A new species of Dossenus Simon, 1898 (Araneae, Trechaleidae) from Northern Brazil
Author
Cruz, Estevam L.
Author
Silva, Da
Author
Lise, Arno A.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2814
67
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.277164
e6eaf542-383a-4381-9413-5b55c8fccbd8
1175-5326
277164
Dossenus paraensis
new species
Figs. 1, 2
Type
material:
Holotype
:
female from Pará,
Brazil
[
06°09’42.49”S
, 52°42’10.07’W],
XI.1945
, C. D. Michener (
MCTP
8865).
Etymology.
The specific name is a noun in apposition, referring to the
type
locality.
Diagnosis.
The female of
D. paraensis
sp. n.
can be distinguished from those of
D. marginatus
Simon, 1898
and
D. guapore
(
Silva
et al
. 2007
, pp. 142, 148, figs. 7, 8, 31, 32) by the presence of a short median projection on the scape of the epigynum (
Fig. 1
). This new species has only four pairs of ventral macrosetae on tibia I and II, differing from
D. marginatus
and
D. guapore
, which has five pairs.
Description.
Female (
Holotype
, MCTP 8865). Total length 8.05. Carapace 4.06 long, 3.15 wide, light yellow with a median light brown band surrounded by a white line extending to the abdomen, darker laterally. Clypeus light yellow, 0.26 high. Anterior eye row slightly recurved, 0.80 wide; posterior 1.60 wide. Eye diameters, interdistances, and median ocular quadrangle: AME 0.14, ALE 0.12, PME 0.30, PLE 0.22; AME-AME 0.14, AME-ALE 0.10, PME-PME 0.30, PME-PLE 0.40, OQA 0.40, OQP 0.82, OQH 0.68. Chelicerae light brown, bristly; promargin and retromargin of fang furrow with three teeth equidistant and equal in size. Sternum light yellow with scattered setae; 2.07 long, 1.66 wide. Labium yellow, 0.33 long, 0.48 wide. Legs yellow, relative length: IV-I-II-III, I – femur 4.31/ tibia-patella 5.39/ metatarsus 4.31/ tarsus 2.07/ total 16.08; II – 4.23/ 5.47/ 3.65/ 1.90/ 15.25; III – 3.32/ 3.73/ 2.24/ 1.41/ 10.70; IV – 4.73/ 5.56/ 4.56/ 2.10/ 16.95. Ventral pairs of macrosetae on tibiae:
I-4
;
II-4
;
III-3
;
IV-3.
Abdomen, 3.98 long, light brown, with dark brown setae on anterior portion; dorsum with a median light brown band. Venter light gray, with scattered setae. Epigynum with prominent scape, presenting a short projection on the anterior margin (
Fig. 1
). Stalk of spermathecae (SS) elongated and head of spermathecae (HS) elliptical (
Fig. 2
).
Male.
Unknown.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality.