Taxonomic revision of the species group rubripes of Corinna Koch, 1842 (Araneae; Corinnidae)
Author
Rodrigues, Bruno V. B.
Author
Bonaldo, Alexandre B.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3815
4
451
493
journal article
45467
10.11646/zootaxa.3815.4.1
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1175-5326
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Corinna escalvada
n. sp.
Figs. 34
,
47–49
Type
material.
Male
holotype
from Fazenda
Escalvada
, Mucuri [
18°3'19.97"S
39°32'58.78"W
], Bahia,
Brazil
,
11.IX.1979
, A. C. Niella, deposited in
SMNK
.
Etymology.
The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality. In Portuguese,
escalvada
is an adjective and means devoid of vegetation.
Diagnosis.
Males of
Corinna escalvada
n. sp.
differ from those of other species with tegular process inserted closely to the embolar base by the massive, wide base of RTA, without a median process on its prolateral surface (
Figs. 47–48
).
Description.
Male (
holotype
). Carapace dark reddish brown with posterior end of thoracic region red and chelicerae black, endites and labium red with posterior extremity lightened, sternum brown, leg I with coxae, trochanter, femur and patella brown, tibia, metatarsus and tarsus dark red, legs II, III and IV dark yellow, except metatarsus and tarsus brown; dorsum of abdomen gray, with dorsal scutum on anterior third, ventrally light gray. Total length: 10.0. Carapace 5.0 long; 4.0 wide; 3.0 high. Clypeus 0.53 high. Abdomen 4.8 long; 4.3 wide. Eyes: anterior row 1.95, posterior row 2.1. MOQ: 0.8 long, 0.83 anterior wide, 0.78 posterior wide. Eyes diameters and interdistances: AME 0.28; ALE 0.2; PME 0.2; PLE 0.2; AME–AME 0.33; AME–ALE 0.43; PME–PME 0.38; PME–PLE 0.6; ALE–PLE 0.25. Chelicerae 2.55 long; 4 retromarginal teeth and 3 promarginal teeth. Sternum 2.5 long; 2.1 wide. Leg measurements: femur I 4.05/ patella 2.0/ tibia 3.5/ metatarsus 3.0/ tarsus 1.75/ total 14.3; II 3.7/ 1.85/ 3.05/ 3.05/ 1.55/ 13.2; III 3.3/ 1.65/ 2.3/ 2.65/ 1.3/ 11.2; IV 4.0/ 1.75/ 3.25/ 3.5/ 1.35/ 13.85. Leg formula 1423. Leg spination: I—femur d1-1-0, p0-0-1; tibia
v1
p-2-2-2-2; metatarsus
v2-2
-0. II—femur d1-1-0, p0-0-1; tibia vr-1-1-1; metatarsus
v2-2
-0. III—femur d1-1-1, p0-1-1, r0-1-0; tibia
v2-2
-0; metatarsus p1-0-0, r0-1-0,
v2-2
- 1. IV—femur d1-1-1, r0-0-1; tibia r0-1-1,
v2-1
r-1p; metatarsus r0-1-0,
v2-2
-1. Palp: femur with two posterior dorsal spines; RTA basally wide, apex tapered; T without projection; E filiform partially covered by the distal groove of conductor (
Figs. 47–48
).
Female:
Unknown.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality.
Other material examined.
None.