Stenoterommata iguazu is a species of mygalomorph spiders of Argentina, named after its type locality: Iguazú, Misiones.Goloboff, Pablo A. "A revision of the South American spiders of the family Nemesiidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). Part 1, Species from Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay. Bulletin of the AMNH; no. 224." (1995). Females are distinguished from other species in the genus, except S. platense, by the 2 + 2 spermathecae; from S. platense, they are distinguished by the outer spermathecal lobe having a single receptaculum. Males are distinguished from other species, except S. platense, by having a thin, well-sclerotized embolus and the bulbal duct with an even curvature; from S. platense, by the sudden tapering apical portion of the bulbal duct and the slightly smaller size.
Description Male: total length ; cephalothorax length , width ; cephalic region length , width . Labium length , width . Sternum length , width . Its labium has no cuspules. Its sternal sigilla are small, oval and shallow; its sternum with a clear reborder. Chelicerae: rastellum with only long, thin and attenuate setae. Cheliceral tumescence is present, covered with hairs. Female: total length ; cephalothorax length , width ; cephalic region length , width ; fovea width ; labium length , width ; sternum length , width . Its cephalic region is convex with the fovea slightly procurved. The labia have 3 cuspules. Its sternal sigilla are small, oval, shallow and marginal; sternum is rebordered. Chelicerae: rastellum formed by thick setae; colour similar to S. Platense.
Distribution Northern Misiones Province, Argentina.
See also Spider anatomy Iguazú National Park
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