First record of the genus Descanso Peckham & Peckham, 1892 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Colombia, with a complementary description of D. peregrinus Chickering, 1946
Author
Galvis, William
Author
Muñoz-Charry, Valentina
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Peckhamia
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10.5281/zenodo.5093099
1944-8120
5093099
DB3B7E2F-6CCF-4168-BD7A-978B50A0C360
Descanso peregrinus
Chickering, 1946
Figs. 1-14
Descanso peregrinus
Chickering, 1946: 435
, figs.
399-403 (male
holotype
from
Fort Sherman
,
Canal Zone
,
Panama
, deposited in the
MCZ
22607; female
allotype
from
Biological Area
,
Canal Zone
,
Panama
, deposited in the
MCZ
25799; and female
paratype
from
Forest Reserve
,
Canal Zone
,
Panama
, deposited in the
MCZ
25872, all not examined);
WSC 2016
.
Material examined
.
Colombia
,
Cundinamarca
,
La Mesa
,
Agroparque Mutis
, [
4.6309227°N
,
74.4630146°W
], [
950 m
],
21 Nov 2015
,
1♂
,
1♀
(
V
. Muñoz &
F. Cala-Riquelme
, ANDESIN 2969)
.
Diagnosis
. Males of the species can be diagnosed by their hook-shaped retrolateral paracymbium with a retrolateral tibial apophysis, and long embolus (
Figs. 4-7
). Females can be recognized by their wider and longer copulatory openings and the different conformation of their copulatory ducts (
Figs. 11-13
).
Description of male
. Total length: 2.80. Carapace black with whitish hairs and a patch of metallic-white scales between legs II-III, 1.36 long, 0.89 wide, 0.40 high (
Figs. 1-3
). OQ black, 0.61 long. Anterior eye row 0.74 wide and posterior 0.89 wide. Sternum black, 0.49 long, 0.26 wide. Labium black, 0.73 long, 0.13 wide. Chelicerae dark brown with a fissidentated retromarginal teeth and two tiny promarginal teeth. Palp black with patellae to metatarsus white, with a hook-shaped paracymbium, retrolateral tibial apophysis, curved and long embolus (
Figs. 4-7
). Legs 4132, all black to dark brown with coxae II and IV white, metatarsus-tarsus I,
III-IV
white, and tibia-metatarsus II white. Leg macrosetae: tibia, I v 2-2-2; II v 1 pr;
III-IV
v 0-0-1; metatarsus, I v 2-2; II v 1 me;
III-IV
v 0-0-1. Abdomen black with whitish hairs (
Figs. 1-2
).
Figures 1-7.
Descanso peregrinus
male.
1,
Habitus, dorsal view.
2,
Same, lateral view.
3,
Prosoma, lateral view, showing detail of the patch
of white metalized scales.
4-5,
Left palp, ventral view.
6,
Same, prolateral
view.
7,
Same, retroventral view. Scale,
Figs. 1-2
:
0.50 mm
,
Fig. 3
: 0.25
mm,
Figs. 4-7
:
0.10 mm
.
Description of female
. Total length: 3.08. Carapace black with whitish hairs and a patch of metallic-white scales between legs II-III, 1.49 long, 1.00 wide, 0.64 high (
Figs. 8-10
). OQ black, 0.72 long. Anterior eye row 0.79 wide and posterior 1.00 wide. Sternum black, 0.55 long, 0.32 wide. Labium black, 0.82 long, 0.18 wide. Chelicerae dark brown with a fissidentate retromarginal tooth and two tiny promarginal teeth. Palp black with patella to metatarsus white. Legs 4132, all black to dark brown with coxae II and IV white, metatarsus-tarsus I,
III-IV
white, and tibia-metatarsus II white. Leg macrosetae: tibia, I v 2-2-2; II v 1 pr; metatarsus, I v 2-2; II v 1 me. Abdomen black with whitish hairs (
Figs. 8-9
). Epigyne (
Figs. 11-13
) with anterior, wide and anterior copulation openings, long copulatory ducts, slender and curved spermathecae, and anterior fertilization ducts.
Figures 8-13.
Descanso peregrinus
female.
8,
Habitus, dorsal view.
9,
Same, lateral view.
10,
Prosoma, lateral view, showing detail of the patch of white metalized scales.
11,
Epigyne,
cleared, dorsal view.
12-13
, Same, cleared, ventral view. Scale,
Figs. 8-9
:
0.50 mm
,
Fig. 10
:
0.20 mm
,
Figs. 11-13
:
0.05 mm
.
Distribution
.
Colombia
(
Cundinamarca
) and
Panama
(Canal Zone Biological Area) (
Fig. 14
). Specimens of both sexes were collected together beating low scrubs at a low-dry Andean disturbed forest. This is a new record from
Colombia
, and a new altitudinal record, from
25-30 m
to
950 m
.
Comment
. This is the first record of the species since its original description (see
Chickering 1946
).