 2.23, patella 0.65, tibia 1.63, metatarsus 2.24, tarsus 0.61. All legs pale yellow, with the metatarsus of legs I, II, and IV slightly browner. Epigynum with very large and robustly sclerotized spermathecae and relatively small copulatory openings, with clearly sclerotized edges (Fig. 2 G-I). Male: Total length 3.52. Cephalothorax 1.10 long, 0.88 wide, 0.64 high, yellow with slightly darker shading laterally. Sternum 0.75 long, 0.51 wide, extending half way between coxae IV, light yellow. Abdomen 2.45 long, 0.89 wide, 0.88 high. All eyes elevated on cephalothorax and approximately equal in size, anterior median eyes 0.08 in diameter, anterior lateral eyes 0.13 in diameter. All eyes located within one eye diameter apart from each other, except the posterior medians, which are 0.14 apart. Leg I femur 2.19, patella 0.51, tibia 1.53, metatarsus 2.28, tarsus 0.55. All legs yellow. Male pedipalp with all sclerites tightly packed at the distal end of the tegulum, leaving the tegulum largely exposed, embolus relatively short (Fig. 2 J).	en	LeMay, Gabriel A., Agnarsson, Ingi (2020): New species of smiley-faced spider Spintharus (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Brazil, and comments on unobserved diversity in South America. ZooKeys 915: 17-24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.915.47563, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.915.47563
C5D53D6B3C4254799DDCE54F0EA5EE36.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species epithet refers to the municipality of Santo Antonio de Leverger, the location in which the holotype female was collected.	en	LeMay, Gabriel A., Agnarsson, Ingi (2020): New species of smiley-faced spider Spintharus (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Brazil, and comments on unobserved diversity in South America. ZooKeys 915: 17-24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.915.47563, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.915.47563
