Umbyquyra gen. nov., a new tarantula spider genus from the Neotropical region (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae), with a description of eight new species
Author
Gargiulo, Fabio de F.
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Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Author
Brescovit, Antonio D.
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Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, São Paulo, Brazil.
antonio.brescovit@butantan.gov.br
Author
Lucas, Sylvia M.
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Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, São Paulo, Brazil.
sylvia.lucas@butantan.gov.br
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2018
2018-08-23
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Umbyquyra paranaiba
gen. et sp. nov.
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A251D3E2-A7B2-4445-9FC1-4DA4D9F76A4F
Figs 5E
,
7–8
,
18
G–H, 29
Cyrtopholis palmarum
–
Bertani 2000: 30–31
(misidentification).
Diagnosis
Males of
U. paranaiba
gen. et sp. nov.
differ from those of the other species by the short and straight fovea (
Fig. 5E
), a palpal bulb with a short embolus, the prolateral inferior (PI) and apical keel (A) parallel near the rear distancing from each other in the middle region, becoming more evident and narrowing again at the rear (
Figs 7A
,
8B
) and tibial apophysis with a very short prolateral branch with
two strong distinct spines (
Figs 7C
,
8D
). Females resemble those of
U. palmarum
gen. et comb. nov.
by an SR with short ducts, but differ by a rectangular and broader sclerotized basal area (
Fig. 7D
).
Note
Bertani (2000: 30–31)
identify a male as
C. palmarum
(IBSP 4730). The specimen was examined by us and identified as
U. paranaiba
gen. et sp. nov.
and we detected that the number of keels is four (PS, PI, A and SA,
Fig. 8
) and not three.
Etymology
The species epithet is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
Type material
Holotype
BRAZIL
: ♂,
Mato Grosso do Sul
,
Paranaíba
,
19°40′30.4″
S
,
51°1′27.1″
W
,
May 1985
,
R
.
R
. da Silva
leg. (
IBSP
107411
).
Fig. 7.
Umbyquyra paranaiba
gen. et sp. nov.
A–C
. Holotype, ♂ (IBSP 107411).
A
. Palp, prolateral.
B
. Retrolateral.
C
. Tibial apophysis, ventral.
D
. Paratype, ♀ (IBSP 111695), spermathecae, dorsal. Abbreviations: see Material and methods.
Paratypes
BRAZIL
:
Acre
: 1 ♂, Rio Branco,
9°58′25.7″
S
,
67°49′29.7″
W
,
13 Oct. 1952
,
C
.
A
. Souza leg. (
IBSP
103054). –
Goiás
: 1 ♂, Mineiros,
17°33′44.2″
S
,
52°32′51.9″
W
(
IBSP
108090). –
Mato Grosso do Sul
:
1 ♀
, Paranaíba,
19°40′30.4″
S
,
51°11′27.1″
W
,
20 Jul. 1988
,
R
.
R
. da Silva leg. (
IBSP
111695). –
Mato Grosso
: 1 ♂, Canarana,
13°31′19.0″
S
,
52°15′45.6″
W
,
16 Dec. 2000
,
R
.
A
.
K
. Ribeiro and
C
.
A
. Falcetti leg. (
IBSP
110469). –
São Paulo
: 2
♂♂
, Morro Agudo,
20°43′48.6″
S
,
48°03′15.0″
W
,
Oct. 1987
,
J
.
H
.
B
. Medeiros leg. (
IBSP
107421).
Other material examined
BRAZIL
:
Mato Grosso
: 1 ♂, Juara,
11°15′20.8″
S
,
57°30′29.5″
W
,
14 Aug.
2007
,
R
.
A
.
K
. Ribeiro leg. (
UFMT
0964); 1 ♂, Cuiabá,
15°36′44.9″
S
,
56°04′05.8″
W
, 2002 (
UFMT
0965); 1 ♂, same collection data as for preceding,
3 Oct.
1982
,
S
. Silva leg. (
UFMT
0965); 1 ♂, Chapada dos Guimarães,
15°27′46.9″
S
,
55°44′59.2″
W
,
Jan. 2009
(
IBSP
167417); 1 ♂, Santa Cruz do Xingu,
10°09′16.9″
S
,
52°23′28.5″
W
,
16 Aug.
2010
, Carvalho
et al
. leg. (
IBSP
167418); 1 ♂, Cuiabá, Campus
UFMT
,
15°36′44.9″
S
,
56°04′05.8″
W
,
Oct.
2009
, Thiago leg. (
IBSP
167424); 1 ♂, Lucas do Rio Verde,
13°04′24.9″
S
,
55°55′11.1″
W
,
V
. Azarias leg. (
IBSP
167425); 1 ♂, Nova Xavantina,
10 Oct.
1969
, Destacamento da FAB leg. (
IBSP
103988); 2 ♂♂, São Felix do Araguaia,
11°37′03.1″
S
,
50°39′59.8″
W
,
Nov.
1984
,
R
. Korte leg. (
IBSP
104829); 3 ♂♂,
1 ♀
, Rondonópolis,
16°27′59.6″
S
,
54°38′07.8″
W
,
7
Nov.
1985
, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde leg. (
IBSP
104896); 1 ♂, Parque Nacional do Xingu,
11°32′45″
S
,
53°34′23″
W
,
Jun.
1985
, D.S.
T
. Xingu leg. (
IBSP
107418); 1 ♂, Sinop,
11°51′35.4″
S
,
55°30′28.7″
W
,
Oct.
1988
, C. Barbieri Filho leg. (
IBSP
107432); 1 ♂, Torixoréu,
16°12′04.9″
S
,
52°33′30.0″
W
,
Sep.
1989
, W. Garcia leg. (
IBSP
107620); 1 ♂, Ribeirão Cascalheira,
12°56′25.7″
S
,
51°49′27.5″
W
,
17
Nov.
2011
(
IBSP
166975); 1 ♂, same collection data as for preceding (
IBSP
166976); 1 ♂, same collection data as for preceding (
IBSP
166977); 1 ♂, same collection data as for preceding (
IBSP
166978). –
Mato Grosso do Sul
: 8 ♂♂,
1 ♀
, Paranaíba,
Sep.
1982
, R.R. Silva leg. (
IBSP
104730); 9 ♂♂, same collection data as for preceding,
Oct.
1982
(
IBSP
104733A); 6 ♂♂, same collection data as for preceding,
Oct.
1985
(
IBSP
104733B); 1 ♂, same collection data as for preceding,
May
1985
(
IBSP
107410); 1 ♂, same collection data as for preceding,
Jun.
1985
(
IBSP
107419); 1 ♂, same collection data as for preceding,
Jun.
1985
(
IBSP
107420); 1 ♂, same collection data as for preceding,
Aug.
1983
(
IBSP
107621); 2 ♂♂, Três Lagoas,
20°47′22.1″ S
,
51°42′14.4″ W
,
20
Oct.
1997
(
IBSP
111145
);
1 ♀
, same collection data as for preceding,
Sep.
1997
, C. Gerbi leg. (
IBSP
111145
); 1 ♂, Campo Grande,
20°28′06.8″ S
,
54°37′07.1″ W
,
20 Oct.
1985
, Vera and
Cesar
leg. (
IBSP
111693
); 1 ♂,
Chapadão do Sul
, Fazenda São Roque,
18°47′42.5″ S
,
52°37′05.5″ W
,
Oct.
2007
, C. Pritsch leg. (
IBSP
115381).
Natural History
Very aggressive when disturbed; specimens raise the abdomen resembling the defensive display of the species of
Avicularia
and of some spiders of
Nemesiidae
, or raise pedipalps and legs I resembling species of
Acanthoscurria
(
Fig. 18D, H
;
Gonzalez-Filho
et al
. 2012
) and
Aguapanela
Perafán, Cifuentes & Estrada-Gomez, 2015
(
Perafán
et al
. 2015
).
Description
Male
(
holotype
, IBSP 107411)
Color in life carapace and dorsal face of abdomen dark brown, ventral side lighter brown, legs covered with reddish hairs. In ethanol: carapace reddish-brown as dorsal face of abdomen, ventral side and legs light brown.
Total length 27. Carapace 11 long, 13 wide. Clypeus 0.2. Eye tubercle 1.6 long, 2.2 wide. AME 0.2 long, 0.3 wide; PME 0.2 long, 0.2 wide; ALE 0.4 long, 0.4 wide; PLE 0.3 long,0.2 wide. Basal segment of chelicerae with 10 teeth. Labium 2.1 long, 1.7 wide, with 115 pointed cuspules. Endites with 115–117 pointed cuspules. Stridulatory bristles with around 15 bristles on palp trochanter and 45 on leg I. Palp: femur 7.8, patella 4.3, tibia 7.1, tarsus 3.4, total 22.6. Leg I femur 14, patella 6.5, tibia 10.7, metatarsus 11.5, tarsus 6.7, total 49.4. II 13, 6.1, 9.8, 9.8, 6.2, 44.9. III 12, 5.5, 8.5, 10.3, 6.3, 42.6. IV 14, 6.5, 11.2, 17, 6.3, 54.5. Spination: palp: femur d0-0-1-0ap, patella p0-1-0-1-0ap tibia d0-0-1app, v0-1-2- 1p-1p-1r-0-0ap, p0-1-1-1-1-2-1-1-2-1-2-1ap, r0-0-1ap. Legs I femur d0-0-1app, patella p0-1-0ap, tibia v0-2-1r1r-1apr-1ap-1app, p0-1-0-1ap, metatarsus v0-1-0-0-1ap. II femur d0-0-1app, patella d 0-1r-0ap, p0-1-0ap, tibia v0-1r1p-0-1-1p-1p-1r-0-1apr, p0-1-0-1-0ap, metatarsus d0-1r-0-0ap, v0-1p-0-1r-0-0- 2app-1ap-1apr. III femur d0-0-1apr, p0-0-1-0ap, patella d0-1r-0-0-0ap, tibia v0-1-2-1r-1-1-1apr-2ap- 1app, p0-0-1-1-0ap, r2-1-1-1-1-2ap, metatarsus d0-0-1r-1p-0-1r-1p-0ap, v1r-1p-1p-1r-0-1apr-1ap-1app, p0-0-1-0-0-1-0ap, r1-1-1-1-1-3ap. IV femur d0-0-1apr, tibia v0-0-1-1r-2-0-2apr-1ap-1app, p0-1-0-0- 1ap, r0-1-0-1-1ap, metatarsus d0-0-1r-0-0ap, v, 1r-1p-1r1-1r-1r-1p-2-2-1r-1p-1r-1p-2app-1ap-1app, r1- 0-0-1-0-0-1ap. Palpal bulb with short embolus and four keels: PS, PI, A, SA. Tibial apophysis of leg I: retrolateral branch and two strong distal spines with three median setae (
Figs 7C
,
8D
). PLS: basal, median and apical segments 2.2, 2, 2.2 long, respectively.
Fig. 8.
Umbyquyra paranaiba
gen. et sp. nov.
Holotype, ♂ (IBSP 107411).
A–C
. Palpal bulb.
A
. Prolateral.
B
. Anterolateral.
C
. Retrolateral.
D
. Tibial apophysis, retrolateral.
E
. Stridulatory organ, trochanter, male palp.
F
. Stridulatory organ, trochanter I (arrows in E–F pointed the stridulatory bristles). Abbreviations: see Material and methods.
Female
(
paratype
IBSP
111695
)
In ethanol, color as in male. Total length 32. Carapace 13 long, 9.5 wide. Clypeus 0.3. Eye tubercle 1.5 long, 2 wide. AME 0.4 long, 0.4 wide; PME 0.4 long, 0.3 wide; ALE 0.2 long, 0.3 wide; PLE 0.3 long, 0.2 wide. Basal segment of chelicerae with eight teeth. Labium 1.6 long, 1.8 wide, with 120 pointed cuspules. Endites with 115–117 pointed cuspules. Stridulatory bristles as in male. Palp: femur 6, patella 2, tibia 3, tarsus 2.5, total 13.5. Leg I femur 8, patella 3.5, tibia 5, metatarsus 4, tarsus 2, total 22.5. II 7, 3, 3.5, 4.5, 2, 20. III 6, 2, 3, 5, 2.2, 27.7. IV 9, 2.5, 5.2, 9.2, 2.5, 28.4. Spination: palp: femur p0-0- 1app, tibia v0-1r-1apr-1ap-2app, p0-0-1ap. Leg I tibia v0-1r-0ap, r0-0-1-0ap, metatarsus v0-1-0-0-1ap. II tibia 1-0-1-1-1-0-2ap, metatarsus v0-1-1-0-0-1ap. III tibia v0-1-1app, p0-1-0-1-0-1ap, 0-1-1-1-0-1- 1ap, metatarsus v1-1r-1r-1p-0-0ap, r2-0-1-0-1ap. IV tibia v0-0-1-1-1ap-1app, p0-1-0-1ap-r0-1-0-1-0ap, metatarsus d0-1r-0-0-1ap, v1-1p-1-1-1-1p-1p-1-2ap, p0-1-0-0ap, r0-0-1-1ap. PLS basal, median and apical segments 2.7, 1.9, 2.7 long, respectively. Spermathecae with RS rounded at apex, distant from each other by approximately its diameter (
Fig. 7D
).
Distribution
Umbyquyra paranaiba
gen. et sp. nov.
has the widest distribution, occurring in the following Brazilian states:
Acre
,
Mato Grosso
,
Mato Grosso do Sul
and
São Paulo
(
Fig. 29
).