Auyantepuia sissomi Lourenco 1983

Auyantepuia sissomi 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 26 mm in females. General coloration yellowish. Carapace yellowish with light brown spots around the ocular tubercle and on the lateral edges of the carapace; posterior part and furrows lighter; ocular tubercle dark, almost black. Tergites greyish with several confluent lighter spots, yellowish, forming a longitudinal stripe. Venter yellow ochre. All metasomal segments reddish yellow, with greyish spots on lateral sides of I to V and on ventral side of III to V; ventral side of segments I and II without pigmentation. Vesicle reddish yellow; basis of aculeus reddish and tip of aculeus reddish black. Chelicerae yellowish with greyish spots; fingers yellowish with reddish teeth. Pedipalps reddish yellow with longitudinal light brown spots on the patella and chela, the dorsal side of the femur almost entirely covered with light brown spots; chela reddish. Legs pale yellow with several diffuse greyish spots. Carapace without granules, almost smooth; anterior edge very slightly concave. Tergites with few scattered fine granules. Pectinal tooth count 6–7 in females. Sternites smooth with spiracles rounded in shape. Metasomal segment V with spinoid granulation ventrally; dorsal lateral carinae weakly marked on segments I to IV; lateral supramedian carinae well-marked but incomplete on segments I to IV; other carinae absent. Pedipalp femur with three carinae well-marked and almost complete; patella and chela with all carinae vestigial; dorsal and internal sides of femur granular; dorsal side of chela granular, internal side with few scattered granules; dentate margins on movable fingers with six rows of granules separated by bigger granules. Distribution Auyantepuia sissomi is known only from its type locality in the upper Oyapock, in southeastern French Guiana (Fig. 4).