Revision of the new wandering spider genus Ohvida and taxonomic remarks on Celaetycheus Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Ctenidae)
Author
Polotow, Daniele
Author
Brescovit, Antonio D.
text
Zootaxa
2009
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10.5281/zenodo.187963
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187963
Celaetycheus
Simon, 1897
Figures 1
C–D, 10–14, 16
Celaetycheus
Simon 1897
: 114
, 115 (
type
species by monotypy:
Celaetycheus flavostriatus
Simon, 1897
).
Lehtinen 1967
: 378
;
Silva 2003
.
Diagnosis.
Males of
Celaetycheus
resemble those of
Centroctenus
Mello-Leitão, 1929
by the elongated tibiae and short cymbium (see
Brescovit, 1996
: figs 19–20), but can be distinguished by the presence of several small ventral spines on the endites, coxae, femora and trochanter (
Figs 12
C, 13A–C) and the presence of a cymbial retroventral process (
Figs 11
A–B) in the male palp. Females of
Celaetycheus
resemble those of
Centroctenus
by the smooth median plate (see
Brescovit, 1996
: figs 21–22), but can be distinguished by the short lateral spurs, with the tip below the median plate, and the spermathecae divided in two parts, with a round head and large and curved base in the epigyne (
Figs 11
C–D).
FIGURE 10
.
Celaetycheus flavostriatus
Simon
, female. A, left chelicera, ventral view (IBSP 119292); B, left pedipalp, claw, lateral view; C, left leg I, tarsus, trichobothria; D, Left leg I, tarsal organ. Scale bars: A, 100 μm; B, 20 μm; C, 4 μm; D, 2 μm.
FIGURE 11.
Celaetycheus flavostriatus
Simon. A
–B, male, left palp (IBSP 119323): A, ventral view; B, retrolateral view; C–D, epigyne (IBSP 119310): C, ventral view; D, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
FIGURE 12.
Celaetycheus flavostriatus
Simon
, male (IBSP 119297). A, left genital bulb, tegulum and subtegulum extirpated from cymbium, retrolateral view; B, left tibiae II, dorsal view; C, left palp, retrolateral view. Scale bar: A, 0.5mm; B, C 1.0mm.
Description.
Small to medium sized ecribellate spiders. Total body length (males and females):
3.50–4.50 mm
. Carapace piriform (
Figs 1
C–D). Thoracic groove longitudinal, in the posterior third of the carapace (
Figs 1
C–D). Carapace brown with radial black lines from fovea to the border of the carapace; border of carapace with white setae (
Figs 1
C–D). Chilum divided. Clypeus with long erect black bristles. Eyes on black tubercles, with ctenoid pattern 2-4-2 (
Figs 1
C–D). Eyes round, except oval anterior lateral eyes. Chelicerae brown with longitudinal black lines, projecting anteriorly in females; promargin with tree teeth, the median almost twice as high as the laterals (
Fig. 10
A); retromargin with five similar sized teeth (
Fig. 10
A); prominent basal condyle. Endites with external lateral margin excavated, distally rounded bearing dense apical scopulae (
Fig. 13
C); subapical serrula. Labium distally rounded bearing dense apical scopula (
Fig. 13
C). Sternum oval, not extending between legs IV (
Fig. 13
C). Male legs more elongated and slender than those of female. Claw of the female pedipalp with four short teeth (
Fig. 10
B). Trochanter deeply notched. Trichobothrial base with 2 transversal grooves (
Fig. 10
C). Tarsal organ rounded and smooth, with oval aperture (
Fig. 10
D). Abdomen oval, with numerous black setae in the anterior dorsal area. Sternum, endites, labium, legs and ventral abdomen light brown. Palp: femur elongated and sinuous; endites, coxae, femora and trochanter with several small ventral spines (
Figs 12
C, 13A–C); tibiae elongated; short RTA and large ventral apophysis; round cymbium with retroventral process; laminar embolus with thin tip (
Fig. 11
A); elongated and hook-shaped median apophysis (
Figs 11
A–B); conductor with a groove to accommodate the tip of embolus (
Fig. 11
A); retrolateral tegulum-subtegulum locking lobes (
Fig. 12
A); subtegulum with three anelli (
Fig. 12
A). Epigyne: elongated and smooth median field projected posteriorly; lateral field with short lateral projection (
Fig. 11
C). Internally with short copulatory ducts; spermathecae divided in two parts, an anterior round head and a posterior large base; elongated and laminar fertilization ducts (
Fig. 11
D). Spinnerets: anterior lateral spinneret has a pair of major ampullate gland spigots, a tartipore and about ten piriform gland spigots with elongated shafts (
Fig. 14
A); posterior median spinneret has at least one minor ampullate gland spigots two cylindrical gland spigots and three aciniform gland spigot (
Fig. 14
B); posterior median spinneret has approximately eight aciniform gland spigots with elongated shafts (
Fig. 14
C).
FIGURE 13.
Celaetycheus flavostriatus
Simon
, male (IBSP 119306). A, left palp, retrolateral view; B, trochanter and femur of left palp,, retrolateral view; C, cephalotorax, ventral view; D, left tibiae II, retrolateral view. Scale bars: A, B, 0.5 mm; C, D, 1 mm.
FIGURE 14.
Celaetycheus flavostriatus
Simon
, female (IBSP 119321), spinnerets. A, left anterior lateral spinneret; B, left posterior median spinneret; C, left posterior lateral spinneret. Scale bars: 20 μm. Abbreviations: mAP: minor ampullate gland spigots; MAP: major ampullate gland spigots; tp: tartipore.
Composition.
One species:
Celaetycheus flavostriatus
.
Distribution.
Atlantic forest, southern State of Bahia,
Brazil
(
Fig. 16
A–B).
Misplaced species.
Ctenus ottleyi
(
Petrunkevitch, 1930
)
.
Petrunkevitch 1930
: 7, figs 1–3 (female
holotype
from Yunque,
Puerto Rico
, deposited in YPM 502046, examined);
=
Celaetycheus strenuus
Bryant 1942
: 8
, pl. 2, fig. 12 (female
holotype
from Maricao,
Puerto Rico
,
2–3.VI.1938
, P. Darlington, deposited in MCZ 23172, examined),
new synonymy.
Leptoctenus paradoxus
(
F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900
)
.
F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1900
: 115, pl. 8, fig. 13 (male
holotype
from Bugaba, Chiriqui,
Panama
,
3.III.1901
, deposited in BMNH 1901.3.3.155, examined),
new combination
.
Ctenus delesserti
(
Caporiacco, 1947
)
.
Caporiacco 1947
: 28 (female
holotype
and an immature
paratype
from Webecari Mission,
Essequibo
Islands, West
Demerara
Region,
Guyana
,
3.IV.1936
, and an immature
paratype
from Waratilla Creek,
Essequibo
Islands, West
Demerara
Region,
Guyana
,
29.V.1936
, examined),
new combination.
Celaetycheus modestus
Bryant 1942
: 7
, pl. 2, fig. 19 (male
holotype
from El Yunque,
Puerto Rico
,
24–28.II.1941
, C.T. Parsons, deposited in MCZ 22126, examined),
incertae sedis
.
Remarks.
The
type
specimen of
Celaetycheus paradoxus
was examined and considered congeneric to the remaining Mexican species currently assigned to
Leptoctenus
such as
L. byrrhus
Simon, 1888
,
L. gertschi
Peck, 1981
and
L. sonoraensis
Peck, 1981
(
Peck 1981: figs 24–29
) by the morphology of the male palp and the presence of three teeth on retromargin of the chelicerae (
Peck 1981: 165
) rather than five teeth as occurs in
Celaetycheus
. The
holotype
of
Leptoctenus
,
L. agalenoides
L. Koch, 1878
, is from
Australia
and a critical review of the genus is required to evaluate the taxonomic status of the Mexican species of
Leptoctenus
in detail.
The
type
specimen of
Celaetycheus delesserti
was examined and is here considered a member of
Ctenus
species based on the presence of two projections on the median plate of the epigyne (
Brescovit & Simó, 2007: 2, figs 1–45
).
The
type
specimen of
Celaetycheus modestus
was examined and considered
incertae sedis
in the
Ctenidae
. The species can not be diagnosed as member of any genus currently described in the
Ctenidae
.