The spider genus Chrysometa (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) from the Pico da Neblina and Serra do Tapirapecó mountains (Amazonas, Brazil): new species, new records, diversity and distribution along two altitudinal gradients
Author
Nogueira, André A.
Author
Pena-Barbosa, João P. P.
Author
Venticinque, Eduardo M.
Author
Brescovit, Antonio D.
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Zootaxa
2011
2772
33
51
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.203087
e20d0402-f7de-40c5-a66f-70bae7e2d00c
1175-5326
203087
Chrysometa lomanhungae
new species
Figures 6A–C
Type
material.
Holotype
:
Female from Pico da Neblina (
2,000 m
), São Gabriel da Cachoeira (
00°46'N
66º00'W
), Amazonas,
Brazil
,
X.2007
, A.A. Nogueira
et al.
coll. (INPA-AR 6142).
Paratypes
:
two females from the same locality and date (INPA-AR 6143 (
1 female
);
IBSP
160465
(
1 female
)).
Etymology.
The species epithet is a patronym in honor of arachnologist Nancy Lo Man Hung, recognising her help through the Pico da Neblina sampling expedition.
Diagnosis.
Females of
Chrysometa lomanhungae
are similar to
C. obscura
(Bryant)
in the large size of the copulatory openings (
Levi, 1986, fig: 249
), but differ by the septum covered by two humps of the median lobe (
Fig. 6A
), the presence of two pointed distal tips on the lateral plates, on posterior view (
Fig. 6B
). Females of
C. nubigena
are similar to
C. obscura
(Bryant)
Levi, 1986
, figs.: 247–250.
Description. Male.
Unknown.
Female (
holotype
).
Carapace yellow; sternum, chelicerae, labium and endites brown. Legs yellow, with brown annuli. Dorsum of abdomen grey, with white spots and transversal black lines. Venter grey with two white spots. Spinnerets grey. Total length 4.6; Carapace 2.0 long, 1.5 wide. Leg I length: femur 4.0; patella+tibia 4.6; metatarsus 3.9; tarsus 1.3. patella+tibia
II 2.9 III
1.4;
IV 2.
0. Epigynum: internally with spermathecae globose and copulatory ducts opening near the septum (
Fig. 6C
).
Distribution.
Only known from the
type
locality.