Three new Idiops (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae) from Argentina and redescription of the male of I. hirsutipedis Mello-Leitão, 1941
Author
Ferretti, N.
Author
Nime, M.
Author
Mattoni, C.
text
Journal of Natural History
2017
J. Nat. Hist.
2017-05-08
51
17 - 18
975
994
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1319516
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2017.1319516
1464-5262
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Idiops minguito
Ferretti
sp. nov.
(
Figures 6–8
,
13
)
Type material
Holotype
male.
Argentina
,
Salta
,
La Quena
(
23°19′52.84″ S
–
63°50′40.75″ W
),
4–5 February 1985
,
C. Szumik
and
P. Goloboff
col. (MACN-Ar36714)
.
Paratype
female:
Argentina
,
Salta
,
La Quena
(
23°19′52.84″ S
–
63°50′40.75″ W
),
14–15 May 1983
, P
.
Goloboff
col
. (MACN-Ar36715).
Figure 6.
Idiops minguito
sp. nov.
, holotype male (MACN-Ar36714). (a) Carapace, dorsal view. (b) Labium and sternum, ventral view. (c) Eye group, dorsal view. (d) Leg I, prolateral view. (e) Leg I, ventral view. (f–g) Palpal tibia, retrolateral view. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Figure 7.
Idiops minguito
sp. nov.
, holotype male (MACN-Ar36714), left palpal bulb. (a) Prolateral. (b) Retrolateral. (c) Dorsal. Scale bar = 1 mm.
Figure 8.
Idiops minguito
sp. nov.
, paratype female (MACN-Ar36715). (a) Carapace, dorsal view. (b) Labium and sternum, ventral view. (c) Eye group, dorsal view. (d) Tibia III, prolateral view (arrow shows the dorsal proximal depression). (e) Spermathecae, dorsal view. D = duct; R = receptacle; SA = sclerotised basal area. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Additional material examined
Argentina
,
Salta
,
La Quena
(
23°19′52.84″ S
–
63°50′40.75″ W
),
May 1983
, P
.
Goloboff
col
.,
1♀
(MACN-Ar36716);
Argentina
,
Salta
,
La Quena
(
23°19′52.84″ S
–
63°50′40.75″ W
),
14–15 May 1983
, P
.
Goloboff
col
.,
6♀
(MACN-Ar36717);
Argentina
,
Salta
,
Campamento Vespucio
(
22°36′0″ S
–
63°49′0″ W
),
9–13 May 1983
, P
.
Goloboff
col
.,
4♀
and
1 juvenile
(MACN-
Ar
36718);
Argentina
,
Salta
,
La Quena
(
23°19′52.84″ S
–
63°50′40.75″ W
),
4–5 February 1985
, C
.
Szumik
and P
. Goloboff col
.,
1♂
(MACN-Ar36719);
Argentina
,
Salta
,
Hickman
(
23° 12′0″ S
–
63°34′0″ W
),
20 March 1988
, P
.
Goloboff, F
. Coyle and Bennet col
.,
1♀
and
1 juvenile
(MACN-Ar);
Argentina
,
Jujuy
,
Parque Nacional Calilegua
(
23°38′20″ S
–
64°50′17″ W
),
1 February 1985
, C
.
Szumik
and P
. Goloboff col
.,
2♀
and
1 juvenile
(MACN-Ar36720);
Argentina
,
Jujuy
,
Señora del Socavón
,
El Bananal
(
24°10′59″ S
–
65°17′0″ W
),
May 1983
, P
.
Goloboff
col
.,
1 juvenile
(MACN-Ar36847).
Etymology
The species is a name in apposition of ‘Minguito Tinguitella’, a famous character created by the writer Juan Carlos Chiappe and played by
the Argentine
actor Juan Carlos Altavista (1929–1989), between the 1960s and the 1980s. ‘Minguito’ represents the traditional
Argentine
man, more particularly with the customs of
Buenos Aires
.
Diagnosis
The male of
I. minguito
sp. nov
differs from that of other Argentinean species by retrolateral spines of palpal tibia mainly concentrated on the basal and apical portion of the depression (Figure (6f–g)), basal branch of tibial apophysis with a short and very small spine (
Figure 6
(d–e)). Palpal bulb resembles that of
I. clarus
in the presence of a dorsal tooth at tip of embolus, but differs by the shorter embolus and apical expansion of the tip of embolus less developed (
Figure 7
(a–c)). Females can be distinguished by the tibia of leg III bearing a dorsal proximal depression (
Figure 8
(d)) and spermathecae with a sclerotised basal area larger than in
I. clarus
(
Figure 8
(e)).
Description
Male
holotype
(MACN-Ar36714).
Colouration (in alcohol): carapace, chelicerae and legs uniformly light brown (
Figure 6
(a)), abdomen grayish with a dorsal apical dark spot. Total length 8.64; carapace 4.09 long, 3.38 wide. Carapace rounded with granules throughout (
Figure 6
(a)); fovea deep, procurved, 0.52 wide. Ocular group 1.02 long, 0.96 wide. ALE situated far in advance of the rest (
Figure 6
(c)). Posterior row slightly procurved. Distance between AME and ALE 0.26. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.28, PME 0.19, ALE 0.29, PLE 0.28, AME–AME 0.10, PLE–PME 0.06, PME–PME 0.24. Labium 0.48 long, 0.85 wide, without cuspules, labiosternal groove shallow. Maxillae without cuspules. Chelicerae with 5 promarginal teeth and 6 retromarginal teeth, rastellum conspicuous on a distinct process. Sternum elongated; 1.98 long, 2.01 wide with thin setae on margins (
Figure 6
(b)). Leg formula 4-1-2-3, morphometry (femur, patella, tibia, metatarsus, tarsus, total): I: 4, 1.74, 3.21, 2.93, 2.18, 14.06. II: 3.37, 1.68, 2.4, 2.96, 1.77, 12.58. III: 2.31, 1.31, 1.74, 2.94, 2.12, 10.42. IV: 4.01, 1.51, 3.7, 3.95, 2.53, 15.7. Palp: 2.17, 1.03, 2.19, –, 0.93, 6.32. Spines: Palp: femur 1-1-1d, patella 0, tibia 23r, tarsus 0. I: femur 1-1-1d, patella 1v, tibia 1-1-1-1v, 1-1r, metatarsus 1-2-1-2r, 1-1-1-1p, tarsus 1-1r,
1p.
II: femur 1-1-1-1d, patella 0, tibia 1-1-2v, metatarsus 1-1-1-1r, 1p, tarsus 1r,
1p.
III: femur 1-1-1-1d, patella 1-1-1-1-1-4p, 1r, tibia 2-2v, 1-1-1-1p, 1-1r, metatarsus 1-2r, 1-2p, tarsus 1-1r. IV: femur 0, patella 3-1-2-1-3-1p, 2v, tibia 1-1-2v, metatarsus 1-2r, 1-1-1-2p, 1-1-1-1-1-2v, tarsus 1-1-1p, 1-1r. Scopulae: complete and entire on legs I–IV. Tibia of leg I with double tibial apophysis with apical branch slightly bigger than basal with a long spine, and the basal branch with an apical short and very small spine (
Figure 6
(d–e)). Metatarsus I straight. Palpal tibia swollen at base with retrolateral concavity, crescent-shaped band of about 23 spines along the entire retrolateral side of concavity (
Figure 6
(f–g)). Palpal bulb with embolus broad at base abruptly tapering at distal end with apical expansion (
Figure 7
(a–c)).
Female
paratype
(MACN-Ar36715).
Colouration (in alcohol): carapace, chelicerae and legs uniformly light brown (
Figure 8
(a)), abdomen grayish with a dorsal apical dark spot. Total length 16.32; carapace 4.61 long, 5.02 wide. Carapace oval (
Figure 8
(a)); fovea deep, strongly procurved, 1.15 wide. Ocular group 1.45 long, 1.23 wide. ALE situated far in advance of the rest (
Figure 8
(c)). Posterior row slightly procurved. Distance between AME and ALE 0.29. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.18, PME 0.22, ALE 0.36, PLE 0.25, AME–AME 0.20, PLE–PME 0.14, PME–PME 0.26. Labium 0.73 long, 0.97 wide, with 3 cuspules, labiosternal groove shallow. Maxillae with 47/43 (right/left) cuspules. Chelicerae with 6 promarginal teeth and 4 retromarginal teeth, rastellum conspicuous on a distinct process. Sternum elongated; 3.21 long, 3.09 wide with thin setae on entire surface (
Figure 8
(b)). Leg formula 4-1-3-2, morphometry (femur, patella, tibia, metatarsus, tarsus, total): I: 3.72, 2.48, 2.4, 1.94, 0.9, 11.44. II: 3.24, 1.95, 2.05, 1.44, 1.01, 9.69. III: 2.47, 2.22, 1.35, 1.92, 1.89, 9.85. IV: 3.72, 2.37, 2.98, 2.82, 1.94, 13.83. Palp: 2.94, 1.99, 2.16, –, 2.4, 9.49. Spines: Palp: femur 1p, patella 1p, tibia 8-7-9p, 7-8-6r, tarsus 12-11-8r, 8-11-
6p.
I: femur 0, patella 0, tibia 5-10-9r, 5-6-8p, metatarsus 9-7-5r, 10-7-6p, tarsus 5-4-4r, 3-5-
2p.
II: femur 0, patella 1p, tibia 5-4-5p, 2-5-3r, 1-1v, metatarsus 6-4- 1r, 7-3-4p, tarsus 4-3-1r, 3-3-
2p.
III: femur 0, patella 3d, 6-6-9p, tibia 1-5-4p, 3-2-3r, metatarsus 2d, 6-5-4r, 7-5-5p, 0-0-3v, tarsus 2-2-3v, 0-6-5p, 1-1-1-1r. IV: femur 0, patella 11-10-0p, tibia 1-1-2v, metatarsus 1d, 1-3-3v, tarsus 2-8-5v, 1-2r, 1-2-
1p.
Scopulae: absent on legs I–IV. Tibia of leg III with dorsal proximal depression (
Figure 8
(d)). Spermathecae with oval and large apical receptacles wider than ducts, which are straight and have the basal portion translucid and the middle portion well sclerotised, basal area largely sclerotised (
Figure 8
(e)).
Distribution
Known from
Salta
and
Jujuy
provinces, northern
Argentina
(
Figure 13
).