Auyantepuia gaillardi Lourenco 1983

Auyantepuia gaillardi Lourenço, 1983 Diagnosis (Ythier, 2018a) Species of medium to large size when compared with the average size of the other species of the genus, with a total length of 25 mm in males and 27 mm in females. General coloration reddish yellow. Carapace light reddish with yellowish spots on the posterior and lateral edges; ocular tubercle blackish. Tergites yellowish with several confluent darker spots, greyish. Venter pale yellow, the sternite VII darker; pectines and genital operculum yellow ochre. All metasomal segments uniformly reddish, slightly darker than the prosoma. Vesicle of same coloration as metasomal segment V; aculeus dark reddish. Chelicerae uniformly yellowish; tip of fingers reddish. Pedipalps reddish, the femur slightly yellowish. Legs uniformly pale yellow. Carapace with a fine granulation in males, smooth in female; anterior edge very slightly concave, almost straight. Tergites with a fine granulation similar to the one on carapace in males, smooth in females. Pectinal tooth count 7–8 in males and 6–7 in females. Sternites smooth with spiracles rounded in shape. Metasomal segment V with spinoid granulation ventrally; dorsal lateral and lateral supramedian carinae on segments I to V weakly marked; other carinae absent. Pedipalp femur with dorsal internal, dorsal external and ventral internal carinae well-marked; internal side granular; patella and chela with all carinae vestigial; chela weakly granular dorsally; dentate margins on movable fingers with six rows of granules separated by bigger granules. Distribution Auyantepuia gaillardi is known only from its type locality in Saint-Jean-du-Maroni, in northwestern French Guiana (Fig. 4).