Patrera witsu Duperre & Tapia, 2016, sp. nov
| Autor: | Nadine Duperre, Elicio Tapia |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| DOI: | 10.5281/zenodo.6081758 |
| Popis: | Patrera witsu sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:1001CCDB-43B2-4ED6-B823-C30BFB35A9DC Figs 49���53 Diagnosis Males are easily distinguished from all congeneric species by their basally wide and twisted embolus and their large ventral tegular projection (Fig. 49). Females are distinguished by the shallow, pocket-like lateral epigynal grooves (Fig. 52). Etymology The speciFc name is a noun in apposition is taken from the Kichwa language meaning ���twisted���, reFecting the twisted embolus of the male palp. Type material Holotype ECUADOR: ��, Cotopaxi Province, Otonga Biologica Reserve, 24���30 May 2014, night collecting, E. Tapia, C. Tapia and N. Dup��rr�� leg. (QCAZ). Other material examined ECUADOR: Cotopaxi Province, Otonga Biological Reserve: 1 ��, night collecting, 1 ♀, beating trees, 24���30 May 2014, E. Tapia, C. Tapia and N. Dup��rr�� leg. (DTC); 3 ����, 2 ♀♀, night collecting, 00.42261�� S, 79.5107�� W, 2225 m, 4���7 Sep. 2014, E. Tapia, C. Tapia and N. Dup��rr�� leg. (DTC); 2 ♀♀, beating trees, 00.41564�� S, 79.00425�� W, 2105 m, 4���7 Sep. 2014, E. Tapia, C. Tapia and N. Dup��rr�� leg. (DTC); 1 ��, 2 ♀♀, general collecting, 5���7 Sep. 2014, E. Tapia, C. Tapia and N. Dup��rr�� leg. (DTC); 1 ��, 1 ♀, beating, 00.42261�� S, 79.5107�� W, 2225 m, 12 Nov. 2014, E. Tapia, C. Tapia and N. Dup��rr�� leg. (DTC). Description Male (holotype) MEASUREMENTS. Total length: 4.4; carapace length: 2.2 carapace width: 1.6; abdomen length: 2.2. CEPHALOTHORAX. Pars cephalica light yellow with pale dusk lines behind PLE; pars thoracica light yellow. Fovea dark. Sternum light yellow, margin slightly darker. Labium and endites light orange-brown. CHELICERAE. Chelicerae light orange-brown. Posterior side with large tooth, narrow and triangular; promargin with 4, retromargin with 5 teeth (Fig. 51). LEGS. Femora yellow, tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi light yellow-orange. Total length: I: 9.8; II: 8.5; III: 5.4; IV: 7.8; leg articles length (femur/patella/tibia/metatarsus/tarsus): leg I 2.5/0.9/2.7/2.5/1.2; leg II 2.1/0.9/2.3/2.2/1.0; leg III 1.5/0.7/1.2/1.5/0.5; leg IV 1.9/0.8/1.9/2.4/0.8. LEGS SPINATION. Metatarsus I v2-2 -0. Metatarsus II v2-2 -0. Tibia III d0-1-1, v2-2 -1; metatarsus III d0-1- 1, v2-2 -0. Tibia IV d0-1-1, v2-2 -2; metatarsus IV d0-1-1, v2-2 -1. Tarsal claws unipectinate; retrolateral claws I���IV with 4-5 teeth, prolateral claws I���II with 10 teeth, prolateral claws III���IV with 5 teeth. ABDOMEN. Oval. Dorsally yellowish with faint dusky chevrons. GENITALIA. Palpal patella without apophysis. Palpal tibia shorter than cymbium (Fig. 50); anterior part of retrolateral tibial apophysis plate-like, posterior part thin, triangular (Fig. 50). Subtegulum rounded apically; tegulum elongated oval; dorsal projection of subtegulum well sclerotized with blunt tip; ventral projection of tegulum, large and plate-like; median apophysis short, hook-shaped; embolus wider basally, laminar and twisted (Fig. 49). Female MEASUREMENTS. Total length: 5.5; carapace length: 2.2; carapace width: 1.7; abdomen length: 3.3. CEPHALOTHORAX AND ABDOMEN. As in male. CHELICERAE. Cheliceral promargin with 3 teeth, retromargin 7 teeth. LEGS. As in male. Total length: I: 11.4; II: 10.2; III: 6.7; IV: 9.3; leg articles length (femur/patella/tibia/ metatarsus/tarsus): leg I 3.1/1.2/3.0/2.6/1.5; leg II 2.7/1.0/2.8/2.5/1.2; leg III 1.8/0.8/1.5/1.9/0.7; leg IV 2.6/0.9/2.1/2.8/0.9. LEGS SPINATION. Femur I p1-1-1, r0-1-1; tibia I v2-2 -0; metatarsus I v2-2 -0. Femur II p1-1-1, r0-1-1; tibia II v2-2 -0; metatarsus II v2-2 -0. Femur III p0-0-1, r0-1-1; tibia III d0-1-1, v2-2 -0; metatarsus III d0-1-1, v1-1 -0. Femur IV p0-0-1, r0-0-1; tibia IV d0-1-1, v2-2 -0; metatarsus IV d0-1-1, v1-1 -0. Tarsal claws unipectinate; retrolateral claws I���IV with 6���7 teeth, prolateral claws I���II with 14 teeth, prolateral claws III���IV with 4 teeth. Palpal claws with 3 teeth. GENITALIA. Epigynum with spatula-like median knob; atrium large; lateral epigynal grooves shallow, pocket-like (Fig. 52). Internal genitalia; short, oblique copulatory ducts; spermathecae rounded; fertilization ducts short, directed outwardly (Fig. 53). Natural history All specimens were collected at night or by beating trees. Distribution Ecuador: known only from the type locality. Published as part of Nadine Duperre & Elicio Tapia, 2016, Overview of the Anyphaenids (Araneae, Anyphaeninae, Anyphaenidae) spider fauna from the Choc�� forest of Ecuador, with the description of thirteen new species, pp. 1-50 in European Jornal of Taxonomy 255 on pages 35-37, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2016.255, http://zenodo.org/record/831094 |
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