Six new species and new records of the spider genus Chrosiothes from Brazil with the description of the female of Chrosiothes venturosus Marques & Buckup, 1997 (Araneae, Theridiidae, Spintharinae)
Author
Rodrigues, Everton Nei Lopes
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Zootaxa
2017
2017-10-05
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10.11646/zootaxa.4329.3.2
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Chrosiothes cicuta
new species
Figs. 7–9
,
22, 23
,
30
Type
material
.
Holotype
.
Brazil
:
Rio de Janeiro
,
Volta Redonda
,
Floresta da Cicuta
(
Cicuta’s Forest
,
22°32’53”S
;
44°5’34”W
),
14.VI.2001
,
Equipe Biota
leg., 1M, night manual collection (
IBSP 209888
)
.
Paratypes
.
Brazil
:
Rio de Janeiro
,
Volta Redonda
,
Floresta da Cicuta
(
Cicuta’s Forest
,
22°32’53”S
;
44°5’34”W
),
14.VI.2001
,
Equipe Biota
leg., 1F, night manual collection (
IBSP 209889
)
;
Rio de Janeiro
,
Volta Redonda
,
Cicuta’s Forest
,
22°32’53”S
;
44°5’34”W
,
11.VI.2001
,
Equipe Biota
leg., 1F, night manual collection (
IBSP 209890
)
;
Rio de Janeiro
,
Volta Redonda
,
Cicuta’s Forest
,
22°32’53”S
;
44°5’34”W
,
14.VI.2001
,
Equipe Biota
leg., 1M, 1F, night manual collection (
IBSP 209891
)
;
São Paulo
,
Ilhabela
,
Parque Estadual de Ilhabela
,
23°51’7”S
;
45°20’38”W
,
14.X.2001
,
Equipe Biota
leg., 1F (
IBSP 209892
)
;
São Paulo
,
Ilhabela
,
Parque Estadual de Ilhabela
,
23°51’7”S
;
45°20’38”W
,
12.X.2001
,
Equipe Biota
leg., 1F (
IBSP 209893
)
.
Etymology
. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
Diagnosis
. Males are similar to
C. perfidus
Marques & Buckup, 1997
(see
Marques & Buckup, 1997
, fig. 2) by the embolus elongated, making one turn around tegulum, but differs from this species by the shape of the apical cymbium, curved (
Fig. 7
), while
C. perfidus
, presents a subtriangular shape and the shape of embolus base, hooklike (
Fig. 7
). Females are similar to
C. perfidus
Marques & Buckup, 1997
(see
Marques & Buckup, 1997
, figs. 4, 5) by the copulatory ducts tightly coiled (
Figs. 8, 9
), but differ from this species by the copulatory opening rectangular and smaller (
Fig. 8
).
Description.
Male
holotype
(from Cicuta’s Forest, IBSP 209888): Total length 1.84. Carapace length 0.88, width 0.75. Clypeus height 0.10. Sternum length 0.57, width 0.49. Abdomen length 1.04, width 0.70, height 0.54. Leg formula I/IV/II/III; segment length (I/II/III/IV): femora 1.26/0.92/0.50/1.11; patellae+tibiae 1.44/0.92/0.69/ 1.26; metatarsi+tarsi 1.78/1.11/0.92/1.82; total 4.49/2.96/2.12/4.20. Carapace pale orange, dark-brown pigments medially and laterally, semicircular, (
Fig. 22
). Chelicerae yellow. Sternum darker than the carapace, with dark brown edges. PLE smaller than other eyes, AME, ALE and PME with the same diameter. Legs pale orange, except femur III lighter than the others. Pentagonal abdomen with white and dark brown spots, two tubercles anteriorly, with a concave area, another pair of tubercles medially (
Fig. 22
), ventrally darker. Spinnerets pale orange. Palp with tegulum very developed non-sclerotized (
Fig. 7
). Embolus elongated and thin, making one turn around tegulum; embolus with enlarged base (
Fig. 7
). Conductor longer, pointed, with denticles along the edge (
Fig. 7
).
Female
paratype
(same locality as male, IBSP 209889): Total length 3.53. Carapace length 1.24, width 1.14. Clypeus height 0.18. Sternum length 0.77, width 0.63. Abdomen length 2.28, width 2.28, height 1.87. Leg formula IV/I/II/III; segment length (I/II/III/IV): femora 1.89/1.17/0.90/1.86; patellae+tibiae 1.89/1.23/0.94/1.99; metatarsi+tarsi 2.66/1.65/1.30/2.77; total 6.44/4.07/3.15/6.63. Carapace orange brown, semicircular, dark brown pigments medially and laterally (
Fig. 23
). Chelicerae orange-brown. Sternum dark brown. AME bigger than the others. Legs with coxae and trochanter yellow, remaining segments orange-brown. Pentagonal abdomen with white and dark brown spots dorsally, two tubercles anteriorly, with a concave area, another pair of tubercles medially (
Fig. 23
). Spinnerets pale-orange. Epigynum with a slightly sclerotized plate, wider than long (
Fig. 8
); copulatory opening rectangular (
Fig. 8
). Internal genital with smaller spermathecae, copulatory ducts tightly coiled (
Fig. 9
); fertilization ducts short and coiled (
Fig. 9
).
Remark.
Males and females were collected together in various locations of
Brazil
.
Additional material examined.
Brazil.
Rio de Janeiro
:
Volta Redonda
(
Floresta
da Cicuta
- Cicuta’s Forest
,
22°32’53”S
;
44°5’34”W
),
8–15.VI.2001
,
Equipe Biota
leg., 1M (
MCN
48675)
;
São Paulo
:
Ubatuba
(
Ilha Anchieta
,
Parque Estadual da Ilha Anchieta
,
23°32’S
;
45°03’W
),
23–30.VII.2001
,
Equipe Biota
leg., 1M, 1F (
MCN
48674)
.
Distribution.
Brazil
(
Rio de Janeiro
and
São Paulo
).