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.
fabiofgargiulo@gmail.com
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
457
1
50
journal article
22295
10.5852/ejt.2018.457
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Umbyquyra araguaia
gen. et sp. nov.
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E0F14424-01E1-4C65-8C76-BA55DC150B86
Figs 19–20
,
30
Diagnosis
Males of
Umbyquyra araguaia
gen. et sp. nov.
differ from those of the other species by an inconspicuous tibial apophysis (
Figs 19C
,
20D
) and a retrolateral branch with two strong spines, and by a straight fovea without any projections on the carapace (
Fig. 5E
).
Etymology
The species epithet is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
Type material
Holotype
BRAZIL
: ♂,
Pará
,
Conceição do Araguaia
,
8°15′10.8″ S
,
49°19′11.7″ W
,
Jun. 1979
,
W. Lourenço
leg. (
IBSP 112531
).
Paratype
BRAZIL
:
Tocantins
, 1 ♂, Palmas, Serra do Lajeado,
10°06′08.6″ S
,
48°14′35.8″ W
,
20 Nov. 2002
, J. Nunes leg. (
IBSP
110473).
Description
Male
(
holotype
, IBSP
110473
)
In ethanol: same color as
U. paranaiba
gen. et sp. nov.
Total length 18. Carapace 10.1 long, 8.3 wide. Clypeus 0.1. Eye tubercle 1.0 long, 1.6 wide. AME 0.25 long, 0.27 wide; PME 0.25 long, 0.2 wide; ALE 0.3 long, 0.2 wide; PLE 0.3 long, 0.2 wide. Basal segment of chelicerae with 11 teeth. Labium 1.3 long, 2.2 wide, with 103 cuspules. Endites with 122–124 cuspules. Stridulatory bristles with around 15 bristles on palp trochanter and 45 on leg I (
Fig. 19
E–F). Palp: femur 3.8, patella 2.7, tibia 4.5, tarsus 2.1, total 13.1. Leg I femur 6.7, patella 5.0, tibia 8.6, metatarsus 6.7, tarsus 4.7, total 31.7. II 6.8, 4.2, 7, 7, 3, 28. III 5.8, 3.5, 9, 11.5, 5.2, 35. IV 6.6, 3.6, 9.2 10.4, 3.7, 33.5. Spination: palp: femur tibia d0-0-1apr. Leg I tibia p0-1-0-1-2ap, metatarsus v1-0-1-1-0-1ap. II femur, 0-0-0- 1app, tibia v1-2-1ap-2app, p0-1-0-1-0ap, metatarsus d0-0-1p-0ap, v0-1-1-0-1apr-1ap-1app, p0-1-0ap. III tibia v0-0-0-1-1r-1p-0-1-0-2app-1apr, p0-0-1-0-0ap, r0-1-0-1ap, metatarsus v0-1-1p-1r-0-1-1r-1p- 1-1p-2-2ap, p0-0-1-1-0-1ap, r0-1-0-0ap. IV tibia v0-0-1-1p-1r-1-2apr, 1-1-1ap, r0-1-0ap, metatarsus d1r-0-1r-1p-0-1app-1apr, v1-1-1-1-2-1-1app-apr-1ap, p0-1-0-1ap, r0-1-0-1ap. Tibial apophysis of leg I: prolateral branch absent and two strong distal spines on retrolateral branch (
Figs 19C
,
20D
). Palpal bulb with semicircular projected A and long SA (
Figs 19A
,
20A
). PLS basal, median and apical segments 1.4, 1.4, 2.3 long, respectively.
Female
Unknown.
Distribution
Brazil
: states of
Pará
and
Tocantins
(
Fig. 30
).