Six new species, complementary descriptions and new records from the Neotropical Region of the spider genus Dipoena (Araneae: Theridiidae)
Author
Rodrigues, Everton Nei Lopes
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Zootaxa
2013
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Dipoena esra
Levi, 1963
(
Figures 37–40
)
Dipoena esra
Levi, 1963: 161
, figs. 119–121 (Female
holotype
from
Tingo
María, Huánuco,
Peru
;
08.X.1946
; J. C. Pallister col.; deposited in American Museum of Natural History, New York, not examined); Platnick, 2013.
Diagnosis.
The male palp of
Dipoena esra
differs from other species of the genus in the the theridioid tegular apophysis (
Fig. 37
) longer, with developed ventral projection.
Description. Male
(MCN 39148): Total length 1.63. Carapace length 0.79, width 0.71. Clypeus height 0.63. Sternum length 0.39, width 0.37. Abdomen length 0.73, width 0.92, height 0.90. Leg formula I/IV/II/III; segment length (I/II/III/IV): femora 0.71/0.63/0.54/0.71; patellae + tibiae 0.75/0.65/0.56/0.75; metatarsi + tarsi 0.65/0.60/ 0.56/0.63; total 2.11/1.88/1.66/2.09. Eye diameter and interdistance: AME 0.10, ALE 0.05, PME 0.06 and PLE 0.05; AME–AME 0.06, AME–ALE 0.02, PME–PME 0.05, PME–PLE 0.07. Eyes (
Fig. 38
) with dark borders. Carapace high (
Fig. 39
), with grooves (
Fig. 38
), yellow, darkened in median portion, with macrosetae. Sternum, endites and labium yellow. Legs (
Fig. 40
) yellow, femora with darkened rings, metatarsi covered with dark brown dots. Patellae and tibiae with two dorsal macrosetae. Femur I (
Figs. 40
) and II swollen proximally. Abdomen with macrosetae (
Figs. 38, 39
), dorsum yellow-white, sides dark brown and venter yellow with longitudinal darkened spot. Spinnerets yellow.
Female.
Described by Levi (1963: 161; figs. 119–121).
Variation. Males
(n=3). Total length 1.40–1.70; carapace length 0.58–0.81; femur I 0.69–0.73. Abdomen color pattern from yellow-white, yellow to dark brown.
Remarks.
Males and females were collected together in various localities in
Brazil
.
Material examined.
BRAZIL
. Amazonas: Coari, Base de Operações Geólogo P. de Moura, Porto Urucu (
04°51’56”S
;
65° 20’02”W
),
IX. 2006
, C. A. C. Santos Jr. col., two females (MCN 45006); D. F. Candiani col., one male (MCN 45007). Pará: Almeirin, Reserva do Pacanari, Monte Dourado (
0°51’55”S
;
52°32’22”W
),
17.II.2003
, J. A. P. Barreiros col., one male, one female (MCN 39148); D. D. Guimarães col., one male, one female (MCN 39158).
Distribution.
Peru
(Huánuco) and
Brazil
(Amazonas and Pará).